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Reviews
Book review: ‘Illuminations’ by Walter Benjamin
An eclectic collection of high-brow essays.
Book review: ‘Suppose a Sentence’ by Brian Dillon
Essays on single sentences.
Book review: ‘Essayism’ by Brian Dillon
A celebration of the essay.
Book review: ‘The Circling Sky’ by Neil Ansell
On nature and belonging in an ancient forest.
Book review: ‘How to Take Smart Notes’ by Sönke Ahrens
One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers.
Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
Cult author Stephen King explains how he goes about writing his punchy prose. Not being a great fan of fiction, I’ve only ever read one of King’s novels—Misery, which was excellent—but the advice he imparts applies mostly as well to any genre of writing. A large proportion of this book is memoir, rather than writing… Continue reading Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf
Streams of consciousness in the Hebrides.
Book review: ‘Congenial Spirits’ by Virginia Woolf
The selected letters of Virginia Woolf.
Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.