Miss Austen: the TV show about the Georgian writer’s life embraces her love of fiction: At the heart of the BBC’s new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have stressed that the real life Cassandra’s destruction of her sister Jane Austen’s letters has been considered one of the …
Women in translation month: a moving Algerian novel tracks the economic struggles of writers and publishers: French-Algerian publisher Edmond Charlot is the subject of the Algerian writer Kaouther Adimi’s third novel, and her first to be translated into English. It was published in 2020 under the US title Our Riches and retitled A Bookshop in …
Caine Prize 2023: Senegalese writers win for fantasy-horror story about dangers facing girls: markups/Getty Images, CC BY-SA The influential Caine Prize for African Writing for 2023 was won by a power couple from Senegal. Their short story A Soul of Small Places (which can be read over here) echoes deeper trends in the country’s literature …
The history of the Yellow Book – the 19th century journal that celebrated women writers: Decadent Young Woman After the Dance by Ramón Casas (1899). Musee de Montserrat In the middle of the final decade of the 19th century, Britain was the most powerful and richest nation on earth, with the largest empire ever known. …
Zimbabwe’s rulers won’t tolerate opposing voices – but its writers refuse to be silenced: NoViolet Bulawayo, Zimbabwean author of the politically charged novels We Need New Names and Glory. David Levenson/Getty Images The ruling elite in Zimbabwe has always tried to silence opposing political voices and erase histories it does not wish to have aired. …
Animal Farm has been translated into Shona – why a group of Zimbabwean writers undertook the task: Alan Hopps/Getty Images Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has in some ways become like Animal Farm. Like the pigs in the classic 1945 novel by English writer George Orwell, the country’s post-liberation leaders have hijacked a revolution that …
Witch lit: how modern writers are reinventing the witch: Stories about witches are having a resurgence. Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock From the fairy tales read to us as children to the costumes every Halloween, the figure of the witch has been with most of us for our entire lives. Unkempt and warty, the witch of our childhood …
ChatGPT: how to prevent it becoming a nightmare for professional writers: 'ChatGPT, please give me a 1,000 word article on how to stop you from making workplaces worse.' Ground Picture Nearly half of white-collar professionals have tried using ChatGPT to help with their work, according to a recent survey of more than 10,000 people at …
Valentine’s Day: why you should send a love letter not a text – with help from some of English’s greatest writers: Love letters have a rich history as Valentine's Day gifts. AnnGeorgievna / Shutterstock Most of us, these days, communicate via text message, email and posts on social media. The age of the letter, it …
7 Git tips for technical writers: 7 Git tips for technical writers Maximilian Kolb Mon, 11/21/2022 – 03:00 As a technical writer working for ATIX, my tasks include creating and maintaining documentation for Foreman at github.com/theforeman/foreman-documentation. Git helps me track versions of content, and to collaborate with the open source community. It’s an integral part …
Bridgerton: the real 18th-century writers who used pseudonyms to stoke controversy: Netflix In the hit Netflix series Bridgerton, London society is set alight thanks to a newsletter penned by an anonymous writer whose sharp pen captures all the pomp, circumstance and gossip of the season. Fans of Bridgerton will recognise this writer, Lady Whistledown, as …
Black feminist writers in South Africa raise their voices in a new book: Detail from the cover of the book Surfacing. Wits University Press In the third decade of the new millennium, despite many publishers still seeing black women’s writing as having a limited market, readers have far more access than before to publications by …
South Africa in the news: South Africa: Black Feminist Writers in South Africa Raise Their Voices in a New Book: Analysis – In the third decade of the new millennium, despite many publishers still seeing black women’s writing as having a limited market, readers have far more access than before to publications by …: “South …
South Africa in the news: Life story: Respected rugby writer’s legacy to Canterbury sport: OBITUARY: Canterbury rugby legend and former All Blacks coach Alex Wyllie reckons if a sportsperson couldn’t get on with The Press’ late rugby scribe Bob Schumacher, “you couldn’t get on with anyone” …: “South Africa” – BingNews Risk from virus variants …
Sea-level rise: writers imagined drowned worlds for centuries – what they tell us about the future: OFC Pictures/Shutterstock Water was traded on Wall Street alongside oil and gold for the first time in early December 2020. That might seem bizarre, but there is a grim logic at play. Reliable sources of water that have nourished …
Shakespeare and Cervantes: what similarities between the famous writers reveal about mysteries of authorship: Andy Rain/EPA William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, two of the most important writers of literature, are surrounded by a halo of mystery related to authorship. In the case of Shakespeare, the question of whether he is the true author of …
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Coal mining in Wales: the 1930s writers who warned of environmental calamity caused by pits: Llwynpia, South Wales, a colliery village built up around a coal mine. Shutterstock I come from a family of miners. The last person to work down the pit was my paternal grandfather, who dug coal from the subterranean tunnels hidden …