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Sir Ian Rankin's 'The Rise' at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
As part of this year’s London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre, Sir Ian Rankin graced Queen Elizabeth Hall to discuss his new...
Molly Whiting
Nov 17, 20237 min read


Where Do We Go From Here? Oliver Jeffers: Begin Again at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Caroline Tompkins, Courtesy of Southbank Centre From How to Catch a Star and The Way Back Home, Oliver Jeffers has written and...
Sophie Cheung
Nov 17, 20233 min read


"Significance blooms like mad" - Helen Oyeyemi: Trying at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Tereza Linhartová, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “The sense we make gets broken all the time,” as in life as it is in art. What...
Jorvell Ong
Nov 17, 20233 min read


Publishing No More a Mystery - Literature Powerhouses at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Anainah Dalal The publishing world is often seen as this big, scary machine, that no one ever really understands the workings...
Anainah Dalal
Nov 17, 20235 min read


In Conversation With Troy Cabida
STRAND writer Bianca Layog interviews three Barbican Young Poets — Fathima Zahra, Troy Cabida, and Jinhao Xie — who performed at the...
Bianca Layog
Nov 17, 20239 min read

The Grey and Green: Victorian Imagery in Dishonored
Dishonored offers a unique perspective on the Victorian era, blending themes of morality, class struggles, and patriarchy.
Iesa Rahman
Nov 15, 20236 min read


An Evening With Ed Gamble: Comedy and Hunger at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Pal Hanson, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “I think that might be the first time that someone’s started a question at the London...
Dan Ramos Lay
Nov 10, 20236 min read


Yu Miri: The End of August at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Katsumi Omori, Courtesy of Southbank Centre In the Purcell Room on the 22nd of October, I heard The End of August read aloud for...
Bianca Layog
Nov 10, 20239 min read


A Slice of Fried Gold - Nick Frost and Simon Pegg at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Pete Woodhead, Courtesy of Southbank Centre When talking about his new book A Slice of Fried Gold, Nick Frost giggles like a...
Barney Nuttall
Nov 10, 20233 min read


Birdsong
Photo by Grigoriy on Pexels When the birds in the trees sang in the morning I decided to leave, I listened. Their singing, I’ve heard,...
Ellie Dempster
Oct 30, 20234 min read
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