Category: Literature
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Summer Reading Tips – J.M. Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year (2007)
Read more: Summer Reading Tips – J.M. Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year (2007)Summer has arrived – sorry – you have arrived at summer, and with summer you’ve presumably reached freedom. You leave a year of university behind you; another year of musty academia that simultaneously bore and excite you; another year of consuming dense and authoritative ‘researches’, ‘considerations’, ‘analyses’ – half of which end in a…
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The LACE That Lived
Read more: The LACE That Lived“An evening with Rowling” was most definitely not the first event hosted by the Literary Activities Committee Etcetera (LACE). But, it was arguably the best. Zahia Siab’s enthusiasm was catching as she presented the evening in the Doelenzaal – that was hardly distinguishable from Hogwarts’ Great Hall. Gorgeous, atmospheric hall? Check. Hogwarts banners? Check. Drinks…
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Short Story Competition – First Place: In Between Places
Read more: Short Story Competition – First Place: In Between PlacesIN BETWEEN PLACES By Charlotte Nijhuis Hungaria The bumping of the carriage on the railway could put me to sleep within minutes. Using my backpack as a pillow and the views flashing before my eyes as a lullaby, it was easy to drift off. Nights in hostel beds made out of little more than a…
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Short Story Competition – Second Place: Old Devil Moon
Read more: Short Story Competition – Second Place: Old Devil MoonOLD DEVIL MOON By Luc de Vries The spotlight is on us. The fallen night encircles the floor on which we sway, one foot to the other. Shadowed treetops crown my horizon. The stars are aligned in perfect structure: our diamond chandeliers laced with translucent clouds, drifting slowly. A tender step left, a hand on…
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Short Story Competition – Third Place: Terminal Velocity
Read more: Short Story Competition – Third Place: Terminal VelocityTERMINAL VELOCITY By Casper Rudolph 1 For billions of years have I voyaged across the luminous emptiness, rocketing amongst silent worlds. I am bound to journey onward through this timeless haze, in the absence of any company. Over the aeons I have forgotten my point of origin and my destination has always been unknown to…
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