Siphonophore Pam Thompson Rohlehr asks himself and us

Rohlehr asks himself and us the most profound questions – not the unanswerable metaphysics of “What are we here for

Bassam K Frangieh Embers and Ashes by Hisham Sharabi

The Spring Banipal highlights some of the numerous events already this year which focus on literature from the Arab world

‘Cape Weavers’

- Celebrating ADONIS

Siphonophore Pam Thompson Rohlehr asks himself and usMacGregor is desperate to return home. Unfortunately, he's stranded in the Gulf of Darin, during independent Scotland's doomed two year attempt at colonisation at the end of the 17th century. Worse still, he's a character in a novel whose author is dying, and he's running out of time. As the authors preoccupations, memories and spiralling thoughts start to pollute MacGregors world, he finds his narrative eroding and his escape routes blocked.