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The Hunger Games Phenomenon

Since the book’s release in 2008, The Hunger Games has taken the world by storm. It began the onslaught of female lead, dystopian novels, riding on the back of the…

Wintry literature: recommendations to embrace the cold

December is here, bringing with it the shortest and coldest of days. But fear not: these books are the literary equivalent of warming your hands by an open log fire,…

Finding solace in fantasy literature

It starts with a rabbit that’s terribly late. A girl discovering a snowy magical world through a wardrobe. Or maybe a boy who finds out he’s a wizard, or another…

Poem: Second-generation Immigrant

I was born here; I went to school here; I have the maroon coloured passport that says Nationality: German. German is my mother tongue, but it is not my mother’s…

Review: An Audience with Dolly Alderton

On Sunday 19 November, Edinburgh’s Usher Hall was treated to a reunion of the High Low podcast with An Audience with Dolly Alderton, interviewed by her former co-host, Pandora Sykes.…

Book Review: Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Good Material, Dolly Alderton’s second novel, is a bittersweet deep dive into heartbreak. It follows thirty-something, mildly successful comedian Andy as he tries to process and understand why his long-term…

The redemption of the unlikeable female character

Looking back at great literary works it seems that all unlikeable female characters can be, in one way or another, linked back to the very first one: Eve of the…

WH Smith launch a buy-back scheme for used books: how can we make reading more sustainable?

In an apparent effort to make reading more sustainable, WH Smith have launched a buy-back scheme for used books, measuring a book’s worth through various characteristics such as its condition,…