Chloe Grant-Jones is a third-year History and English Literature student from Belfast. Her first novel ‘Forgotten in Memory’ was published in February 2017 by The Book Guild Publishing. In the […]
Category: Literature
Reid’s Reads: Forgotten in Memory by Chloe Grant-Jones
Forgotten in Memory is written by second-year University of York history student, Chloe Grant-Jones. Writing a book in your spare time is an impressive feat for any student, but Grant-Jones […]
Reid’s Reads: ‘Speaking Out’ by Ed Balls
I’m not a diary fan, and autobiographies don’t float my bookish boat, but Speaking Out is a decent blend of thoughtful musings, blunt politics and lightly-recalled life. Ed Balls presents […]
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Image credits: https://pixabay.com/en/book-read-old-literature-pages-1659717/ 11:00. Monday, 3rd of March. Location: Waterstones, York The subject enters the bookstore smiling. 12:30. The subject is still in the bookstore. 15:00. The subject is finally leaving the store […]
Reid’s Reads: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant is chiefly the tale of an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who depart from their home in order to find their son in sub-Roman Britain (c. 410-500). As […]
The Poets’ Nook: An Interview with Anna Woodford
So you’ve seen her name on the buses in York and read her words on your ride to class. But who is she and what’s she about? At The Yorker, […]
Reid’s Reads: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Brighton Rock is not a novel to be lightly read. The weighty story drives on with an inevitable crunch of misfortune and emotion towards magnified tragedy. Graham Greene’s woeful tale […]
Reid’s Reads: This is London: Life and Death in the World City by Ben Judah
Ben Judah’s second book is a glorious mess of detail and life. This is London endeavours to paint a picture of what it’s like to live in today’s London through […]
The Poets’ Nook: Risk A Verse with Jimmy Andrex, Wakefield
If you’re familiar with the spoken word scene at all around the Yorkshire area, then you’ve probably heard of the Red Shed. It’s fairly hard to miss. It’s a shed, […]
The Poets’ Nook: ‘Talisman Poetry’, Swansea
Talisman Poetry, Tino’s Cafe and Wine Bar, 11 Wind Street, Swansea. It was a few weeks ago that I visited the Talisman Poets in the rich springing heart of Swansea, […]