So many books to read before you die, so little time and actual motivation. Fear not, LSi brings you a short cut to expanding your literary knowledge, this time looking at Great Expectations by the […]
Books | Ilkley Literature Festival – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on fruit
The British celebrity chef famous for championing the cause for ‘real food’ steps up to centre stage at Ilkley Literature Festival to address the hugely marginalised issue of fruit. “Here’s the dilemma. Fruit is naturally […]
Books | Vicious Circle
“Love. Loss. Revenge.” After reading the tag line for Wilbur Smith’s new thriller I didn’t hold much hope. Pick three of the most generic words relating to literature and these three would probably come out […]
Books | The Flamethrowers
If I’m completely honest, when I first picked up The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner I was all set for a tale about a crack military squad systematically offing bad guys by burning them to a […]
Books | Charlotte Street
“She closed the door, and I watched the cab move off, tail lights fading into the city, hope trailing and clattering on the ground behind it.” Danny Wallace is a writer, presenter and author of […]
Books | Oxfam Books Headingley
Ever wondered what it takes to run a charity bookshop in a student town? Or ever thought about the hidden gems that can be found among the piles of books in the storeroom? Last week […]
Books | Stoner
When I read that Ian McEwan had praised Stoner by John Edward Williams I knew that I would have to add it to my list of summer holiday reading. I have always admired McEwan’s ability to […]
Books | Mary Berry's Cookery Course
As we leave the chaos that is Freshers week, I imagine many hungover Freshers and ex-catered second years are facing a terrifying realisation: takeaways and cold baked beans will not sustain you for an entire […]
Books | How to be an Intellectual – A Freshers Cheats' Guide
Having fraudulently claimed that you’ve read Anna Karenina and The Communist Manifesto on your UCAS, the reality of a summer void of reading has hit home. Fear not. We’ve complied a Freshers edition of our […]
EdBookFest | Neil Gaiman on ‘Sandman’
EdBookFest | Neil Gaiman on ‘Sandman’ When Neil Gaiman was a young man, he discovered that comic books were banned at his school. Considering them as valid as any ‘high’ art form Gaiman took his […]
EdBookFest | William Dalrymple and David Robison
EdBookFest | William Dalrymple and David Robison ‘Place yourselves on the step between Persia and Afghanistan in the year 1837, as you watch the newly coronated Shah of Iran march to Herat.’ So began William […]
Books | EdBookFest: MaddAddam Launch with Margaret Atwood and Claire Armistead
EdBookFest | Margaret Atwood and Claire Armistead – MaddAddam Launch Yesterday saw Margaret Atwood officially launch ‘MaddAddam’ in conversation with Guardian and Observer Books Editor Claire Armistead, and they discussed both the book and the trilogy that […]