There is an idyllic, Lennon and McCartney-style union when it comes to literature and the summertime. Enjoying a lovely summer’s day requires a few necessities, among which is a decent book to make the sun-kissed day pass and daydreams begin. The number of books beside the pool or on an exotic beach, or a rockier […]Read More
Literature is a unique experience, and it is this uniqueness that makes prose such an exciting art form. Books are not merely bland and boring pieces of battered paper, but living and breathing objects, pulsating with the lives of a thousand voices. Each book means a different thing to each person, with different books drawing […]Read More
Last Friday, the top floor of Waterstones Leeds was transformed from silent bookshop to a welcoming, friendly space, ready to be filled by readings, signings and hilarity. With a small turn out of approximately 25, the event felt intimate and relaxed, with strangers striking up conversation with each other, bound by common interest and an […]Read More
After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, the life of internationally renowned author and OBE recipient Sir Terry Pratchett came to a quiet end yesterday afternoon. His long and successful writing career has secured a place in the hearts of many generations through his enchantingly surreal Discworld novels, serving as an inspiration for many. The thing […]Read More
As long as love has been around, which I’m guessing is a pretty long time, the ability to write love stories has followed eagerly behind. Still so prominent in many aspects of storytelling today are the age-old tales of young lovers, star-crossed lovers, and mismatched boys and girls who defy all expectations to allow themselves […]Read More
Lou Reed has always been something of a fascination and an enigma. It would appear that the basis of Lou’s often chaotic musical career was rooted in literature, which The Indiependent‘s Kristen was keen to investigate. Legend has it that Lou Reed and John Cale found a copy of journalist Michael Leigh’s 1963 paperback Velvet Underground on the […]Read More
Literature has the power to transport you to different times, places and worlds. But when was the last time you explored ‘the world of literature’, so to say? We are constantly bombarded by work by the likes of English writers like Austen, Dickens and Wilde, but we are rarely exposed to work by foreign authors. Literature […]Read More
In a world that’s constantly evolving in every way, shape and form, it’s hardly surprising that our generation are finding it harder and harder to find their place in society. We go from having our hands held during every waking moment to having to make decisions about what GCSEs to take, to decide which A-levels […]Read More
It’s become a sort of fashion for the film industry to adapt popular novels into feature length films. Whilst it’s extremely exciting when the news breaks that the book you’ve read is finally being manufactured for the big screen, why does a book adaption necessarily have to be a film? Why aren’t more novels being adapted […]Read More
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