Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff turns to editing with new anthology Mother Country
Brighton Festival is due to take place from 4 to 26 May and there are set to be so many exciting literary events on offer. The festival this year is…
Candice-Carty Williams launches new book Queenie
Candice-Carty Williams is set to feature at Brighton Festival’s event Shapeshifters on 12 May alongside the equally talented Zawe Ashton. She will be discussing her brand new book, Queenie, which…
Literary characters with disabilities
On World Book Day 2019, authors and screenwriters came forward calling for more diversity in children’s books, so young people see representations of themselves in the books they read. Rachel…
Peacock Poetry Prize
The annual arts festival, Brighton Festival, will be returning to Brighton this May, commencing from 4 May until the 28 May. The return of the festival also comes with the…
Meeting Matt Jackson: Brighton’s YouTube football sensation
The University of Sussex hosted a YouTube Panel Discussion on 26 February and one of the speakers for the event was footballing YouTube Creator Matt Jackson. As a Brighton-based YouTube…
Heather Moorhouse’s Bold Creativity
Heather Moorhouse, more commonly known as ‘makeupmouse’ by her fans, is a make-up artist who has built a successful career as a beauty-focused YouTube creator. She was a speaker at…
Vashti Hardy, the Brighton author shortlisted for Waterstones award
One of Brighton’s local talents, Vashti Hardy, has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 for her debut novel Brightstorm. She will be in with the chance to…
Books to inspire you on International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than sitting down and reading some truly inspiring feminist literature? Over the years, there have been so many women…
Two Nobel prizes in literature to be awarded this year
After the 2018 Nobel prize in literature was postponed, following a sexual scandal within the Swedish Academy, the organisation who award the Nobel prize in literature, both the 2018 and…
Get ready for World Book Day 2019
This year’s World Book Day will take place on Thursday 7 March, with schools all around Brighton participating in this annual event. I think every person in the United Kingdom…
The LGBTQ+ organisation inspiring creativity
There are many great LGBTQ+ inclusive organisations across Brighton, but one creative group do amazing work providing a safe space for people to share their work. The Write Release are…
Local creatives shortlisted for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019
The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 is fast approaching and the shortlist has been announced for this yearly children’s fiction award. There will be some local talent present at the…
The rising genre of online book clubs
With technology constantly advancing and on the rise, reading and writing has began to turn towards technology, with Kindles and podcasts being more frequently used. In particular, there has been…
Jessie Burton’s feminisation of history
English author Jessie Burton has made a rapid rise to success over the past few years, writing numerous unique novels that have grabbed the public’s attention. Burton has used her…
How Netflix’s Sex Education is breaking stigmas and defying stereotypes
Netflix’s new series, Sex Education, has been released less than a month and has already got rave reviews from fans across the globe. It has been considered one of the…
Doctor Who turns to social commentary with Jodie Whittaker
Since the announcement of Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor for series 11, Doctor Who has repeatedly been made the headlines.
Milkman – the novel of the year?
Since winning the 50th Man Booker Prize for fiction, the demand for Anna Burns’ novel Milkman has been consistently on the incline. Having been described as rule-breaking, visionary, unique and…
A First Timer’s Account of a Football Match
With my dad and older brother both being very interested in sports, I grew up surrounded by them playing football on our lane and watching sports on the television. Despite…
A poetic evening with Chris Riddell and A.F Harrold
On 22 November, Waterstones Brighton hosted Poems to Live your Life by: An Evening with Chris Riddell, where poet A.F Harrold and illustrator Chris Riddell took to the stage to…
The Stanza rebrands as Offshoot
With The University of Sussex’s popular online magazine, The Stanza, rebranding this year under the new name Offshoot, they have many new plans in the works. I had the chance…