William Wordsworth 250th anniversary celebrated by host of stars NewsVideo May 1, 2020 William Wordsworth 250th anniversary celebrated by host of stars A host of stars have joined forces to celebrate William Wordsworth on the 250th anniversary… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
Abducted Hong Kong bookseller opens shop in Taiwan BookshopsNews April 30, 2020 Abducted Hong Kong bookseller opens shop in Taiwan Bookseller Lam Wing-kee is opening a shop in Taiwan after fleeing Hong Kong. The Hong… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
Pratchett novels to get ‘absolutely faithful’ TV adaptations AdaptationsNews April 29, 2020 Pratchett novels to get ‘absolutely faithful’ TV adaptations Pratchett's Discworld books will be given accurate and faithful adaptations of his novels, according to… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
Carol Ann Duffy and other poets create ‘living record’ of pandemic NewsPoetry April 28, 2020 Carol Ann Duffy and other poets create ‘living record’ of pandemic An international poetry project has been launched by Carol Ann Duffy as a response to… Rowan Jones 0 Love2
Library cleaner rearranges books in size order LibrariesNews April 26, 2020 Library cleaner rearranges books in size order A library cleaner giving a locked-down library a deep clean decided to re-shelve all of… Rowan Jones 1 Love6
Amazon surprises trade by offering £250k to bookshop fund BookshopsNews April 25, 2020 Amazon surprises trade by offering £250k to bookshop fund Amazon has surprised the literary industry by donating £250,000 to a fund meant to help… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
New snake species discovered and named after Hogwarts founder Inspired by LiteratureNews April 25, 2020 New snake species discovered and named after Hogwarts founder Hogwarts founder Salazar Slytherin has been honoured by researchers who have named a new species… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
Further details released for Hunger Games sequel AdaptationsNews April 24, 2020 Further details released for Hunger Games sequel A Hunger Games sequel was announced in January and we now have further details on… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
British comedian writes Baked Potato book for kids Children's LiteratureNews April 22, 2020 British comedian writes Baked Potato book for kids Comedian Matt Lucas has written an illustrated children's book based on his fundraising song Thank… Rowan Jones 0 Love0
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is showing plays for free online CultureNews April 20, 2020 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is showing plays for free online Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is offering to stream free plays on their YouTube channel. In order… Rowan Jones 0 Love3