A Book that Changed my Life: Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House

By week ten of term, energy is low. The prospect of reading another book when the deadlines are piling up … More

Facing Fears Through Fiction

When I was eight, my father offered to buy me a book from the bookstore while out in town and … More

For some reason, I always come back to Sarah Rees Brennan’s In Other Lands; whether I need a reset from … More

Science fiction is a genre that provokes apprehension in the mind of uninitiated readers, who envision either great tomes of … More

Let me set the scene. A Newfound Poet (he went to one poetry society meeting – ‘It was two!’), a … More

As a literature student, there are plenty of times I’ve been asked what my favourite book is. Whether it’s during … More

A month ago, as I was watching television, the tragic death of Luis Sepúlveda from Covid-19 was announced. I was … More

It is the summer after my second year of university, and I have gone back to my hometown in … More

One thing that often irritates me about writing at university is how there’s a demand from your lecturers and tutors … More

The Transatlantic Literary Women Series is a project ran by Dr Laura Rattray and three female English & American … More