Bookmarking the BFI London Film Festival
The 69th edition of the UK’s biggest celebration of film offers an exciting programme of some 250 features, shorts, series and immersive works, giving audiences a first look at new films by the world’s leading creators. Covering every genre, featuring new talent alongside established names, there really is something for everyone. With a host of...
Everything, everywhere
Fíona Scarlett’s stunning debut novel Boys Don’t Cry is a heartbreaking book about two brothers growing up in Dublin. Trying to get by while their dad is in prison, their world shatters when the younger brother Joe gets a cancer diagnosis. This book will make you cry and warm your heart at the same time....
Hauntings on the home front
If my recent reading list is anything to go by, crime novels that touch on the paranormal are growing in popularity. Often set in houses that evoke an atmosphere of fear and dread, many of these storylines have elements found in Gothic horror. The reader is left to decide whether the house is truly haunted...
