The Hypochondriac’s Complaint – Public Books
It is difficult to be diagnosed as a hypochondriac. Though “hypochondriasis” remains in the World Health Organization’s International…
Yagisawa Satoshi: An Interview with the Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Author About His International Bestseller
More than a decade after its original publication in Japanese, Yagisawa Satoshi’s Days at the Morisaki Bookshop came…
The last word: Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes remembered by his French translator
To say that António Lobo Antunes left an indelible mark on Portuguese literature in the 20th century and…
Exploring how Israel’s court turned into a political force
In easily comprehensible form, Israeli-American attorney Yonatan Green has produced a closely reasoned work on one of the…
Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by Annie Elliot
Annie Elliot’s novel, Mr and Mrs Charles Dickens, is set in the 24 hours after Dickens’s death in…
Word of the day: Irascible
Irascible is a word used to describe someone quick to anger or easily irritated. Whether in everyday interactions…
Two Lost ‘Jungle Book’ Original Paintings Found in Family’s Home After a Century–They had No Clue What They Were
Two original watercolors for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling – Credit: Roseberys / SWNS Two original illustrations…
The Adelaide Writers’ Festival: killed by hypocrisy and intolerance
‘Sally Rooney is a young author with a young audience and she’s asking people to think about this…
Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy around author Randa Abdel-Fattah
The remaining members of the Adelaide Festival board will step down and this year’s Writers’ Week event has…
Summer reading recommendations of six dedicated readers
This article was orignally published in The Conversation on 25 December 2025. When I think about summer reading,…
What does OTC mean? Over the counter meaning explained
Why flu season hits young kids the hardest Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds,…
Video games may be a surprisingly good way to get a cognitive boost
Richard Sima | The Washington Post Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But…