Spring Cleaning
By Geo Ong Spring cleaning is upon us here at the Urchin blog, which means it’s time to freshen up the only item of furniture we have in our virtual flat, the Urchin Bookshelf. We’ve been reading our...
View ArticleThe Weekly Urchin Recap
By Geo Ong This weekend marks yet another annual anniversary of one of my favourite books, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, which was first published in 1851. Three independent bookstores in the...
View ArticleA Short Monday
What’s harder than telling a story in 200+ pages? Telling it in 5 … or less. A short story can be a writer’s best friend and worst nightmare. It forces you to plan, be concise, and think ahead. Here...
View ArticleThe Subhumans: Man’s Violent History with Whales
Some folks says as whales is only fish. No, bye! They’s too smart for fish. I don’t say as what they’s not the smartest creatures in God’s ocean. [...] Aye… and maybe out of it as well. —Uncle Art, in...
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