An Interruption Guest edited by Guy Gunaratne In the first edition of The Review, an innovative new online magazine, reviewers and feature writers “stay attentive to the chimerical, disobedient, and unruly voices among us, and also ensure that originality and plurality remain at the heart of our culture.” Ally, Critic or Both? Colin Grant “What is the point of reviews anyway? And isn’t faux praise likely to curb rather than encourage good writing?” How to Disrupt, Build and Flourish Sunny Singh “A celebration of the book review as a genre, as well as a nuanced and complex literary and cultural conversation.” Eating the Archive & Incubation: a space for monsters Review by Nisha Ramayya “What is a book, Kapil asks, irresistibly; what’s genre, to make readers snort with laughter, flinch, and rethink the narratives of our own life stories?” This Thread of Gold & Disobedient Bodies Review by Shara Atashi “Reflecting on two inspiring books that celebrate the unyielding fortitude of defiant women, shedding light on unexplored dimensions of united womanhood.” Top Doll Review by Yvonne Singh “Karen McCarthy Woolf has, through the stylish inventiveness of her prose, breathed new life into this well-worn trope (Mannequin, Toy Story … erm Chucky).” The Things That We Lost Review by Shani Akilah “What ties a number of the themes in the novel together is the twisting thread of what Jyoti Patel refers to as the ‘kaleidoscope of grief’.” Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire Review by Sharon King-Chai “Flavia Z Drago’s monsters transcend the barriers of race and culture and bring to these stories an otherworldly presence which gives them a universal appeal.” Safiyyah’s War Reviewed by Jasbinder Bilan “Khan’s prose flows as smoothly as the Seine in this empathetic, hopeful story. In the light of recent religious conflict, the message of helping one’s neighbour is even more poignant.” Notable Sarah Shaffi “Examining, managing, strengthening and, in some cases, undoing chains – metaphorical and literal – tie together the books I’ve chosen.” Postcard Mazen Maarouf “One child rushed to the camera saying: ‘We’re writing letters to the world; envelopes is all what we found in the food storage facility. We write letters so we forget how hungry we are.’”
Ally, Critic or Both? Colin Grant “What is the point of reviews anyway? And isn’t faux praise likely to curb rather than encourage good writing?”
How to Disrupt, Build and Flourish Sunny Singh “A celebration of the book review as a genre, as well as a nuanced and complex literary and cultural conversation.”
Eating the Archive & Incubation: a space for monsters Review by Nisha Ramayya “What is a book, Kapil asks, irresistibly; what’s genre, to make readers snort with laughter, flinch, and rethink the narratives of our own life stories?”
This Thread of Gold & Disobedient Bodies Review by Shara Atashi “Reflecting on two inspiring books that celebrate the unyielding fortitude of defiant women, shedding light on unexplored dimensions of united womanhood.”
Top Doll Review by Yvonne Singh “Karen McCarthy Woolf has, through the stylish inventiveness of her prose, breathed new life into this well-worn trope (Mannequin, Toy Story … erm Chucky).”
The Things That We Lost Review by Shani Akilah “What ties a number of the themes in the novel together is the twisting thread of what Jyoti Patel refers to as the ‘kaleidoscope of grief’.”
Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire Review by Sharon King-Chai “Flavia Z Drago’s monsters transcend the barriers of race and culture and bring to these stories an otherworldly presence which gives them a universal appeal.”
Safiyyah’s War Reviewed by Jasbinder Bilan “Khan’s prose flows as smoothly as the Seine in this empathetic, hopeful story. In the light of recent religious conflict, the message of helping one’s neighbour is even more poignant.”
Notable Sarah Shaffi “Examining, managing, strengthening and, in some cases, undoing chains – metaphorical and literal – tie together the books I’ve chosen.”
Postcard Mazen Maarouf “One child rushed to the camera saying: ‘We’re writing letters to the world; envelopes is all what we found in the food storage facility. We write letters so we forget how hungry we are.’”
