Jessica Zhan Mei Yu’s smartly interior debut novel But the Girl appears to follow the path of a bildungsroman. Our protagonist, simply named Girl, is on a flight out of Australia for an artist’s residency in the lush Scottish countryside. She is leaving behind her tight-knit Malaysian family and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-04-30 11:05:00 UTC ]
This year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair features plenty of quirky items amid the high-ticket treasures. (Poison books, anyone?) Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-04 18:13:39 UTC ]
Sylvia Plath was born 89 years ago today. A published writer from age at, she left behind a vast catalogue of poetry and prose, especially given her short life. One of her most charming works was a rhyming children’s book written in 1959 (before either of her children were born) and published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-27 17:44:35 UTC ]
Matt Haig’s latest novel, The Midnight Library, has spent 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list since its publication in September 2020. The novel focuses on Nora Seed, a young woman living in her hometown of Bedford, England, who thinks she has nothing to live for. She decides to die... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-22 08:49:49 UTC ]
Trapeze has signed a collection of poems on motherhood, edited by Ana Sampson, including work from classic poets such as Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as new voices Nikita Gill and Kate Baer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 17:03:33 UTC ]
“Red Comet” is a prizeworthy contribution to literary scholarship and biographical journalism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-10-28 13:21:04 UTC ]
Novels by authors including Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath and Salman Rushdie have been recognised by the BBC in a new list of novels that have shaped the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 15:14:17 UTC ]
Faber is to publish "Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom", a previously unpublished short story written by Sylvia Plath as a college assignment in 1952. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom was written in 1952, when Plath was still a student in the USAn “important” short story written by Sylvia Plath when the poet was 20 years old will be published for the first time in January 2019.Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom, which describes a fateful... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A proof of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar was sold for £87,500 and her typewriter went for £32,500 in an auction of items sold at Bonhams by her daughter on Wednesday (21st March). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vice Magazine's newest fashion spread depicted models dressed like Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and others in the act of committing suicide. The photos were taken down after a public outcry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are planning to celebrate the life and work of Sylvia Plath on the 50th anniversary of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]