Statue commemorating coal mining in Teversal, Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands.
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Coal-mining communities are disappearing in the UK so it’s more important than ever to authentically document their way of life.
A Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces member hugs a resident leaving his hometown following Russian artillery shelling in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022.
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Classic literature is full of themes that speak to refugees’ experience today, from the Book of Exodus to ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’
Australian author Tara June Winch.
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For nine years, The Stella Count has tracked the gender of authors reviewed in key Australian publications. The bias once firmly favoured men. But things have changed.
Ama Ata Aidoo.
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Ama Ata Aidoo recognises the differences between humans and the existence of a history in which some humans are dehumanised.
Charles Chesnutt was one of the first widely read Black fiction writers in the U.S.
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Black writers like Charles Chesnutt had to contend with a dilemma writers today know all too well: give the audience and editors what they want, or wallow in obscurity.
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If characters on TV consumed less, research has found it can have an impact on the environmental behaviour of audiences
In a 1949 photograph, Mori works in his family’s nursery in San Leandro, Calif.
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On Dec. 2, 1941, a publication date was set for Mori’s first book. Five days later, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, upending the writer’s life and throwing the book’s publication into doubt.
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A book that defies the usual mystery formula, Death on the Nile is more than just a clever tale about murder.
Activist Jack Monroe has used Terry Pratchett’s “boot theory” of poverty from his novels as part of her campaign to raise awareness.
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Fiction can influence society in dramatic and effective ways.
Ulysses is often written off as inaccessible but the epic is much more readable than most assume.
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It might seem a daunting task, but the trick is to not start reading from the beginning.
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By the standards of the day, Ulysses was extremely sexually explicit.
James Joyce was particular about the shade of blue that would grace the cover of Ulysses.
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An ode to his hero Homer? The act of a man losing his sight? What is the story behind the famous Ulysses blue.
Noel Pearson at a keynote address at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.
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Mission, a series of Noel Pearson’s essays, speeches and eulogies, delves into many of the key parts of the author’s life and politics.
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Despite arguments that young children have enjoyed Jane Eyre for 150 years, the Victorians were much more concerned about the novel’s influence than universities are today.
Peter Dinklage’s Cyrano de Bergerac is missing the famous nose.
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There was a real man behind the swashbuckling hero who was as deft at sparring with his pen and sword as Rostand’s hero.
Why did she do all the work while Santa got all the glory? What would happen if she delivered the toys?
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Many early stories praise her work ethic and devotion. But with Mrs. Claus usually hitting the North Pole’s glass ceiling, some writers started to push back.
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Writing can help work through some of the emotions and boost wellbeing.
Anne, Emily, and Charlotte Brontë, by their brother Branwell (c. 1834).
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New research shows that literary relatives tend to share a similar writing style.
‘Moby-Dick’ inspired the Warner Brothers film starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab – and perhaps can inspire readers today amid the climate crisis.
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Melville’s epic novel about life aboard a wayward whaling ship holds lessons for the climate crisis today.
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The bard’s plays were not always so readily available. It took a handful of savvy publishers to see the potential in publishing his plays.