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Online Writing Course: Season of Inspiration
Helen Whitehead writes to tell us about an online writing course that she is running with fellow tutor Sharon Rundle.…
Sefton Festival of Literature 2007
Running from Wednesday, 19th September until Sunday, 30th September, Sefton Festival for Literature 2007 has a programme appealing to anyone…
The Literary Feedback Loop
There's a lot of discussion in American book circles these days about the declining coverage of books in major newspapers,…
Review of Heaney’s Beowulf Now In Features
Back in 2000, when the world was young, Sarah Coley wrote an excellent review of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf…
On The Road: Kerouac Roundup
September marks the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, notorious for being written on a single roll…
Managing The Library of Babel
Jorge Luis Borges' story 'The Library of Babel' proposes a library so vast it contains all possible books, but is…
Philip Davis Interviewed on Bernard Malamud
Our very own Philip Davis was interviewed on Dublin radio station Dublin City Anna Livia tonight and the programme is…
Featured Article: The Shakespeared Brain
I have just added an article by Philip Davis on the neurological effects of reading Shakespeare to the Features page.…
The Fabric of Quotations: Literature and Interactivity
Back in the 1980s, when the Sinclair Spectrum seemed the pinnacle of personal computing, English departments were arguing over the…
Depression worst for health
An article published in The Lancet today states that depression "produces the greatest decrement in health" compared with the chronic…
Booker 2007 Shortlist
The shortlist for this year's Man Booker prize was announced today with most newspapers, including The Guardian focussing on Ian…
Reading on Wheels
I'm not an especially acquisitive person. I hate shopping and flashy gear doesn't impress me much with its flashiness. But…
