A London-based publisher recently asked me, “How would you compare US and UK book cover designs?” I had no intelligent answer for him—I’d never taken the time to study the ...
A retrospective of Alain de Botton’s The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work and Status Anxiety as a tie-in to Litro #115: Work.
Like all of you, I love books. My dream is to become a very important publisher in Italy one day, perhaps to start a company that will ...
I have to admit, I had been thinking of buying an e-Reader for a couple of months, but I just couldn’t make a decision. There were at least ten different ...
Why aren’t more short stories about happiness? Writers are a grim bunch, by and large. If there’s a slough of misery they can send their characters into, chances are they ...
These dogs are brave, loyal and loving, but it’s interesting that often, these qualities are meant to say more about their owners than it does about the animals themselves. Own ...
There’s an art to ending a short story. A good finish leaves you feeling it was there all along, its signature running through everything like the words in a stick ...
Last Wednesday, some of the UK’s finest writers took to the stage to tell cautionary tales of adolescent adventure-tourism, the tragedy exchange-year students gambling away their allowances in alien European ...
There’s something odd in how we think about authors. We believe that what they create is so incredibly personal, and yet there’s not necessarily anything about their finished product – ...
In this day and age, when we’re being constantly brainwashed by poppy tunes emanating from every possible audio device, it’s easy to forget that song writing is an art form, ...
From the latest comics to undiscovered classics, new musicals and plays to retro boat parties, there’s plenty to do this month. You might think the festival season is over, but ...
This July is the wettest in the UK since the early 90s. With the rain beating against my window I could listen to ...
Here are some imaginative people who have combined two of life’s great pleasures: books and food. This list will leave your stomach growling…
Design Criminals Edible Catalogue, designed by Andreas Pohancenik
This ...
There has been numerous intriguing items belonging to writers and fascinating books that have been put up for auction; from a rare, watercolour miniature of Jane Austen’s lost love Tom ...
Many writers have now had their birthdays marked with a decorative Google Doodle: from Jules Verne’s interactive, underwater themed doodle to J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan becoming acquainted ...
We all know that novelists devote a staggering amount of their energies on structural details: the enticing openings, the teasing suspense at the end of each chapter, the rising dramas, ...
All May and June: The Rebel Dining Society’s ‘The Green Hour’ Dinner, £40
The Rebel Dining Society returns with the second instalment of The Green Hour, an exciting collaboration ...
The other night I was driving home from college, ruminating about my first draft of a short story. Everyone was behaving too reasonably. Someone should be glum. No, surly. It ...
The BBC’s adaptation of Michel Faber’s novel, The Crimson Petal and the White, recently came to its open-ended conclusion, and consequently spurred on passionate discussions on internet forums and the ...
