While many radical bookshops across the UK fold under the increasing costs of running a small business, Housmans in Peace House has remained a community pillar for readers and activists alike.
The best-selling true crime author discusses her latest book and how murder can reveal the lives of ordinary people and expose the underlying attitudes of wider society.
Known for the contemporary romcoms set in academia, her new book brings a surprising love story between supernatural beings
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Children’s books portray zoos more than schools
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Animals are more likely to feature as a protagonist in children’s literature than a non-white child. Is this humanisation of animals actually dehumanising ethnic groups?
Dystopian worlds: Fear or fantasy
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Artefact explores our fascination with the dystopian genre. Why are we drawn to it most when our reality is uncertain?
The Feminist Library: Saved from closure
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How crowdfunding has helped a London institution to find a new home south of the river.
Book | The Only Story
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Julian Barnes returns with a new novel about love, memory and surprises of the real life.
Book | Bridges: Hard Seasons
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A Cameroonian actress writes her first novel which deals with many issues facing society in her home country.
Undiversified literary world
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We examine the new initiatives that might be the answer for a more diverse future in the publishing industry.