Ella Barker “I am sending a manuscript into time. Will any human beings be waiting there to receive it?” As the first author to participate in a century-long initiative, Margaret Atwood sums […]
Future Libraries: Is Anybody Out There?
Against ‘Productivity’
Samantha Hurley ‘I’ve done nothing productive today.’ ‘Staying up until 2AM will make me more productive.’ ‘See you later, I’m going to go and be productive.’ These are all sentences I hear […]
Donald Trump: Twitter Cupid
Jemma Carr On June 13th 2017, author Stephen King was blocked on Twitter by US president, Donald Trump. Fellow author, J.K. Rowling came to his aid by promising to provide King with […]
The Rise of T-Shirt Feminism
Sasha Ellis Wandering around H&M looking for Wednesday night fancy dress ideas, I noticed a plethora of ladies’ t-shirts emblazoned with bold female boss and girl power slogans. Upon further extensive analysis […]
In Defence of Emojis
Alissia McNay Emojis have irreversibly changed the way we communicate. These tiny symbols have been in existence since 1999 but Apple’s iOS 6 update in 2012 made their popularity soar. In 2015, […]
The Writer’s Mind: On Tao Lin’s Twitter
Samantha Hurley In The Death of the Author, Roland Barthes asserts that the figure of the author should be completely detached from the works that they create. I propose that Tao Lin’s […]
Reading Beyond Rupi
So, you’ve read Rupi Kaur – here’s who you should be reading next. Rosie Featherstone Rupi Kaur has been described by many as a publishing phenomenon, and rightly so. Her poems, initially […]
#MeToo – What now?
As the # stops trending, what will be the impact of the latest social media phenomenon? Women’s lives depend on it. Anna Fraine It’s been two weeks since the start of […]
The Future of Twitter Fiction
Jess McElhattan Creative writing isn’t one of the first things we associate with Twitter, but maybe it should be. The tweet thread allows someone to create whole narratives in bursts of short […]
The Rise of Instagram Poetry
Sienna Bahi In recent years, there has been a noticeable upsurge in poetry’s popularity. One reason for this revival is the medium that it is being emanated through, that of Instagram. Arguably […]
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