Kids read texts, not books. Can a campaign change that?
Zeljka Marosevic
Britain might be one of the wealthiest countries in the world but a new report has shown that it is one of the most unequal in the EU when it… Read more »
Britain might be one of the wealthiest countries in the world but a new report has shown that it is one of the most unequal in the EU when it… Read more »
If ever there was a bad time to decide to build a major new bookshop in the heart of London, it was 2011. Britain was in the teeth of a… Read more »
There are many people who would like to see a bunch of publishers locked up in jail: failed writers, pissed-off agents, booksellers with back-ache and of course, Jeff Bezos. You can’t… Read more »
Something interesting is happening over at Waterstones. The bookselling chain, which has around 275 stores across the UK’s high streets, has begun a spree of opening new shops. Just last… Read more »
Here’s a new way to fight a book ban: bringing award-winning musical theater to your college campus. Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home—a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist that… Read more »
Hurrah! Britain’s unbeloved culture secretary, Maria Miller, has left the building. Miller was responsible for an 8% cut in government spending on the arts, and will be remembered for urging… Read more »
Yesterday the BBC’s director general Tony Hall announced the BBC’s new season of arts, calling it “the strongest commitment to the arts we’ve made in a generation.” The plans, which… Read more »
A piece by Robert McCrum in the Observer last weekend has been making waves for its portrait of authors’ lives today, and how “ever since the credit crunch of 2008… Read more »
Here’s something you don’t hear every day. Official statistics published on Tuesday have revealed that the UK’s creative industries, which include publishing as well as advertising, film, music and galleries,… Read more »
When there is so much bad news being reported about Britain’s local libraries, from cuts to funding, to suggestions that they might become wine bars, it’s fair to reflect on… Read more »