Mary Hamer, author of the historical novel Kipling and Trix has a number of talks planned this year where she’ll be discussing various aspects of both Rudyard Kipling’s life and career and that of his sister, Trix. The...
Read moreSight & Sound Review Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema
Pamela Hutchinson has reviewed our new book Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema in the April issue of the internationally acclaimed film magazine Sight & Sound published by the British Film Institute. In her (almost) full page review Pamela said...
Read moreThe Iranian Feast reviewed in The Guardian
Kevin Dyer’s latest play The Iranian Feast opened at Farnham Maltings on 5 March 2016 before touring the UK. In modern-day Tehran, you can never predict how life will turn out. Abbas calls together his wife and daughter and their friends...
Read moreCelebrate International Women’s Day with books celebrating women
Today (8 March 2016) is International Women’s Day  and what better way to celebrate than to snap up some new books that celebrate great achievements by women from our past and present. The stories of these women serve to remind us all how...
Read more4th Virginia Prize for Fiction Announced
We are thrilled to announce that Shambala Junction by Dipika Mukherjee has won this year’s Virginia Prize. The Virginia Prize is dedicated to women writing fiction in English from around the world. The judges were unanimous in selecting...
Read moreListen to Melody Bridges on Woman’s Hour
Don’t worry if you missed Melody Bridges, Artistic Director of the Worthing WOW Festival and co-editor of our new book Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour today. You can listen again here. With Melody...
Read more4th Virginia Prize for Fiction – long and short lists announced
We are delighted to announce our long and short lists for the 4th Virginia Prize for Fiction. The quality of the novels we received this year were of a very high standard, making the reading enjoyable and the decisions hard!  Entries across a...
Read moreMelody Bridges on Woman’s Hour
Melody Bridges co-editor and contributor to our new book Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema will be on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour on Friday 4 March 10am. Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema explores the incredible contribution of women at the...
Read moreA few words from Jonathan Moore …
On 16 February 2016, as part of the London School of Economics Literary Festival, leading arts broadcaster, critic and Cultural Commentator of the Year, Mark Lawson, and myself took part in a lively and informative ‘in conversation’...
Read moreCounterculture UK – a celebration gets positive Kirkus Review
“An approachable, comprehensive introduction to British culture outside the mainstream… This book’s 15 chapters are each written by a different author, and they cover a broad range of topics as they relate to the U.K...
Read moreMark Lawson interviews Jonathan Moore, Tuesday 16 February
 As part of the LSE Literary Festival on ‘Utopias’ Mark Lawson will interview Jonathan Moore in the Faith Centre about his much admired play Inigo, which vividly brings Ignatius of Loyola and the founding Jesuits of the sixteenth...
Read moreAn evening celebrating women in silent film, 10 February
Silent Women – An evening celebrating women in silent film The Kennington Bioscope are hosting a launch event at The Cinema Museum to celebrate the launch of our new book Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema.  Co-editors Melody Bridges &...
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