Earlier this month, Elizabeth Day wrote an article for The Observer about reading stories aloud. She made the interesting point that audiobook downloads have risen 32.7% since last year, and yet wonders about the lack of intimate events designed for adults. Enter Short Stories Aloud in...

2012 was declared the year of the short story and back in March I wrote an article exploring the immediate repercussions of such a statement. Now, here in November, as the final days of the year come swift and cold, I thought it pertinent to inspect the year's legacy.

The...

At the back end of 2010, whilst the majority of the tennis world entered into their short winter slumber, Serbia played France for the Davis Cup, the premier international team tennis event.

Then World Number 3 Novak Djokovic was leading Serbia's charge for their first ever Davis Cup title...

Haven't you heard? Literary nights out are cool again. And the coolest of the bunch, might just happen to be one which is, really, a good old-fashioned literary night in.

Literary Dinners launched in early 2012, as the gourmet product of Charles Haynes and his associates in...

Britain is a funny place. We like to theme our years. The publishing world has decided that 2012 is the Year of the Short Story, when over in America it's pretty much been the decade of the short story. (A quick Google will reveal that three of the last four...

This is not intended as a book review. Although I am quite a large chunk through The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach's debut novel, I feel it would be unfair to express my opinion until I have shut the book for good. I can say, however, that I am enjoying...

Times change. It's as big a cliché as life goes on or sh*t happens. But for the first time in a very long time, it might actually be cool to like to read again. Why this positive shift has occurred is down to a variety reasons. It could be because...

Ah. Many, many of you would have watched and most likely thoroughly enjoyed the debut of Charlie Brooker's new series, Black Mirror, this Sunday night. On the surface, the show had it all: a great cast, a fresh mix of horror and humour and necessary social commentary. A quick glance...