Magnificent Octopus

We were packing our bags. There was nothing that they could say now. Now they were trying anything to make us stay. Like a lover who was try...

Books are a force for peace and development that must be placed in the hands of all. They are also crucial tools for expression that help to...

Some time ago I read a review by Rosecrans Baldwin: Pterrifying Pterodactyl Meets Sexy Detective . Thus was I introduced to The Extraordinar...

Helena came home from school one day recently all excited to tell me about palindromes. There'd been a substitute teacher that day, and ...

Beside the Sea , by Véronique Olmi, is an amazing little novella, simple and powerful. Recently available in English , several reviewers are...

I'm having a hard time carving out some time to write in any reflective kind of way. I've been back from away for days, but tired, s...

I particularly like Helena's hair when done up — braided to crown her — in the fashion of a medieval princess, and I tell her so. She ta...

The European Commission's "Group of Intellectuals for Intercultural Dialogue," chaired by Amin Maalouf, one of my favourite wr...