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The Rise of the Small Press on the Man Booker Shortlist
As Man Booker-shortlisted His Bloody Project, published by a tiny Scottish press, enjoys phenomenal sales, we talk to other British indie presses whose books have made it to prestigious shortlists. Are...
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In Praise of Zadie Smith’s London
This year needed Zadie Smith. 2016 was crying out for her particular clarity in describing identity, race and class relationships, and intimate lives in modern London; her illuminating essays on...
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Literary Podcasters Best of 2016 (and Most Anticipated in 2017)
We love books and we love podcasts, so it’s a treat when the two mix. From bookclubs for your ears to literary criticism, audio storytelling to author interviews and intimate chats about words and...
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Warsan Shire and Beyoncé: Superheroes for Our Time
Last Saturday, shortly after President Trump announced a ban on citizens from seven majority Muslim countries from entering the United States and the suspension of the entire US refugee program, a...
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Salvation Under a Midnight Sun
Amy Liptrot stayed up late last night trying to catch feral raccoons in Berlin. She didn’t manage to see any and around 3am she gave up, after walking around the streets for hours, writing and asking...
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The First Great Instagram Novel?
Don’t let yourself be fooled by the Millennial-pink flower on the cover. Olivia Sudjic’s debut, Sympathy, has been dubbed “the first great Instagram novel,” and it touches on technology and intimacy...
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Meet the Woman Spearheading Inclusivity in UK Publishing
Mainstream British publishing is changing—slowly—thanks to tireless individuals who continue to question the status quo, and who prove, by their actions, that just because things have been done a...
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Looking for Paris’s Old Left Bank in the Footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir
“I’m not a writer,” Agnes Poirier quickly clarifies before we set off on a walk around Saint-Germain-des-Prés; “I’m a journalist.” It’s a distinction that is perhaps more important, more relevant in...
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Dorothea Lange is So Much More Than One Famous Photograph
When Dorothea Lange found out that her famous photograph, “Migrant Mother”—the iconic image of one exhausted woman and three kids living in misery, which has come to visually represent the Great...
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On Writing Through a Residency That Never Happened (But Did?)
I. “It was last week, also known as a century ago.” “It may have been three months or three decades, who knows.” I am finding it hard to process how commonplace the elasticity of time has become in...
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