A Summer’s Global Reading
This week I have asked students to write short introductions to books that they have found really striking from their […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Category: poetry
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 →Start with Art
I have an eclectic selection of pointers this week, starting with Grayson Perry. You may be familiar with Perry’s ceramics, […]
Read more →Becket of Canterbury
Anyone studying Chaucer will know The Canterbury Tales, a construction of a number of stories told by a group of […]
Read more →What’s the Point of Poetry?
It certainly isn’t written to be studied by A Level students, but A Level students accept they have to study […]
Read more →Easter Approaches
Eastertime approaches, and everyone needs some relaxation – and what better relaxation than exploration in bookland? So a few recommendations. […]
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 →More Recent Fiction and Viral Poetry
As promised, we are now going to have some students’ views on a range of more contemporary literature. We have […]
Read more →Delving into the Classics
This week it’s students’ turn to make some recommendations. I’ve chosen three who have been reading amongst the classics, with […]
Read more →Christmas
In this post I’d like to introduce you to JG Ballard. You may have met him before with his novel […]
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