Genuine representation in literature has been a debated topic for a while now. We all (hopefully) agree representation is important for the voices of minority groups to be acknowledged, heard, and related to, but the technicalities of carrying this out are often contested. When it comes to the explicit representation of identities, readers tend to…
#BLM, Books
Fiction against racism
Race, racism, and racial injustice continue to stain the fabric of our society, as they have done for many years. As they do, the importance of education as a tool to recognise, comprehend and dismantle racism, as well as its associated institutions, has moved to the forefront of conversations surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement….
Arts, Books, Venue
Meyer’s Midnight Sun comeback
Like many of us, I grew up worshipping the Twilight books and films. I read and watched them over and over. I would make a countdown of the days until the next instalment came out in the cinema. My love of reading began from that silly story about a clumsy girl and a boring diamond…
Arts, Venue
Suzanne Collins announces new novel, ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
Since finishing Mockingjay, I have been anticipating a new novel by Suzanne Collins. I was pleasantly surprised when it came in the form of a prequel to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The new novel is set to be 600 pages long and features Panem, 64 years before the 75th Hunger…
Film
The Man Who Fell to Earth… rather intentionally
The Man Who Fell to Earth poses one of the most terrifying thoughts: despite being one of the most advanced species, having fixed things from cancer to clean power, you can’t stop your planet from dying. It’s up there with immortality, which in some sense is the same thing. The Man Who Fell to Earth…
Arts
Book review: 2018 UEA Postgraduate Anthologies
Poetry This years’ anthologies have recently been released and they are as brilliant as we have come to expect due to those from years before. Egg Box Publishing has once again successfully rebranded the books, using different colours and patterns to distinguish between the different volumes. The poetry volume is slender, but full of wisdom…
Arts
A look into the British Archive for Contemporary Writing
The archive on the 02 floor of the UEA Library is a hidden gem. I found out about it during my first year, at an opportunity event where I met the archivist Justine Mann. Justine’s job is to deal with “the geeky cataloguing side of things” as she calls it, but she is also responsible…
Creative Writing, OldVenue
George’s New Socks
Of all the times George had pictured his life changing forever, he had never imagined the moment, when it finally came, would take place in a laundrette. But it did, on a Tuesday night, when he came home in possession of someone else’s socks. They were like nothing he had ever owned. Bright green and…
Arts, Featured Posts
Pleasurable and troublesome: historical fiction
The latest Café Conversation discussed the difficulty writers face in balancing historical fact with entertaining fiction. Chloe Seager reports back and shares her thoughts.
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