Shrimp is certainly a novel for a post- Sex in the City and Dawson’s Creek generation. With more in common with The OC than real life, it is still a refreshing presentation of young adults and the period of transition into full-blown independence. Cohn wrote Shrimp in response to fans’ questions about what happened next to the he ...

A young woman and her equally young bridegroom approach a mystic at a fair, asking him to interpret a dream the groom, Neelandra, has had. In his unravelling of the dream the mystic warns against trying to fight fate. He informs the young woman, Anishaa, she is pregnant and that Neelandra desires to have a son. This exposition foreshadows the play’s central conflicts; the tensions between ...

Dear You. You are here. I don’t know how I know that this is the beginning of you. I just do. I should be afraid. But what I feel is, we can do this. You and I.

When she was pregnant, Emmy had such high hopes for the future. But what happens when you can’t love the baby you thought you’d adore? Sometimes it seems that the best thing is to run away.

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This sequel to Sugar Rush continues the story of Maria Sweet, aka Sugar, whose spicy life, if we are to continue the analogy, is amazingly imagined by Julie Burchill. There is no doubting Burchill's skill at creating a plausible character who, surprisingly, can be endearing despite a fairly awful set of circumstances, including the inability for a variety of reasons to bring up her toddler ...

Synopsis: A challenging drama which addresses issues of intolerance, the questioning of authority, and Utilitarian control. A teenage boy struggles with huge questions with no guidance as his questions are banned and he needs to be cured for the good of all.

Review: Colemans’ challenging drama details the struggles of a young teenage boy facing a crisis of belief as ...

Synopsis: A best selling psychological thriller from Monika Feth, translated from German by award winner Anthea Bell. Eighteen-year-old Jenna, daughter of a famous author of crime fiction, is sharing a flat with her friends Caro and Merle when the ‘Necklace Murderer’ strikes for the third time. When one day Caro is found murdered - stabbed seven times with her necklace missi ...

Synopsis: As an idealistic first-year English teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of ‘unteachable, at-risk’ students. One day she intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust – only to be met by uncomprehending looks. So she ...

Synopsis: John is the only witness to a horrific massacre. Soon he realises that the terrorists know he saw what happened, and now he must run for his life. With Ninian, a young boy he has discovered hiding at the site, he must find his way through the Scottish Highlands in search of safety, whilst pursued by very dangerous men.

Review: Totally gripping from the outset this ...

Synopsis: Lock the doors, draw up the curtains, pull up the covers and be prepared for Thriller: Stories to keep you up all night.

Review: It’s the first time an anthology has been produced  with the collaboration of the bestselling thriller writers in the world today. Thirty writers, include a short story to thrill, which is either something fresh ...

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Gem (named after Germaine Greer) and her close friends Lo and Mira are not in the popular crowd at school, and that's the way they like it. Conformity is for "barcode" people - "mass market items". When the trio come up with a project for the summer holidays - 'underground' in the sense of "avant-garde, debauched, antiest ...