A billion copies, a life of adventure and a taste for murder: The life and legacy of Agatha Christie

Care to guess who the world’s best-selling author of all time is? A billion copies in print, in multiple languages – a literary phenomenon.

06.2025 | Sean Billings

Book Review: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Inspiration can strike at any moment. For two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead it was a playlist from a friend. More specifically, it was the song “Harlem Shuffle” that gave him the title for his novel, which debuted at number three on The New York Times fiction bestseller list and was named by Barack Obama as one of his favourite books of 2021.

06.2023 | Eugene Yiga