Books

A couple of days before their Refreshers Week Poetry Slam Studentpunch met with the president of the Edinburgh University Literature Society, André Petheram, to find out a bit about the event.

It’s the start of December so no matter if you want to or not it’s time to start thinking of Xmas presents. Buying smaller presents for the parents, brother, sister and just about everyone, can be tricky so we have put together a list of books we feel might save you trawling around the shops in the snow! They include everything from books on football, spamming and even folk music!

Feng shui master CF Wong has just moved into his new Shanghai office when, without warning, a demolition crew begins work on the building. However, this expected annoyance in China’s busiest city is about to become the least of Mr. Wong’s worries. As strange and disturbing things start to happen to him and around him he and his assistant Joyce soon find themselves trying to solve bigger problems than finding a new workplace. With the help and hindrance of a brilliantly diverse set of characters CF Wong finds himself escaping from murderous vegans, unravelling a terrorist plot and running through Shanghai with a ticking elephant.

The Devil’s Staircase follows naive eighteen year old Bronny as she decides to leave her dead end Australian town for London to fully experience life. The decision is prompted by her desire not to know whether or not she has inherited Huntingdon’s disease from her mother. She runs away from the hospital, her older sister and her father with enough money for a one way flight and no luggage.