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J. K. Rowling’s new, long-awaited first book for adults, The Casual Vacancy, has finally been set free into the world today after a watertight security lockdown enforced upon it by ...
Lit News Round-up: 21 September 2012
Forthcoming projects from the birthday boy, Stephen King; the Moby Dick Big Read project; Juke Box Story, a new London live storytelling night inspired by music; Salman Rushdie’s new memoir ...
Litro partners with the University of Sheffield’s Confucius Institute and School of East Asian Studies for “China” flash fiction competition
To celebrate our upcoming China issue, we are holding a similarly-themed flash fiction competition with Sheffield University’s Confucius Institute and School of East Asian Studies.
The theme is “China”. Deadline: 3 October. ...
Lit News Round-up: 14 September 2012
The 2012 BBC International Short Story Award shortlist; the Literary Death Match on TV; Audible.com’s celebrity-performed audiobooks; the state of book reviews; the new prohibition on “love padlocks” in Rome; ...
Big September 2012: Notable New Releases
Zadie Smith, Michael Chabon, Salman Rushdie, J. K. Rowling, Sebastian Faulks, Terry Pratchett… there’s plenty to look forward to this month.
Litro HQ Update: September 2012
Review the changes Litro has undergone in recent months and find out what the Litro team is up to.
Lit News Round-up: 7 September 2012
A Clockwork Orange celebrates its 50th anniversary; actress Emma Thompson sends Peter Rabbit to Scotland; Silvia Hartmann lets you watch her write her novel live; Amherst college finds a new ...
21 July–5 Aug: The International Alternative Press Festival
The second International Alternative Press festival, a celebration of creative exchange and self-publishing, came to an emphatic close last weekend. The fortnight had kicked off with eleven exhibitions dotted around ...
Storytelling in 140 Characters
Manoj Pandey
Brevity is difficult. It’s hard enough having to “cull” our stories to make them tighter, what about doing it in only 140 characters?
Well, Manoj Pandey can. And he invited ...
Liberating Domesticity from the Literary Ghetto
Short story writers Helen Simpson and Michele Roberts were at the London Review of Books last Thursday to talk about “Women Writing Women”. Before contemplating the depictions ...
Preview: Stoke Newington Lit Fest, 1-3 June 2012.
© Stoke Newington Literary Festival
The Stoke Newington Literary Festival, which has been running since 2010, is distinguished from other literary festivals by its eclectic programme. It carries the expectations ...
Join the Litro East London Scavenger Hunt & Win a Collection of Books!
© Torcello Trio / Flickr @stonechat
Summer’s here and we’ve organised a scavenger hunt for Litro readers around East London. But it’s not just all sun and games, you also stand ...
Lost in Translations
In Italy we are surrounded by translations. Books, magazines, movies – everything is translated or subbed, and we love our share of foreign art. I can only speak from my ...
The Booklover’s Guide to the Galaxy of Book Fairs and Festivals
I have my badge ready for the London Book Fair (16 April) but there are so many more literary festivals to go to this summer. Here’s a list.
Never Too Young to Be Published
As my final year as an undergraduate at university comes to a close, I’ve begun to think over my time here and what I’ve managed to accomplish over the past ...
To celebrate Dickens Day, a bicentenary giveaway…
To mark this year’s anniversary celebration of Dickens’s birth, Vintage Classics and Ebury are hosting a Dickens Day at Foyles Charing Cross Road on Saturday, 25 February from 10.30am to 5.00pm. A host ...
The Room on the Roof, Inspired by Joseph Conrad.
The installation on the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
David Kohn Architects and the conceptual artist and sculptor, Fiona Banner, have designed a rather odd one bedroom installation in the shape ...
Book Cycle: Superheroes of the Literary Community
Exeter is a wonderful place to study: it’s a beautiful city with plenty of history, an ever-expanding shopping centre and only a 15 minute train ride to some of Devon’s ...
The White Review No. 3 Launches at Foyles
Foyles really knows how to put on a good literary night. Hosting all manner of book launches and talks, their events are always engaging and well-lit (amazing how harsh lighting ...
21 Vintage books for to win including Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie.
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