A Staffordshire Mystery by Mary Kelly. If you're looking for a good read this February, I recommend you read this Crime Classic by Mary...

Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son by Gordon Burn, first published by Faber and Faber in 1984. Most of us love a great crime thriller....

A collection of poems by the late Australian poet, Les Murray. A compendium that even the most reluctant reader of poetry will find...

There's not much I can say about this novel at the moment, because I'm still in the process of reading it. Although it is not my usual...

THE POWER OF EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ― Confucius. Have you...

GRATITUDE: THE ART OF BEING THANKFUL. “Cultivate the habit of being thankful for every good thing that comes to you.” -Ralph Waldo...

MY PICK OF THE MONTH - THE GLASS CASTLE - BY JEANNETTE WALLS. This month's book is an autobiography by an American Journalist, Jeanette...

DEDICATION. "Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." - ...

The drive up the high, winding mountains increased Kendra’s anxieties. Nothing was detectable in the dense darkness, except for the two...

COMPASSION. "Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how...

A BALANCING ACT. “Virtue is the golden mane between two vices(flaws), the one of excess and the other of deficiency.” -Philosopher,...

MY PICK OF THE MONTH - A CLASSIC BY CESARE PAVESE. A few months ago I was reading an article on Derek Walcott's life, when he was a...

THE ART OF ACCEPTANCE Grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the...

To train or not to train? Are you thinking of enrolling on a Creative Writing degree? Have you found yourself asking, "is it worth it?"...

If there was ever a time to dust down that old notebook, you know the one your friend gave you nearly a decade ago for your birthday,...