Figurative language

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from Elizabeth Strout… Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is one of the best, most skillful fiction writers alive in the US today. Born in Portland, Maine, […]

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from the American writer Ann Napolitano… I’d heard all the buzz about a new novel by Ann Napolitano. Rave reviews. Selection by the

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors and personification from Maggie O’Farrell… I’ve been a longtime fan of the Maggie O’Farrell, the award-winning Irish novelist who now lives in Edinbourgh. Her luminous novel

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of images from Canadian writer Zoe Whittall… Canadian poet, novelist and TV writer Zoe Whittall understands how to create an interesting and compelling plot. Her

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Emma Donoghue… Emma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of telling images from Joanna Quinn… The English writer Joanna Quinn is marvellously imaginative. Although The Whalebone Theatre is her first novel, she writes with

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a simile and a metaphor from Jenny Jackson…. Jenny Jackson has an unusual back-story for an author. She’s a Vice President and Executive Editor at Alfred A. Knopf.

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from Ruth Ozeki… Ruth Ozeki is a writer, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her breakout first novel, which was published in 1998, was based on her work

Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about some similes from Reema Patel… Reema Patel is a Canadian writer and lawyer based in Toronto who has spent the last ten years working in provincial

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about figurative language from Liane Moriarty… Liane Moriarty is an Australian author who has written nine novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, which were