The Rise of Audiobooks
It’s no longer a case of ‘Reader, I married him’, but ‘Listener, I married him’: audiobooks are on the rise, and are proving a popular alternative to good old-fashioned reading. […]
Category Archives: Literature
Why I’m On Team Brontë
It’s said that readers fall into one of two camps: Team Austen or Team Brontë. Both the most prolific female writers of the nineteenth-century, if of all time, their writings […]
Jane Austen’s Six Novels
A staple on every household’s bookshelf, Jane Austen is one of the finest authors in the history of English literature. Her novels are famed for their witty style and incisive […]
Arthur Miller: Beyond the Century
The life of a writer is not one to measure on a count of years. While the 17th October 2015 marked the hundredth year anniversary since the birth of Arthur […]
Grace Jones: Enigma Supreme
There is perhaps a risk involved in reading the autobiography of a figure such as Grace Jones. While her exploits would undoubtedly prove a colourful read, her whole stature is […]
Agatha Christie: Forever the Queen of Crime
My younger self wasn’t much of a reader. At the start of every summer holiday, I’d be forced by my Mum to the library, reluctant to take any books home […]
Into the Future Library
Literary legend Margaret Atwood may have just completed her latest work, but it’ll be a long time before anyone reads it. In fact, the likelihood is we’ll never be able […]
Behind the Pseudonym
That J. K. Rowling would embark on the next phase of her writing career under a pseudonym was almost a foregone conclusion. In July last year, the best-selling living novelist […]
The Craze for Crime Fiction
If there was ever a genre of fiction that’s kept at the very height of fashion, it’s the whodunnit. Scout the shelves of any bookshop, scan the listings of the […]
The Austen Project Uncovered
It was inevitable that The Austen Project would prove controversial. Since Harper Collins announced its initiative to refashion Jane Austen’s six novels for a modern audience, opinion has been polarised […]
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