PinnedJohn WerryReintroducing Myself as the Writer Formerly Known as J.P. WilliamsI’m redesigning, relaunching and refocusing under my real nameAug 162Aug 162
John WerryOn a Book, Previously UnknownThe book is stubby. Hardback, but no wider or longer than a jumped-up pocketbook. A blurb on the paper obi (“belt” in Japanese) running…Aug 161Aug 161
John WerryBook Review: ‘Between Calmness and Passion: Rosso’ by Kaori Ekuni“Love don’t come easy,” sang White Lion back in the Nineties, as if we needed any reminding. Later in the decade, when popular novelist…Aug 161Aug 161
John WerryBook Review: ‘A Long Petal of the Sea’ by Isabelle AllendeOf lust and love, poets and politicsApr 152Apr 152
John WerryBook and Film Review: No One Gets Out AliveOh the horror, horrors, many horrors…Apr 81Apr 81
John WerryBook Review: ‘Beginning with Heidegger’ by Michael MillermanThe bond between politics and philosophy can be dangerousJan 112Jan 112
John WerryThe Northman’s Amleth and Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Brief ComparisonTo be or not to be or to be with a vengeance?Jan 82Jan 82
John WerryStorytelling in a Forgotten Format“In another time, in another world, gentle Gelflings and simple Podlings lived together in peace.” Thus begins The Dark-Crystal as a…Dec 14, 20231Dec 14, 20231
