Writer's Block Magazine

Sanderson in Review

March 12, 2017

A reader’s job these days is hard. More books get published in a single year than any of us could read in a lifetime – and that’s without even taking into account petty complications like school and jobs and family that seek to diminish our precious reading time. Today, I’m hoping to convince you that…

T2 Trainspotting

March 7, 2017

by Film, Roos Gravemaker, WB Recommendations

Choose to make a highly anticipated sequel to a 20 year old movie. Choose to ignore the cynicism surrounding remakes, follow-ups, and other so-called money-draining exploitations of an initial “good movie”. Choose nostalgia. Choose letting an entire generation reach for the last lingering strings of their youth. Choose to accept some meagre compliments and…

Tribute to Television

March 3, 2017

by David Kleinsteuber, tv series, WB Recommendations

Last month for the second time we gave some much needed (and deserved) love to three under-recognized series, and today we continue that tradition. You might notice that I’ve changed the title of the series from “Reasons to Stay Inside” to “Tribute to Television”; I’ve done this because I think the ironic intention of…

Classical Explorations

February 28, 2017

by Music, Sophie van Hellenberg Hubar, WB Recommendations

While classical music has been a rather large part of my cultural education, it hasn’t played an important role in my adult life. I do like to listen to it playing in the background while I study, read a book, or do one of my other very wild favorite occupations. But after all this time,…

The grimm side of fairytales

February 24, 2017

by Books, Literature, Rachel Aisa-Bonoko, WB Column

When hearing the phrase “once upon a time…” most of us already know that we are about to be told a fairytale. I don’t have any statistical facts on this, but I can say with a fair amount of confidence that most children love fairytales. Maybe it’s because of the desire that humans have…