Francine Pascal

May 1, 2024 | womensprize.com | Francine Pascal |Michelle Zauner |Coco Mellors |Hanya Yangihara

We are being treated to an acting masterclass in this week’s Bookshelfie episode as Vick Hope is joined by actor, writer, director and producer, Ann Akinjirin. Ann stopped by to talk about her latest role in The Famous Five by Enid Blyton, the importance of not erasing art’s history and the five books that have shaped both the woman and the actress she has become. It was my introduction to being a bookworm.

Mar 18, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Francine Pascal |John Steinbeck |Brit Bennett |Alice Dreger

Twins are literary gold. We crop up in every genre, for every age, at every level of prestige. Fantasy: Cersei and Jaime Lannister in A Game of Thrones. Elizabethan drama: Viola and Sebastian in Twelfth Night. Kid lit: Shasta and Corin in The Horse and His Boy. Booker-Prize-winning fiction: Rahel and Estha in The God of Small Things. As for horror, sci-fi, crime, and romance: think of every doppelgänger, clone, and switcheroo plot ever. What makes twins such narrative regulars?