A review of a fantastic essay collection by award-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri about her increasingly important work as a literary translator.

A quietly enchanted story of family, folklore, and the courage to recognise happiness before it passes you by.

In September 2024 I posted that the City to Sea Bridge in Wellington is my favourite bit of infrastructure, largely because it is so generously proportioned that it feels like a part of the city ra…

Year 2102 “Hey. My name’s Michi. Nice to meetcha. So, why do I need to wear this? I thought the job was hacking.” Michi stared down her nose at the frilly white apron over the regulation navy-blue dre...

Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 21, 2025, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile …

This entirely subjective list of 50 highlights from 2024 include reviews of fiction, literature, poetry and non-fiction. Translations remained strong in this year’s list, including literature, poet…

A slow‐roasted never‐tasted Czech mystery in a paprika gravy, stewed with sauerkraut and heavy cream; the acute accents indicate long vowels, the caron (flying bird, inverted hat) at the end hishes wi...