National Poetry Day announces new 40-book trade promotion as ‘poetry is booming’
Poetry is booming! Last year marked the best sales on record for poetry books in both volume and value, and demand continues to grow.
Edition 3: Barcelona, Milan’s banking on Brexit, and saving farmers with lattes
In its third edition, Monocle – The Summer Weekly responds to the recent terror attacks in Barcelona, interviews the mayors of Milan and Melbourne, and looks at how hip coffee shops are saving struggling farmers in England’s West Country.
Birkbeck, University of London launches nationwide literary anthology to champion short stories and new voices
Birkbeck, University of London has launched a new literary anthology to celebrate the versatility and power of the short story.
Edition 2: Turkish protests, deckchair diplomacy and the death of the millennial
Monocle - The Summer Weekly leads its second edition with an investigation into the Canary Islands’ role as a gateway to business in Africa, an interview with the Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, and a visit to Paris in preparation for the 2024 Olympics.
Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards seek 2017’s best ‘data detectives’
The Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards return for their sixth year to celebrate the world’s best data visualisations, infographics, interactives and information art.
BBC and National Poetry Day to celebrate listeners' local words
Cheeselog (a woodlouse), to geg in (to butt in) and fam (meaning a familiar form of address for a friend) are among the distinctive local words that will be immortalised in 12 specially commissioned poems for this year’s National Poetry Day.
MONOCLE launches printed weekly newspaper
Global media enterprise MONOCLE embarks on its “latest adventure in ink and paper” today with the launch of a new printed newspaper.
Norwich Crime Writing Festival announces killer line-up for 2017
Val McDermid, Anthony Horowitz and Martina Cole amongst killer line-up at Noirwich Crime Writing Festival
Polari First Book shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the Polari First Book Prize was announced last night at the Polari Literary Salon in London’s Southbank Centre.
Prestigious international Cundill History Prize receives record number of submissions in its 10th anniversary year
Historians and authors Amanda Foreman, Roy Foster, Rana Mitter, and Jeffrey Simpson join Margaret MacMillan to judge McGill’s relaunched prize