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Until August review: Chronicle of an Infidelity Foretold
“This book doesn’t work. It must be destroyed”, wrote Gabriel García Márquez regarding Until August before leaving the manuscript...
Meri-Li Mercier
May 20, 20243 min read

Four Steps for Comprehending
[Contains Sensitive Content] by Carrie Smith First - the daze. You wake up at eleven AM, eyes dry, mouth dry, head sore. The patch of sun...
Carrie Smith
May 1, 20241 min read


Republishing of Archival Book Reinforces Preservation of Palestinian History
In a speech before the UN General Assembly in 2021, young Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd bluntly summarised the trajectory of the...
Rachel Kodysh
Apr 5, 20244 min read


Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley and a Night of Re-Education
Photo by Anainah Dalal Capitalism is perhaps the most discussed phenomena in the world, whether it be by proponents of it or those that...
Anainah Dalal
Apr 4, 20244 min read


Is the Canon Dying?
Images licensed under Public Domain I had a professor at the university where I finished my undergraduate degree who would spit the word...
Vaishnavi Reddy
Mar 28, 20244 min read


Three Poems by James Merchant
All photography by James Merchant Crossed At Shore Still, the sound of the sea Breaking against the strand, Strangling the stray sand Is...
James Merchant
Mar 26, 20243 min read


Voyage of the Damned Sets Sail for Murder and Mayhem - Review
Image courtesy of Penguin Michael Joseph Frances White’s debut novel Voyage of the Damned sails any reader into uncharted territories,...
Helen Berk
Mar 12, 20242 min read


London Feminist Book Club X Jaded by Ela Lee
On the 16th of February, Penguin Random House hosted a collaborative event with the London Feminist Book Club and author Ela Lee, to...
Ellie Stiff
Mar 11, 20245 min read


Challenging Narratives About The North: 'Pity' by Andrew McMillan at the Southbank Centre
Photo by Sophie Davidson, courtesy of Southbank Centre 2024 is the year of The North. With many new books coming out featuring Northern...
Lara Mae Simpson
Feb 19, 20245 min read


Poppy
It's raining. It's 2 pm. The clouds are grey and you can hear the distant thunder rolling. My boots are wet. My clothes are drenched. All...
Nandinee Rajkhowa
Feb 15, 20245 min read
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