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One of the most important dozens in the literary world was announced yesterday. Man Booker Prize Longlist 2020 comprises Hilary Mantel’s  conclusion of her Cromwell trilogy The Mirror and The Light and Anne Tyler’s Redhead by the Side of the Road.

Thirteen books wi...

Who swapped big screen movies with never-ending TV series? Actually, we did. Our evenings transformed into the screening of engaging or even spooky crime series, which is an insatiable process like trying to quench the thirst with a sweet lemonade. It's not that we com...

There was A Time To Kill and now it is A Time For Mercy, as John Grisham presents his next top best-seller to be. “I am excited to return to Ford County for another courtroom drama with Jake Brigance and his friends. A Time for Mercy features Jake’s biggest trial since...

A couple of days ago we finally met again - us and the sea. That strong aroma of careless holidays in the air mixed with a chit-chatter of the fellow vacationers and a hypnotizing rustling of the sea served as a perfect background for a relaxing reading on a sunbed. Pe...

Wanna know the best book 2020 in Italy? Last week the most prestigious Italian book award - Premio Strega - has announced its winner. This year the award went to Sandro Veronesi and his novel Il Colibrì (The Hummingbird).

Established in 1947, Premio Strega indicates the...

One third of this summer is practically over but we still can't go to the movies, as we once did. Nevertheless, June was rich with new comedy releases to keep you heads up and maintain your smile. If you haven't seen them yet, at least look through the trailers and plo...

So much action these days. Probably too much, though the initial idea and stimulus has been unarguable and justified. And Spike Lee is timely as usual with his new movie called Da 5 Bloods that came streaming on Netflix this June. "Lee’s new movie - like the great Blac...

One more month practically without cinema theatres. Perhaps somebody hasn't even thought about it but we hope that there's a large part of cinema lovers who can't forget those two or three hours spent in this special spectacular universe where nothing else, except a gr...

Coronavirus continues its black deeds. Due to the pandemic, the major film festivals and other manifestations of 2020 have been already cancelled or partially transformed into online events. But now it made its first step into 2021. These days the news had come up that...

I've grown up in a place where meeting a black person was an improbable probability. Nevertheless, I cried like a baby after finishing reading Harriet Beecher Stowe‘s Uncle Tom‘s Cabin, which was on my school English reading list, and I couldn't perceive this awful phe...