The Book Nook aims to give an insight into the bookshelves of editor’s and writer’s of The Yorker. It acts as a type of online book club and reviewing platform, where editor’s […]
Category: Literature
The Book Nook: June
The first in a new literature feature, ‘The Book Nook’ aims to give an insight into the bookshelves of editor’s and writer’s of The Yorker. It will act as a type […]
Review: La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, Vol. 1)
Biblical floods, fairy queens, and ominous religious control dominate Pullman’s new tale, ensuring another gripping journey into the alternative universe first brought to life in His Dark Materials. Cameos from […]
Reid’s Reads: ‘Tetris: The Games People Play’ by Box Brown
In 1984 Alexy Pajitnov released a highly addictive game called Tetris, and the uniquely tangled journey the game went from creation to commercialism provides a surprisingly fascinating read. Box Brown’s […]
Q&A With Rose Anne Evans
Rose Anne Evans is a first-year French, German and Linguistics BA student here at the University of York and she’s written a book, Fight For Freedom, to raise awareness about […]
Book review: The Power by Naomi Alderman
Sometimes, you don’t immediately click with a book. It took me a while to read the first 100 pages of The Power; I dipped in and out, every couple of days. […]
Interview: Chloe Grant-Jones, Author
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 […]
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 […]