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Tackling IS
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/10/2016
» After a delay that has tried my patience, this reviewer congratulates Britain's Stephen Leather for coming through for us. For half-a-decade authors have given IS (Islamic State) a wide berth, aware of their practice of murdering those disparaging their faith. Unlike suicide bombers, they have every intention of fleeing the scenes of their atrocities.
How to deal with ‘thanks, but no thanks’
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/04/2016
» The touchy topic of rejection slips surfaced last week when JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, released on Twitter some slips she had received from publishers. Her stated objective was to encourage aspiring authors not to give up after receiving rejections.
Passing away in 2015: some notable deaths
AFP, Published on 22/12/2015
» PARIS - From legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif to Germany's ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Nobel-winning author Gunter Grass, here are some of the notable figures who died in 2015:
A fond farewell
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/10/2015
» 'The most brilliant mystery writer of our time" (Patricia Cornwell's estimation) passed away this year. British author Ruth Rendell published her first best-seller in 1964 and penned a thriller yearly ever since. She was the narrator, her characters having their say.
Thriller queen Rendell dies
Published on 02/05/2015
» LONDON — The British author Ruth Rendell, who died on Saturday aged 85, followed the late Agatha Christie and PD James as a grande dame of the crime thriller.
No end in sight
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 01/09/2014
» While new authors keep appearing, older ones keep at it until they run out (Hemingway) or pass away (Clancy). Those who retire return (Rankin). Those staying on may no longer be in top form (le Carre). But several are (Rendell). Not that this reviewer rates Ruth Randell on a par with Agatha Christie.
Gregorian chants
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/07/2014
» Since The Da Vinci Code, novelists have been trying to outdo Dan Brown with plots to rock the foundations of the beliefs of 1 billion Roman Catholics, but have had no discernible effect on Holy Mother Church. What became of Jesus, who lived and died a Jew, is a moot question.
The PhD stalker
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 17/03/2014
» One of the pieces of advice mums and dads pass on to their sons who have reached maturity is not to go with women who have more problems than they do. Advice worth following, for the lads are ill-equipped to deal with them. Indeed, most mature men can’t either. Best leave it to trained and experienced shrinks.
A plausible 'what if?'
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 09/12/2013
» A game played by children as well as adult boffins is "what if?" The possibilities are as wide as the imagination. It's fun thinking about things being different than they are. What if I found a million dollars? What if I found the cure to cancer? What if I could read your mind? What if, tragically, Hitler had won World War II.