In bestselling novel How to Build a Girl, feisty teen protagonist Johanna has to try and make...
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When you’re talking about the literary culture you’ve been brought up in, it can be easy to reel...
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The title A Girl is a Half-formed Thing seems to perfectly sum up Eimear McBride’s debut...
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‘…anecdotal encounter after anecdotal encounter, shows us that people “love libraries”. Just as we...
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Kettle’s Books editor Emma Jones and former Books Editor, Karishma Jobanputra have been...
JK Rowling’s “Casual Vacancy” and “Very...
Kettle’s Books editor Emma Jones and former Books Editor, Karishma Jobanputra sat down...
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Literature and freedom of expression. The two go hand in hand. So it seems to come as no surprise...
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Before I get started, I’ll say this…It’s going to be difficult to review this We Are All Completely...
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If I had a pound for every time someone asked me, ‘what are you going to do with an English degree...
Book review: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem
University is the best time of your life, right? You live with your best friends, you study what...
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Okay, I’ll admit it, *deep breath*: I used to be one of those girls obsessed with One Direction. I...
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Television faces an important milestone this September: the twentieth anniversary of Friends.
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Let’s be honest, the books you read on holiday tend to be a bit of a hit and miss assortment. If...
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It’s that time of year again: months of planning, hours of preparation, generous sums of money...
Why the ASA got it wrong about Rogue perfume
It’s no secret that Rihanna is known for being raunchy and provocative, whether it be through her...
The OED and the battle of print versus digital
Today, we seem to be facing a decline in the popularity of printed texts as people begin to favour...
Harry Potter and the different relationships
In a twist which has shattered hearts among the Harry Potter fandom, JK Rowling has admitted that...