Category: Literature
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It seems that, recently, James Baldwin and his work have had something of a renaissance, thanks to two films that came from his written work. The first of those was I Am Not Your N*gro, a documentary based on Baldwin’s unfinished final novel directed by Raoul Peck, and the second was Barry Jenkins’ highly anticipated…
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The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins Considering that the first two film adaptations of the trilogy were released during my prime high school years, it’s safe to say that The Hunger Games rapidly made its way onto the list of favourite series. Hell, I even went to Comic-Con dressed as Katniss one year! I even wrote my…
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Edge writers discuss what books they’d love to see adapted to TV.
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Poetry often has the reputation of pretentious writers twiddling a quill in their study, brewing up farfetched witticisms and flaunting worryingly expansive knowledge of flowers and birds on a laboriously lengthy verse. While I think this image of poets has shifted over the decades, we sometimes need a reminder of the wonders that down-to-earth, lighthearted…
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Our writers share the books that have stayed with them since childhood and why, even now, they are still worth a read! The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan Before the frankly horrible film adaptation nearly a decade ago, there was a little book series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Released between 2005 and 2009,…
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What makes a good book? Is it all about the narrative? The characters? The escapism/realism? Could it even be about how stellar that front cover looks? Well, it’s probably not a singular thing but all those qualities (yes, even the front cover) turned into one piece of work, designed to take the reader on a…
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University of Southampton student, Callum Holgate, is a third-year English student publishing his first book of poetry. Boys will be Boys, is a compendium of poems written over the years; some of them previously appearing on Callum’s Instagram or Twitter, as well as including more intimate poems and ones written specifically for the book. As Boys…
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Sam Pegg shares his collection of Autumn reads and why they make the season extra enjoyable.
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Louise Chase brings light to the origins of ‘Phantom of the Opera’.
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Elizabeth Sorrell tells us about the tragic tale of My Sweet Orange Tree that was originally written in Portuguese.
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Alex Read takes us through Mikhail Bulgakov’s satirical novel that was published posthumously.
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Sophie Young takes us through the popularity and cultural phenomena of the ‘epic’ and the classic Greek tale The Odyssey and its feminist retellings.
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Classic Culture Olivia Dellar introduces you to your brand new favourite comic.
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Richard Osman, known for his prime-time quiz shows, has delved into the world of whodunnit crime novels – Becky Davies tells us more.