Books & Storytelling is for the stories we read and the ones we accidentally live inside. These pieces are about books, authors, characters, memory, narrative, and the way stories shape how we understand people, families, women, silence, reputation, and ourselves.
You don’t realise it the first time.
The story has already shown you everything.
It’s only when you return that the threads begin to pull, and the world reveals how carefully it was built.
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Gossip has always been dismissed as small. But it carries everything a story does. Power, perspective, consequence. The story doesn’t change. The person telling it does.
Gossip: The Oldest Story Nobody Admits to Telling Read More »
Some writers tell stories. Fredrik Backman makes it impossible to walk away. You carry his characters into ordinary days, where they feel more real than people you know.
Fredrik Backman: The Stories That Make You Sit With People Read More »
Same song. Same book. Same film.
But not the same experience.
The story doesn’t change. What you carry into it does.
Emotion: The Stories That Change Without Changing Read More »
I grew up believing daydreaming was a distraction. But the scenes stayed. They returned, sharper each time, with people and moments that had nothing to do with my life. For a long time, I thought that meant I was doing it wrong. Now I know those daydreams weren’t random at all.
They were where the story began.
Daydream: The Stories We Tell Before Anyone Is Listening Read More »
We think we tell stories to explain what happened. But every story leaves something out, rearranges something else, and slowly becomes the version we can live with.
Control: The Stories We Tell to Manipulate Read More »
We like to believe there’s one version of what happened.
But most of the time, what we hold on to is shaped less by the event itself, and more by what we needed it to mean.
Bias: The Same Story, Told Differently Read More »
If it doesn’t look like success or struggle, we don’t call it a story. But most of life happens in that unnamed space in between.
Average: The Stories That Don’t Get Told Read More »
Have you ever picked up a book expecting a light-hearted rom-com, only to find yourself pleasantly surprised by the depth it holds? That was my experience with GoaGram by Bina Nayak. Initially, I thought I’d give this to my 13-year-old to read, but quickly changed my mind. The book delves into some real-life issues and
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Tales of Fosterganj by Ruskin Bond My rating: 5 of 5 stars Lovely slice of life stories from small town India, a world so far apart from the big cities I grew up in. In this collection of short stories, Ruskin Bond has created characters that stand out. They are unique, and can be found
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