by Yasmin Wakefield | May 28, 2023 | longer reads, Society
Historically, the publishing industry has been predominantly middle class and white. In 2023, the publishing industry is still predominantly middle class and white. Publishing is the least socially diverse of all the UK’s creative industries. 47% of all authors,...
by Liseli Thomas | May 28, 2023 | Library
When BLOT sat down with author behind the Blood Trails, N.E. Davenport, we asked her 10 quickfire questions to get to know more about her. You can find the full article here! Q1. Who is your favourite author? That is a hard one because I can never pick just...
by Arthur Barratt | May 27, 2023 | Mind
Claire Alexander is a freelance journalist and author from Scotland. Her first novel, Meredith, Alone, was published in June 2022. The story follows Meredith Maggs, a middle-aged woman who hasn’t left her house in 1,214 days, due to a culmination of a lifetime of...
by Yasmin Wakefield | May 26, 2023 | Society
“Being a single mother is twice the work, twice the stress, and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love, and twice the pride.” Stories about single mothers have always existed, from ‘scroungers’ to ‘superheroes’, the representation of...
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...