literature
Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
Urban life dominates contemporary fiction. When will regional voices be allowed to flourish?
War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
Literature doesn’t belong “to the middle class,” Sir Michael Morpurgo has urged, calling on the government to invest in youth literacy
How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’
How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’
Despite snobbishness in some quarters, book coverage on TikTok has encouraged a new generation of readers