From Star Trek to Fifty Shades: how fanfiction went mainstream
August 8, 2018

Devotees of fanfiction will sometimes tell you that it’s one of the oldest writing forms [...]

Disenchantment first-look review – Game of Thrones send-up has a few Groening pains
August 7, 2018

The big thing to remember about Matt Groening projects is that they always take time [...]

Alan Garner: ‘I just let the voice settle and listened’
August 4, 2018

Alan Garner’s glittering career started nearly six decades ago with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, one [...]

What’s on Netflix and Amazon this month – September 2018
August 3, 2018

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Sjón’s top 10 artificial humans in fiction
August 1, 2018

The story of man trying to compete with the gods in creating a living being [...]

July 2018 Wrap Up

Welcome to this month’s wrap up! Here’s everything we’ve managed to achieve this month all [...]

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Creating Cathy: the story behind Wuthering Heights’s wild heroine
July 30, 2018

Whether you love it or hate it, there is no denying that Wuthering Heights holds [...]

Teenage books round-up: voyages of discovery and hope
July 30, 2018

Candy Gourlay’s historical novel Bone Talk (David Fickling, £10.99) is a coming-of-age story dealing with [...]

‘Dire statistics’ show YA fiction is becoming less diverse, warns report
July 27, 2018

Despite a raft of diversity initiatives, the percentage of young adult books written by black [...]

Richard Powers: ‘I love sci-fi. The more 10-foot reptilians, the better’
July 27, 2018

The book I am currently readingIt’s said that a person might profitably read Don Quixote [...]

Want the kids to read more? 15 modern classics for all ages
July 27, 2018

For ages 5+ The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillian and Yuval Zommer (Words [...]

From bedtime stories to bribes: how to get your child reading more
July 27, 2018

Each year when we went on holiday, my parents would treat us to a Summer [...]