Genre Explorations

The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for its annual Environmental Award for Children’s Literature, now in its 30th year. The award acknowledges books that inspire a love of and care...

Danielle Cahill has won the Caledonia Novel Award for unpublished and self-published novelists. She has been awarded £1,500 and an artwork by Edinburgh artist Lucy Roscoe for her book Trad Wives.  Cahill...

By Noor NanjiCulture correspondent12 January 2024Image source, Getty ImagesQueen Camilla has chosen a novel for her book club that imagines her husband King Charles, and other members of the Royal...

The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation – of both human life and the natural environment – and the origin of our contemporary climate crisis. Tracing the...

Negative Space by Gillian Linden Gillian Linden’s beguiling, vexing, and exhilarating debut novel, Negative Space, is a spare, almost austere book, whose unnamed narrator is a teacher at a private...

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Children’s Literature” What prompted the idea for the course? The idea came...

Johanna Spyri’s first story, A Leaf on Vrony’s Grave, was published in 1873 and deals with domestic violence. However, the Swiss author is best known for Heidi, a novel for...

13 June 2024    Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Ultimo Press has acquired rights to Hannah Tunnicliffe’s domestic noir The Pool. The publisher said The Pool ‘explores the choices and challenges that come after a...

Taylor Swift occupies a position in popular culture that makes Beatlemania seem like a passing fad. Her every move is scrutinized.The April 19 release of her new album has been...

The publication titled Rising Tide has been produced as part of the Pacific Partnership’s Social Citizenship Education (SCE) Programme led by the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Regional Rights Resource Team (RRRT). Working towards...