by Colleen White Yesterday, the New York Times announced that, for the first time, Elizabethan playwright and Shakespeare contemporary Christopher Marlowe will be listed as a co-author on one of Shakespeare’s plays. In their newest edition of the Henry VI plays, the Oxford University Press will credit Marlowe as co-author on all three parts. It … Continue reading 6 Facts about Shakespeare’s Rival, Christopher Marlowe

by Regina Kenney Mid-way through my fourth Haruki Murakami book, Kafka On The Shore, and I have noticed something... Though you could not pin Murakami to one literature genre (Norweigan Wood is a sad, realistic tale about suicide, Hard-Boiled Wonderland at the End of The World is a bizarre , borderline sci-fi and The Wind-Up … Continue reading Murakami Loves His Pasta

by Lee Cross They’ve existed from The Golden Age through to what is currently called The Modern Age… but finally I think their time has come; we might be about to enter The Age of the Comic Book. The next step of literary evolution could be found in the pages of the Graphic Novel; that … Continue reading Why Graphic Novels Are The Next Generation Of Storytelling

For October, we are creating an Ultimate Halloween Bookshelf of the scariest books we've read. This list has a severe lack of books from the king of horror, Stephen King. As a tribute, here are 20 of King's scariest lines and quotes. “Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English … Continue reading 20 Horrifying Quotes From Stephen King

by Lee Cross I typed that title, The Future of Fear, intending to wrap up my Halloween series of blogs with an installment about what monsters I believe the worlds of books will bring us in the years to come. We’ve had vampires, werewolves, serial killers and zombies… viruses that have ended some worlds, while … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: The Future Of Fear

by Lee Cross Selected winter reads for the dark nights in... As the nights draw in and the sunshine disappears from Dublin for another year, I’ve picked out few book suggestions to tide you over until after the holiday season. Each story contains darkness yet hope. Each is a journey of discovery to places you’re … Continue reading 4 Great Books To Read in Autumn

by Regina Kenney Preface: I am a slow reader. The last book I read took me about 9 weeks to finish.  I picked up The Collector by John Fowles and read 140 pages the first night. Within pages, immediately had that beautiful 'could-not-sleep-one-more-chapter' reading motivation where you care more about the characters than getting an adequate amount … Continue reading October Read: ‘The Collector’ by John Fowles

Halloween in Translation – Book Five: Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons by Lee Cross If you are familiar with our Halloween Bookshelf, right about now (assuming you’re aware of Watchmen) you should all be thinking the same thing – isn’t Watchmen an English language title anyway? …and yes, you’re right, I am referring … Continue reading Halloween Recommended Reading: Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

In honor of Bob Dylan being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, here is a list of great quotes from the musician/poet/lyricist.  “May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars … Continue reading 50 Great Quotes From Bob Dylan