The phenomenon of #BookTok

Jane Rance explores how this TikTok community has changed the face of book sales.

The Guglielmites

The Guglielmites Who is Guglielma? Guglielma was an Italian woman living in the 13th Century who gained a cult-like following at a time of increased inquisitorial presence from the Catholic Church. The mysticism around her person was not simply post-obit but whilst she was still alive. Very little was known about her before she arrived […]

A love letter to Kishi Bashi.

Durham Drama Festival, Mark Hillery programme review by Amy Gaffney

Millie Adams reviews the Assembly Rooms instalment of this year’s Durham Drama Festival

Literary genres: Necessary or restrictive?

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson: love, abdication and the Nazis

Dissolving the boundaries of friendship: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels

Should we be able to give books a bad review?

Hope, resistance and the value of Palestinian poetry