Video thrills the author’s star; how many does it snuff out?
It sounds cute, short videos extolling books to a young audience; does BookTok really fill the void so many authors face? Welcome to Videodrome. Death is listening, and will take the first book that screams…
Read Dundee embarks on 10-year effort to share a love of stories
The National Literacy Trust has teamed up with local partners to launch a decade-long campaign to change the life stories of kids in Dundee – by encouraging them to enjoy reading
Sheffield’s Off the Shelf Festival of Words is coming back for another run, marking 31 years celebrating local, regional and international literary talent
These are gloomy times but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate a little literary light courtesy of the latest Manchester Literature Festival. The stars are coming out, see ’em shine…
Student project brings Quaco’s tale to wider audience
Project highlights horrors of an inhuman trade
The story of an 18th Century African boy abducted into slavery, told as a Dutch-language graphic novel has gained its first English translation, courtesy of students at a Yorkshire university
Old scripts have revealed disability was meant to take centrestage in hit Broadway show The Music Man, then the central character was snatched from the limelight and erased
Better late than never for debut epic fantasy author
Student Ethan Doble just missed out on achieving his childhood dream of becoming a published author by age 20, but what’s a few weeks when set against an epic fantasy?
Mark Cantrell, Author 