Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
Poet laureate: What does the title mean and what do they actually do? | Independent | 10/05/2019
A review of the history and the roles that the famous title of poetry implies.
The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today | BBC | 10/05/2019
Look into the work of John Brunner, whose vision of 2010 was eerily accurate.
Retracing Truman Capote’s Moment in the Mediterranean Sun | The New York Times | 7/5/2019
Before the author reached the height of his fame, he escaped to seaside idylls in southern Italy and Spain to write, swim and bask under the sun with his great love.
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The Evolution of the Love Poem | New York Public Library | 3/5/2019
The history of Love Poems from History's Greatest Poets
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Epic win! Why women are lining up to reboot the classics | The Guardian | 29/04/2019
Natalie Haynes, Pat Barker and Madeline Miller are the latest novelists to explore the Homeric epics from a female perspective - joining in a timely act of reinvention.
40 books to read before you die, from A Clockwork Orange to Pride and Prejudice | Independent | 27/04/2019
Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life's most enduring and dependable joys.