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In recent months, the British Library has taken a fresh approach to the celebration and discussion of Ulysses, resisting the narrative...

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, a spellbinding debut novel by Sean Lusk, offers a mesmerising tale full of magic, wonder, and...

Recently, I watched Esme Allman, one of this year’s Last Word Festival artists, perform her poem ‘Oil’ online. As she spoke of a...

The Institute of Contemporary Art presented Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry in partnership with its exhibition...

In the new exhibition at the Barbican, I am standing before a magnificent tree. It is tall and covered with moss and plants, its roots...

Prolific author Jacqueline Wilson made a return to in-person panel events to celebrate the release of her new novel for young adults,...

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...

Far from the fuss of the city, Alexandra Palace and Rose Original Production staged an irresistibly modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s...

On the 8th April, Waterstones Gower Street invited Leon Craig, a writer and member of the LGBT+ writing collective The Future is Back, to...

The romantic comedy genre can tell empowering stories by depicting characters facing relatable and moving situations. Yet it is often not...