A Noble Writer for the Nobel Prize
You may have heard that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is […]
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Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Category: literary prizes
New Fiction and Theatre
There have been intriguing reports about two recently published novels. One of them is a dark fantasy. Piranesi is the […]
Read more →Poetry’s Essential Communication
Some more poetry thoughts this week, as the Forward Foundation has announced its shortlist for the Forward Prize. On the […]
Read more →Translation
The topic of translated literature was touched on a few weeks ago, with the recommendation of Patrick Süskind’s Perfume. There […]
Read more →Questions About Humanity: Keats and Ishiguro
Initially, there might not seem to be a great deal of common ground between the archetypal young Romantic poet, John […]
Read more →Jim Crace, Orwell and Copyright
The Christmas break is always a great opportunity to do some extended reading. Here are some of my discoveries from […]
Read more →Romantics and Diversity in the Booker
I don’t know if any of you have seen Simon Schama’s series on the Romantics, but if you haven’t, you […]
Read more →Summer Suggestions
We have come to the end of the strangest ever term, and the last post for this academic year. It’s […]
Read more →Graham Swift
Graham Swift, a tremendous novelist, was brought to our attention again this week with a review of his most recent […]
Read more →The Mantel Trilogy
This post’s recommendation comes from a student who has been reading the ambitious historical novels about Thomas Cromwell by Hilary […]
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