literature

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
Books

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend

When I write stories I can try on different voices. It’s still an adventure, writes Way of Telling author Xandra Bingley
Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
Top 5

Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot

Peace, AI and 'six-seven': Oxford reveals children's words of the year
Language

Peace, AI and 'six-seven': Oxford reveals children's words of the year

Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Poetry

Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters

Taylor Swift is right to call herself an 'English teacher'. I would know, I am one
Clio Doyle

Taylor Swift is right to call herself an 'English teacher'. I would know, I am one

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Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
An inmate at HMP Erlestoke holding the book The Lost Boyz at Penned Up 2025
Literature

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot's Middlemarch
John Bird

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot's Middlemarch

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
Sci-fi

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War's most important weapons
Books

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War's most important weapons

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz
Books

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
Literature

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along

'Future is as shaky as its ever been': Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Books

'Future is as shaky as its ever been': Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?

Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
Books

Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the 'right to read'
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the 'right to read'

How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'
Books

How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'

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