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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


London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre
Photo by Tom Hermans (licensed under Unsplash Licence) From the 18th to the 29th of October 2023, the London Literature Festival returns...
Isabelle Ragnetti
Oct 11, 20234 min read


Where Else: International Hong Kong Poetry at the National Poetry Library
What does it mean to be a poet connected to Hong Kong? This is the key question of Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry...
Lara Mae Simpson
Aug 9, 20235 min read


Through the Looking Glass: The Reflection of Women in a Pornographic World
Photo by Rob Corder via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) "I think we're about to have the biggest show of the summer"...
Ellie Dempster
Jun 29, 20235 min read


She and Her Cat: Makoto Shinkai’s Debut Novel Review
Nobody captures life’s beauty like Makoto Shinkai. I remember watching Your Name in the cinema in 2016, completely mesmerised by the...
Lara Mae Simpson
Oct 11, 20224 min read


After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz: A Dazzling Portrait of Lesbians Through Time
Welcome book lovers, you are among friends. We all know this sign. But at Foyles Charing Cross Road, from 14th July to 15th August, an...
Lara Mae Simpson
Sep 28, 20224 min read

The Promise of Escape: Reviewing Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lonely Castle in the Mirror follows Kokoro, a 7th grader at Yukishina No. 5 Junior High School. After having been...
Bianca Layog
Sep 19, 20224 min read


Reviewing Bea Setton's Berlin - The New Sally Rooney?
Bea Setton’s debut novel, Berlin, is definitely one for this year’s “hot girl summer” reading list. The novel follows unreliable narrator...
Ariunzaya Batkhuyag
Aug 2, 20222 min read


In Book Company: A Conversation with Elif Bautman
Adolescence is a strange creature.. The longest days stretch out as if intent on making you realise your misery, and yet time seems to...
Bianca Layog
Jul 29, 20223 min read


The Island of Missing Trees: Elif Shafak at The Trouble Club
The room on the 5th floor of AllBright had an intimate feeling. Potted plants hung from the skylights in the ceiling and a small crowd...
Kathryn O'Rourke
Apr 27, 20224 min read
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