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Orange Prize for Fiction goes to ‘Home’
Marilynne Robinson's third novel Home has been awaded the Orange Prize for Fiction, beating favourite to win Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman.…
‘Bookaholism’
‘Seriously addictive'. ‘Once you've started it's hard to stop'. The above are slogans that are to be used in the…
Recommended Reads: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Steven Powell has an M.A. in Victorian Literature from the University of Liverpool, and is currently studying for a Literature…
Featured Poem: ‘Kubla Khan’ by S.T. Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) is celebrated as one of the great poets of the Romantic period, and Kubla Khan is…
Featured Poem: ‘Song on a May Morning’ by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet and author best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667); the story…
To Russia – With Love! # 1
We've come up with a new concept: 'Slow Reads'. Rather than promoting books which can be read quickly - yes, you guessed…
Featured Poem: ‘Crossing the Bar’ By Alfred Tennyson
Due to last week’s announcement regarding Carol Ann Duffy succeeding Andrew Motion as Poet Laureate, our featured poem belongs to…
Featured Poem: Anthem for Doomed Youth
Seamus Heaney turned 70 last week. In his Nobel Lecture, delivered in 1995, he talked about other poets who have…
Chapter Review: from Reader Development in Practice
IN BOOK REVIEW OF: Hornby S, Glass B (Eds). Reader Development in Practice: Bringing literature to readers. London: Facet Publishing,…
Featured Poem: Advice to the Stout
Some subjects are considered more fit for poetry than others and ailments of the stomach are not generally among them.…
STOP THE TRAFFIK
STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global activist movement campaigning to end the forcing of innocent people into slavery, sweat shops,…
Sefton Writing Competition 2009
This competition is part of Sefton Arts & Cultural Service's extensive programme of writing-related events, performances, projects and workshops throughout…
