Ladies, this is your day. Where I’m from (Kazakhstan) 8th of March, International Women’s Day, is a bank holiday, and so it should be everywhere. Flowers, presents, words of appreciation and best gift of all – some ‘me’ time, while men are handling the world for one day
“The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but not human” – Adolf Hitler If you thought comic books were for adolescents only and that serious people read prose which no pictures can seep into, try Maus. You are about to change your mind.
This year Man Booker Prize celebrates its 50 year anniversary of honouring best fiction works published in English. The event will take place on 6-8 July at Southbank Centre, London, but you can start celebrating now by participating in #ManBooker50 challenge: reading as many of the winner works as you can before end of May […]
Don’t take the words for granted. It is a privilege superior to senses, for what is the worth of all the experiences in the world if you cannot share them?
How do you discover something you don’t know exists? – the question asked during Rebecca’s workshop sparked a book of 9 luminous essays in search of an answer.
According to Polina’s mom, there are three types of children you can get as a parent: the angels, the demons, and something in between she calls ‘donkeys’ for their stubbornness.
What to do if your books get infested by insects sharing your tastes in literature?
Vera Brittain was a woman born to fight for what she believed in, and no other time could have been more suitable for her to live on Earth than the first half of the 20th century.
Top 5 books I have read in 2017: (This was really hard to limit to five! I had to be ruthless!)
My 17-year old nephew has a thing for tattoos. It started with the death of his great- and my grandfather several years ago after which he inscribed ‘We will never forget’ across his forearm. Since then, many less meaningful (and some absolutely meaningless) tattoos have appeared all over his body, and trying to force through […]