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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE WEB WHERE LITERATURE COMES ALIVE

There are a whole range of resources online where you can pursue your love of literature as well as learning an enormous amount about the subject in a diverse way. From websites and podcasts to youtube and audiobooks, literature is no longer restricted to the written word and there is so much out there. Here are therefore a few suggestions to get you started. Enjoy!

A fantastic introduction to all things literary including some amazing classics by the author of 'A Fault in Our Stars', John Green

TED offer access to a wide range of talks from their conferences and a new talk is added weekly. Many of these are on a literary topic.

Jen is a book vlogger and writer with a range of literary content on her youtube channel

WEBSITES:

https://themillions.com/: An online magazine about books, the arts and culture
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner: Criticism, contentions, and conversation inspired by books and the writing life from The New Yorker magazine
https://electricliterature.com/: Including short stories, essays, reviews and book recommendations
https://granta.com/: The online magazine for new writers
http://www.goodreads.com/: A great book review site where you can record your own reading

PODCASTS:

You can listen to any of these on spotify, itunes, google or by looking up their websites:

1. 'The Guardian Books' podcast: A weekly look at the world of books, poetry and great writing including interviews

2. 'Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon': A weekly culture and ideas podcast from the Times Literary Supplement

3. 'Books and Authors': From Radio 4, this includes talks with authors and discussions about books

4. 'Literary Disco': Writers talking about reading

5. 'World Book Club': The world's great authors discuss their best known novels

6. 'London Review Podcasts': LRB-published writers read their own work and some classics as well.

7. 'Bookworm': Run by Michael Silverblatt, this is an intellectual, accessible and provocative series of literary conversations.

8. 'The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice': New Yorker fiction writers read their stories

9. 'Fiction/non/fiction': A podcast that interprets current events through the lens of literature

10.'Reading Women': Women discussing books by or about women.

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