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Leda Schenke Gonis
Jan 28, 202412 min read
The Best Poetry of 2023 - T.S. Eliot Prize Readings Review
Video by T.S. Eliot Prize on YouTube The T. S. Eliot Prize is an annual award bestowed on the author of the best – well, according to...
Mia Jones
Jan 19, 20244 min read
Hiraeth: an Elegy for Forgotten Words
Photo by Mia Jones Language, written, verbal, through signs, and expressions; we are constrained by it. Language affects the way we feel,...
Molly Whiting
Dec 20, 20236 min read
Ink to Screen: How BookTok is Reshaping the Publishing Landscape
After receiving the Orange Prize Award in 2012, Madeleine Miller’s novel, The Song of Achilles sold approximately 50,000 units. It saw a...
Anainah Dalal
Dec 14, 20234 min read
An Evening in the In-Between: Bi+ Lines at the National Poetry Library
Photo by Anainah Dalal So often, in art and all that surrounds it, we tend to get caught up in binaries. Binaries of meanings and...
The Strand Magazine
Dec 1, 202310 min read
STRAND Magazine Arts and Culture Roundup 2023: Our Top Picks From This Year
Image courtesy of Ian Schneider via Unsplash (licensed under Unsplash License) It's the most wonderful time of the year, as I'm sure the...
Meri-Li Mercier
Dec 1, 20233 min read
The Apogee of Mainstream and 'Popular Literature' in the New Prix Goncourt
Jean-Baptiste Andrea at the festival Livre sur le Quais (2019), by ActuaLitté (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) A red band on the cover is...
Anna Mowery
Dec 1, 20235 min read
Collecting Our Cultural Heritage: The Chelsea Rare Book Fair
Collectors and curious bibliophiles attended the Chelsea Rare Book fair held at the Old Town Hall the first weekend of November. Nearly...
Ellie Stiff
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Jon Fosse Wins the Nobel Literature Prize
Photo by Tom A. Kolstad (licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0) The day following the announcement of Jon Fosse’s Nobel Literature Prize win, I...
Bianca Layog
Nov 19, 202317 min read
In Conversation with Jinhao Xie
STRAND writer Bianca Layog interviews three Barbican Young Poets — Fathima Zahra, Troy Cabida, and Jinhao Xie — who performed at the...
Molly Whiting
Nov 17, 20237 min read
Sir Ian Rankin's 'The Rise' at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
As part of this year’s London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre, Sir Ian Rankin graced Queen Elizabeth Hall to discuss his new...
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