Books Music News Stormzy’s #Merky Books announces literature festival to inspire next-gen creatives by Tammy Moir Stormzy’s #Merky Books is hosting a free literature festival, aiming to inspire young creatives with a diverse lineup of established and up-and-coming voices in the…
News NSFW Sex Best places to read literotica online by Amy Davidson Ditch the videos for a night and let your imagination run wild with literotica. Check out these sites for the most stimulating stories. If your go-to…
Music News Adele to hit pause on career to swap lyrics for literature by Tammy Moir Adele has announced plans to take a break from the music industry to pursue a degree in English literature. Adele has shared that she plans…
Books News French author Annie Ernaux has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature by Tammy Moir French author Annie Ernaux one of her country’s most acclaimed authors has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 2022 Nobel Prize in…
Books Film and TV News Newly acquired letters reveal Jane Austen’s real life Mr. Darcy by Tammy Moir Jane Austen fans prepare to swoon, as a letter recently acquired by ‘Jane Austen House and Museum’ reveals the name of her very own Darcy….
Books News Greta Thunberg is headlining London Literature Festival with the launch of ‘The Climate Book’ by Tammy Moir Greta Thunberg is set to headline this year’s The Southbank Centre London Literature Festival, with a world-exclusive launch of The Climate Book (Allen Lane). Returning…
Books News The full shortlist for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award is here by Tammy Moir The Dublin Literary Award is one of the world’s most valuable annual prizes for a single work of fiction published in English, worth a cool…
Clocked News ‘Disco Elysium’ has some of the sharpest dialogue you will ever experience by Alastair Cairns Disco Elysium starts with the momentum of a jet plane roaring off the tarmac. The fact that it does this through words alone, a conversation…
Books Clocked News Prolific fantasy author Brandon Sanderson is working on a video game by Alastair Cairns Brandon Sanderson, the acclaimed fantasy/sci-fi author that finished the Wheel of Time series, has just let slip that he’s developing a video game with a…
Books News A book of Virginia Woolf’s opinions on her literary peers just sold for £21k by Ria Pandey A book in which acclaimed novelist Virginia Woolf shared her thoughts on her contemporaries has sold for £21,000. Titled Really and Truly: A Book of…
Film and TV News Netflix just dropped the trailer for ‘Rebecca’ and it sucks by Mary Ali Netflix just dropped the trailer for its adaptation of the iconic Rebecca, and frankly, it’s a little disappointing. It’s almost impossible to hear the name…
News Talking to your characters won’t make you a psychopath, study says by Mia Montesin A study shows writers hear their characters talk back. 61% say they listen to them. Research from Durham University and the Edinburgh International Book Festival…
Books Features ‘Janis: Her Life and Music’: a celebration of rock’s first female superstar by Luke Saunders Around 1 a.m. on 4 Oct, 1970, Janis Joplin skin popped a dose of ‘China White’ heroin at Room 105 of the Landmark Motor Hotel….