Hong Kong Future Perfect

Jeffrey Tam reviews the latest anthology by the Hong Kong Writers Circle, a text which envisages twenty utopian/dystopian futures for Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Eleanor Kaufman

Eleanor Kaufman is Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. Her Continue reading →

The Weird and The Eerie

James Rushing Daniel reviews the late Mark Fisher’s final book, discussing the limits of Freud and of human agency. Mark Continue reading →

RAIN: Four Walks in English Weather

Leo Cookman reviews a new Faber collection that critiques the relationship between Britain, weather and complaining. Melissa Harrison, RAIN: Four Walks Continue reading →

Triptych

Adam Steiner explores Repeater’s new profound and visceral exploration of the Manic Street Preachers. Rhian E Jones, Daniel Lukes & Larissa Continue reading →

Common Ground

Marcel Kruger on walking, observation, global warming and the new flâneur in Rob Cowen’s Common Ground. Rob Cowen, Common Ground Continue reading →

Nothing on Earth

Conor Dawson reviews O’Callaghan’s debut novel, an uncanny reincarnation of the Gothic for the contemporary reader. Conor O’Callaghan, Nothing on Continue reading →

The Jokes

Stephen Lee Naish on Stephen Thomas’s latest, comparing jokes on the stage with jokes on the page and asking whether Continue reading →