Seeing the world through literature – so many books, so little time
Reading goes hand in hand with travelling, introducing you to local novels, new ideas, and amazing bookshops
Decolonising the canon: Felix recommends
Following on from calls in Cambridge to include more BAME authors in its curriculum, Felix makes some suggestions.
A women’s alternative to the Booker
Books Writer Katie Cook introduces the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and gives her take on this year’s winner – Naomi Alderman, whose novel The Power centres around gender and violence.
Hollywood has brought Atwood’s dystopia to the screen, and now into reality
Despite being over 30 years old, The Handmaid’s Tale, with its warning of a future of curtailed women’s rights, is as disturbingly familiar as ever.
In the relentless tread of time, a man searches for the greater miracle of life
Austrian writer Thomas Glavinic’s The Greater Miracle explores one man’s life when pushed to the extreme in a brilliant piece of storytelling.
In the words of a young poet finding her feet
New volume of Plath’s complete letters reveals the mind of a young poet hungry for success
The koala bear as a metaphor for life, death, and the struggle to survive
Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss tackles issues of mortality and the meaning of life in his third novel Koala
Immerse yourself in the tumultuous sea of this 20th century historical drama
Books writer Pavan Inguva explains why Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy is an exciting blend of history, personal experience and philosophy.
In defence of ‘difficult’ books
Is a book ‘bad’ because it is ‘too difficult’ to read? Felix writer Ned Summers thinks the issue is in our approach.
Ali Smith’s Autumn is more than just a post-Brexit manifesto
The innovative and poetic portrayal of a country in turmoil and the lessons learnt is deserving of its Man Booker Prize nomination
Hope amid darkness in Philip Pullman’s new series
Best-selling author Philip Pullman graces the London Literature Festival with the launch of his new novel, the prequel to His Dark Materials.
Words of migratory flight
British-Somali women writers read their works as part of Sea Migrations, a collaboration between the London Literature Festival and Somali Week Festival