Archive - Dear Reader

Four books and two shows

Jul 31 •

May 2025

Heart Lamp and More...

I read four books shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, which means you get a newsletter

May 27 •

A distress signal and a round-up

May 1 •

March 2025

This one's a bit different from the usual.

Mar 29 •

December 2024

The Best of 2024

These are a few of my favourite books, films, shows and K-dramas (and even two C-dramas!) from this year

Dec 28, 2024 •

July 2024

Of Jill Ciment's Consent, Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro

Towards the end of her extraordinary memoir Consent, Jill Ciment writes about how her husband of 45 years, Arnold Mesches, responded to the news that he…

Jul 16, 2024 •

June 2024

Until August + All Fours + more

Gasp! The newsletter lives!

Jun 3, 2024 •

March 2024

Reading 400 Pages in a Day?

Dictionary of Lost Words • A Master of Djinn • Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions

Mar 17, 2024 •

February 2024

Happy Saraswati Valentine Day

Hello from an understudy to the goddess of procrastination.

Feb 14, 2024 •

December 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

and happy new year

Dec 22, 2023 •

November 2023

Of Stories, Memories and Escape

I’ve been thinking about stories a lot these past few months.

Nov 15, 2023 •

October 2023

September in October

What kind of a person sets out to find romance and instead chooses murder?

Oct 1, 2023 •

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