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Books of 2007: Literature and Theology–John Scrivener
Friends of The Reader recommend their books of 2007. By John Scrivener The new book (new to me anyhow) I…
Small Presses, Big Ideas
This afternoon The Reader editor Philip Davis featured on BBC Radio 4's show about small presses, 'Small Presses, Big Ideas'.…
Books of 2007: Hotel World–Clare Williams
By Clare Williams My favourite book of the year has to be Ali Smith’s Hotel World (Hamish Hamilton, 2001). As…
Recommended Poem: In The Bleak Midwinter
By Siobhan Chapman I walked down Bold Street in Liverpool late in the afternoon one day last week, passing the…
Books of 2007: Janet’s Repentance–Katie Peters
Friends of The Reader choose their books of 2007. by Katie Peters My favourite read of 2007 is, without a…
Books of 2007: Beer, Philosophy, Crime–Chris Routledge
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Chris Routledge My reading tends to be dominated by…
The Temple of Serendipity
Brad Bigelow recalls skipping classes to go to the library. Somewhere around my third week in college I looked up…
Recommended Reads: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters
By Josie Billington Mrs Gaskell’s last and finest work, Wives and Daughters, has been called ‘the most underrated novel in…
Featured Poem: On Wenlock Edge
A.E. Houseman's poem 'On Wenlock Edge ...' (1896) is one of my favourite poems, not least for its description of…
Cranford, Episode 3 Review
In her third contribution Clare Williams continues her series of reviews of the BBC's adaptation of Cranford. For those people…
Recommended Reads: James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia (1987) is a fictionalised account of the notorious unsolved murder of Elizabeth Ann Short in Los Angeles…
Links We Liked for December 6, 2007
In a story that should really be tagged 'Gouranga' Inside Higher Ed reports that literary graffitti has been appearing at…
