Opinion: How to write a best-selling novel
05 April 2016Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the "magic potion" for writing a thriller.
‘Writing is but another form of conversation’: Laurence Sterne at 300
23 November 2013The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman turned a Yorkshire clergyman into a literary celebrity. Three hundred years after his birth on 24 November 1713, Laurence Sterne’s quirky take on the novel continues to inspire. Dr Mary Newbould explores Sterne’s lasting impact.
CS Lewis: 50 years after his death a new scholarship will honour his literary career
08 November 2013CS Lewis, creator of some of the most-loved children’s stories and also a scholar of medieval and early modern literature, died half a century ago on 22 November. A scholarship to be set up in his name will support an outstanding graduate to study at Cambridge University
Children’s literature an escape from the adult world
24 September 2011A University of Cambridge academic is to suggest that grown-ups enjoy children’s classics because they are dissatisfied with life in the adult world.
