I need you! So as some of you may know, I'm currently doing my MA and am now in the process of working on my dissertation. Broadly speaking my dissertation is about reading and reader behaviour in this Web 2.0 age. I don't know how it's shaping up but one of the key parts of the research is getting some ...

I riseBecause I know too many storiesThe story aboutthe school girl in that crowded 138 buswincing in silent resentas an old gray bastard’s penis pressed in to her backThe story aboutour first lady presidentabout whom an entire book is authoreddetailing the men she took to bedwhether she fucked at night or dayher policies and politicssecondary to her bodyThe story aboutthe ...

I just love the idea of 'adopting a lost word'. Don't you? http://savethewords.org If you're on the fence about jumping into the Fantasy/Sci-fi genre here's one way to make up your mind which book to start with. A flowchart based on NPR's top 100 Sci-fi and Fantasy books. Follow the arrows, say Yes or No, keep going till you get ...

The Third Pig Detective Agency is not a book I'd usually pick off a shelf during a usual bookshop visit. In fact the book only made my way due to work but I'm glad it did. It's such a fun quirky little story and was ideal reading for me during the weeks leading up to ...

Yesterday, saw the final installment of the Harry Potter film franchise draw to an end with the release and world premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The world premier took place in London's Trafalgar Square and I joined 3000 Potterheads in the hope of seeing the film's stars, but most importantly ...

Came across the idea for a bookish tree thanks to this link one of my tweeps shared. I needed a Christmas tree in my little room and having a little money, a little space but a lot of books, it made perfect sense! Of course mine is considerably less enchanting but I love it none the less. Merry Christmas everyone!

The Halloween weekend is about to end but that doesn't mean you can't get your spooky on, particular on a nice cold winter night. Of course there's already several such lists that came out in the build up to Halloween over the past week such as this and this (which happened to include 3 books I planned on mentioning here). ...

Whether you're a music lover or a book lover or both, this post is for you. Yes, you! (Sorry, I just HAD to do that.) There is this really fantastic feature that Flavorwire does called Literary Mixtape. To quote their own words:"If you’ve ever wondered what your favorite literary characters might be listening to while they save the world/contemplate existence/get ...

Here are this week's recommendations:1. It's either a work of genius or a complete train-wreck. But I'm intrigued by the idea of Tweet-sized fiction. One site that's doing it: http://nanoism.net/2. Fantastic TED Talk by Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You, which I think is so so relevant for us today: Beware online ...

A little on the late side I know, considering it's the weekEND. But here we are: this week's 3 recommendations!Orwell DiariesA blog for hardcore Orwell fans who would like to get to know the man through his diary entries. The entries are posted real time, exactly 70 years later from the original diary entry.Letters of NoteI have no idea how ...

Ladies and gentlemen it is a bittersweet moment: the end of my 30 Day Poetry Challenge. I know it hasn't been exactly a back-to-back 30 day affair but it has been 30 days of 30 poems. I hope you've found something new to take from them, I know I have. For this last post, I've picked a poem (quite aptly) ...

Hello lovely people. Hope this has been a good week for you all. Here are this week's three fantastic literary links!1. Just discovered this food blog through a friend of mine on Facebook and I just HAD to share these Harry Potter inspired deserts. Hermione's Chocolate Frogs anyone?2. Who would've thought some of the greatest adult fiction authors of our ...

"Marriage" is the big theme in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice and if there ever was a classic for "all the single ladies" this would be it. I like to think of it as vintage chick lit. With brains. I wanted a song that's upbeat and fun, because essentially, P&P is an absolutely fun read! So Beyonce's Single Ladies in ...

image creditRoald Dahl is beloved for his novels like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda (my personal fave!) but he also had a way with verse. Yesterday was Roald Dahl day and therefore I thought who better to feature as Poet of the Hour than him! My favourite Roald Dahl poems are those twisted ...

So by now we all know who this year's Booker prize went to. In the event you've missed the big news (where the HELL were you???), it went to Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending. I am right now, not in a position to give my opinion on its worthiness but going by a lot of opinions out there, ...

I suppose the title should very well have been an indicator of the kind of book I was in for but generally speaking I went in to this blind. The book opens beautifully and the first chapter dwells about cities and what they mean which seemed promising of what starts off as a love story set in Europe between an ...

The big screen has always looked to the literary world for inspiration, including poetry. Poets no doubt are fascinating subjects for film makers. Here are five films, about or inspired by five awesome poets.1. Sylvia {Sylvia Plath + Ted Hughes}Two poets that have had the literary circles speculating about their lives and work are Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. This ...

I spend insane amounts of time on the web and come across some awesome stuff. As and when I find them, I bookmark and share them on my Tumblr. Follow me! But I thought a weekly update on this blog, with three recommended links might be useful. Of course the links are "literary" and if you spend as much time ...

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation could very well have been a rather dull read. Lynne Truss however, makes an entire book about colons and full stops, and what a mess people make of it all, into a funny and entertaining read, while being instructive. (I'm sure I got all my punctuation wrong ...

All Along the Watchtower “There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief“There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no reliefBusinessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earthNone of them along the line know what any of it is worth”“No reason to get excited,” the thief, he kindly spoke“There are many here among us ...