John Maguire

Children have a fixation with the downright gruesome. I found this out when I recently re-discovered a picture book by Heinrich Hoffman …

I read over one hundred books in 2016 and I must confess I did feel secretly smug. I had written the titles …

Don’t you dare give me an ash tray for Christmas! …were the words from my mum when I told her I was …

A few years ago, ten million hardbacks celebrated a book depository in Liverpool. A place in a local shopping centre designated solely for …

It is fair to say 2016 has been an unruly guest as years go. We have been stripped of creative geniuses and …

A pop art version of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, with a touch of Tarantino violence sums up Small Change: Andrez Bergen’s buzzing …

One crisp Wednesday morning in May, I swam into the Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice. Located in Calle Lunga Santa Maria Formosa, the …

ArtsGroupie presents HOTEL. Part of Shiny New Festival 2016 Wednesday 20 July at 7 pm. Tickets available from the Lantern Theatre for …

Ever had the feeling you have been drugged with a literary pill? You pick up a book and cannot stop reading it; …

I begin this Revolutionary Road review by noting that Richard Yates’s novel is a remarkable reflection on American society. Frank and April …