BLOG POST: The Final Curtain, on ‘Wise Children’ by Angela Carter
https://www.theliteraryunderdog.com/_files/ugd/a0b156_c4e0aed82fc84c9483a6ca540dd9695f.pdfThis article was written by Louise Prior, Red Lion Books and published in Underdog Lit Mag. Published in UNDERDOG, Literary Magazine, Issue 3, 2025 Louise's article is Page 12. The Final Curtain - On Wise Children by Angela Carter
BLOG POST: Is Colchester an anomaly in the decline of young readers?
This article was written by Lily Locke, one of the Newsquest Young Reporters, a scheme that gives 14 to 18-year-old school students a chance to write for a real newspaper. Find out more at the Young Reporter website. Is Colchester an
BLOG POST: This is your shop
We received the following message from a young customer who was recently won the 'Top Young Reporter of the Year' award. Congratulations RosieIt’s Rosie, I’m not sure if you remember me but wrote an article about the shop last Autumn.
BLOG POST: Rivers, Bodies, Stars with award winning poets
We are thrilled to have an event scheduled with award winning poets,Rebecca Goss, Emily Hasler and Joanna Ingham Amongst other accolades, Rebecca is the winner of the Sylvia Plath award 2022, Joanna won second place in the BBC Wildlife Poet Competition
BLOG POST: Hunger Games comeback – is this the Dystopian Renaissance?
By Regina Lopez Puerta When I opened my phone yesterday, I felt I was transported all the way back to 2013. Suddenly, I was back in my childhood bedroom, a mockingjay pin on my jacket, Katniss posters all over my wall, scrolling through
BLOG POST: Anna reviews This Family by Kate Sawyer
This Family by Kate SawyerIt’s a new beginning. She should be happy. And she is. She is. But where there are beginnings, there are always endings too.’I enjoyed Kate Sawyer’s first novel The Stranding, a powerful reimagining of the end
BLOG POST: Local poet, Ricci Read, preaches
Being a poet is a lifestyle. It is a commitment to being your rebellious, authentic self. I preach that poetry shouldn't follow any rules! I hope to inspire others to find and use their voice to tell their own stories. Of course,
BLOG POST: Daisy Jones & The Six: It Could’ve Been Great
For a book whose central conflict lies around being good vs being great, that emphasises the need to make history with one’s art, the new series falls short of that. Don’t get me wrong, the screen adaptation is perfectly good,
BLOG POST: When authors recommend other authors
Blog note: Author Kate Worsley has kindly provided Red Lion Books with a list of books that inspired her latest novel 'Foxash', from 'Fenwomen', a feminist Akenfield, to 'Love on the Dole''s 1930s Salford. Foxash is published on 27th April
BLOG POST: To read or not to read?
Blog note: Author Regina Lopez Puerta’s first language is Spanish, not English. This is why we have retained the American spelling of realised Incidentally, Regina will be hosting Spanish classes at Red Lion Books. Please email us@redlionbooks.co.uk for more