Janice Pariat’s new novel travels with four people separated in space and time but joined by plants

An excerpt from ‘Everything The Light Touches’, by Janice Pariat.

Janice Pariat

· Nov 16, 2022 · 06:11 pm

‘It was magic’: A writer visits a press to see her novel being printed, finds out how books are made

Janice Pariat documents her visit to Thompson Press.

Janice Pariat

· Oct 02, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Extinctions’: Sharmistha Mohanty’s rich and plentiful writing demands several rounds of re-reading

The writing lies between prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, telling and showing, image and word, poem and prayer.

Janice Pariat

· Oct 01, 2022 · 12:30 pm

How Katherine May’s book ‘Wintering’ prepares us to weather the cold, especially during a pandemic

May’s book is about the many winters in our lives.

Janice Pariat

· Jan 08, 2022 · 05:30 pm

These books tell us why we ignore plants, and what we are missing out on as a result

Reading to fight plant bias with plant awareness.

Janice Pariat

· Oct 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Decolonising creative writing: It’s about not conforming to techniques of the western canon

The universal rules of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ writing are turning out to be colonial relics.

Janice Pariat

· Jul 04, 2021 · 12:30 pm

How Covid-19 has not only changed our vocabulary, but also made us use language more gently

In April and July 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary released special updates to accommodate new words born in the pandemic.

Janice Pariat

· Jun 19, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Fifteen books with which to travel through nature when journeying out is impossible

These books go around the world both historically and geographically.

Janice Pariat

· Nov 29, 2020 · 12:00 pm

In Janice Pariat’s new novel, a woman’s story is told by nine different characters from her life

An excerpt from the Sahitya Akademi award winning author’s new novel ‘The Nine Chambered Heart’.

Janice Pariat

· Nov 28, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why we don’t (and why we do) need a LGBTQ label for fiction

Five books that establish the best things about titles classified in this category.

Janice Pariat

· Feb 25, 2016 · 08:30 am

The Bad Sex in Fiction award: How not to write a sex scene

A writer explores the possibilities and the pitfalls in bringing lovemaking to the written word.

Janice Pariat

· Dec 02, 2015 · 08:30 am

Nine books you shouldn’t be without on Christmas

After the mistletoe, these are the best things you can keep nearby during the Christmas season.

Janice Pariat

· Dec 25, 2014 · 04:30 am