Recently added blogs

Abiding by the first rule of Fight Club, one might argue that discussing its underlying messages should be off-limits. But nevertheless, it’s ironic that we often overlook a topic so relevant and widespread, especially now, …

Crispy, cheesy quesadillas dipped in a freshly made Pinto Bean Soup? Sold! I make quick meals like this all the time.... I hope you get loads of ideas from it 🙂 I used some leftover …

I love to bake bread. It takes a lot of time and effort to become a true professional, but the beautiful thing about bread is that even if you’re a beginner and your bread rolls …

Awesome! So glad you liked it

Eric C. Wilder is a freelance designer living in Upstate New York. Here he takes us through his process for creating three covers for Open Letter Book’s Translator Triptych series. I have previous experience as …

Green kale is an attractive and nutritious vegetable, growing to a couple feet tall, useful in every kitchen garden. Towards the end of fall, the gardener should monitor overnight temperatures, although kale reputely is cold …

We’re thrilled to unveil our latest endeavour – the IMMERSIONS project! Our new initiative, the IMMERSIONS project, is funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe program, and is set to transform the world of electronic …

Enregistration is the process by which linguistic features become associated with particular contexts. For example, light novels having long, sentence-length titles is now so established that it's an easy way to parody light novels. Phonology …

"What I often find as I make my way through the year in books is that I am prone to zig-zagging between different styles and genres. I couldn’t imagine reading the same type of book …

The rain stopped as I arrived in Manchester. I was an hour late because I’d underestimated the traffic. The load in at Gulliver’s is a nightmare - block a narrow one-way street while you get …

The parasite serves as a useful simulacrum for post-modernism. Post-modernity engages us with a kind of viral discourse, which seeks to comprehend an object without subsuming it under a system of concepts; without, that is, …

A True Account (November 2023: Update Post)“Moral Clarity” (October 2023: On Gaza)News of News of News of News (September 2023: Update Post)News of News of News (July 2023: Update Post)Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) (June 2023)News of …

The first time I met Yoko Ono, at the Apple HQ in Savile Row in September 1969, I was impressed by her obvious engagement. She and John Lennon were doing a day of interviews, and …

A selection of read volumes from my shelf What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading or planning to read this month? Here’s January’s installment of this column. When I’m not reading science fiction, I’m more …