by Shruthi Selvarajan | May 25, 2023 | Identity, longer reads
In writing a YA fiction novel about 16-year-old runner, Jessica, whose Olympic dreams are crushed after an amputation below the knee, author Wendelin Van Draanen lifts the lid on the hours of research it takes to capture the authenticity of the hopes and fears of...
by Shruthi Selvarajan | May 24, 2023 | Hunger Games, longer reads, Society
War veteran, Paul K Chappell, explains how The Hunger Games is an event far worse than modern-day warfare, and why. One 12-year-old child. 23 teenagers. 18 days in a carefully curated arena designed for death. In the real world, this seems almost unimaginable....
by Shruthi Selvarajan | May 24, 2023 | Identity, longer reads
With a cutthroat publishing industry where only a few make it big, Wattpad is a thriving reading and writing community which has opened doors for authors from diverse backgrounds. Nicole Nwosu, 22, always felt like she was a different kind of girl. One that was kind...
by Yasmin Wakefield | May 22, 2023 | Identity, longer reads
Walk into most bookshops nowadays and you’ll find a designated LGBTQ+ fiction section. The genre is more popular than ever, according to NPD BookScan sales have increased by over 740% in a five year period – and it’s the romance category in particular that’s...
by Maddy Burgess | May 22, 2023 | Identity, longer reads, The International Booker Prize
Ahead of the International Booker Prize winner announcement tomorrow, BLOT Magazine sat down with Julia Sanches, translator of the shortlisted book Boulder, to talk about all things translation. Julia Sanches is a literary translator working from Portuguese, Spanish,...
by Sophie Olejnik | May 22, 2023 | longer reads, Society
Quiz time! What do the Harry Potter series, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye all have in common? Got your guesses in? Well, from reasons ranging from witchcraft to racism, these books all appear on the Popular Banned Books list in the United States. ...
