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Kristyna Jelinkova
Apr 22, 20224 min read
Championing the Rom-Com at Waterstones Piccadilly
The romantic comedy genre can tell empowering stories by depicting characters facing relatable and moving situations. Yet it is often not...
Lara Mae Simpson
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Mala’s Cat Review: A Pertinent Reminder of the Violence of War
Holocaust memoirs are hard to read. Given the unfathomable brutality of this history, to hear a first-hand account of the Nazis’...
Kristyna Jelinkova
Apr 12, 20223 min read
Waterstones Gower St Indie Spotlight: Devika Ponnambalam in Conversation with Leonara Rustamova
On the 31st March at Waterstones Gower Street, author of new release I Am Not Your Eve, Devika Ponnambalam was joined by a prize-winning...
Lara Mae Simpson
Apr 7, 20224 min read
The Importance of Presence - Still Point's Poetry & Fiction Showcase
In the intimate setting of Reference Point on the Strand, and after Covid-induced postponements, the ‘presence’ of writers sharing their...
Thalia Khadi
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Women of the World Festival 2022: Women of Greek Myth with Natalie Haynes and Nikita Gill
From the 11th to 13th March 2022, the WOW (Women of the World) Festival returned to London, this time back in person! For a whole...
Shaheena Uddin
Apr 3, 20224 min read
Women of the World Festival 2022: Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan's Tangled in Terror
On March 11th, the opening night of the Women of the World festival, renowned writer, poet, educator and activist, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan...
Holly Cornall
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Women of the World Festival 2022: Lisa Taddeo and Pandora Sykes in Conversation
Each year the Women of the World Festival celebrates International Women’s Day with world-class speakers, activists, and performers. The...
Juna Kim
Mar 11, 20224 min read
Joan Didion’s 'Play It As It Lays': A Meditation on Nothingness
A trailblazer for the literary, film, and journalism world, Joan Didion’s passing is an immense loss. I first came across Joan Didion’s...
Maisie Allen
Feb 18, 20224 min read
London Literature Festival 2021: Booker Prize Shortlist Readings
For the finale of the 2021 London Literature Festival and on Halloween no less, the Southbank Centre hosted an author discussion of this...
Isabela Palancean
Feb 9, 20223 min read
London Literature Festival 2021: Mieko Kawakami's Heaven
Centred on the expansive theme of friendship, this year’s London Literature Festival inaugurated Japanese writer’s Mieko Kawakami’s novel...
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