Alex Diggins
Magic and miasma: Mordew, by Alex Pheby, reviewed
Alex Diggins 15 August 2020 9:00 am
Mordew ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, as Elton John nearly sang. If they escape the ravages…
A ponderous parable for our times: The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana
Alex Diggins 6 June 2020 9:00 am
Twins are literary dynamite. For writers, they’re perfect for thrashing out notions of free will, the pinballing of cause and…
Bernadine Evaristo shoulders weighty themes lightly: Girl, Woman, Other reviewed
Alex Diggins 21 December 2019 9:00 am
It’s a slippery word, ‘other’. Taken in one light, it throws up barriers and insists on divisions. It is fearful…