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OUP UK Publicity Manager Juliet Evans snags some bargains at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and looks to 17th century gardener John Evelyn for some tips on how to make the most of them.
In the spirit of breaking genre walls, Michelle talks about what she learned from SFF writer Neil Gaiman.
Cassie shares her favorite parts of the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam for National Poetry Month.
How would you communicate with an alien? A look at how Science Fiction authors tackled the problem.
An excerpt from ‘Planet Narnia’ by Michael Ward, the basis for the recent BBC documentary ‘The Narnia Code’.
Michelle remembers reading Eve Sedgwick. She discusses the “erotic triangle” in Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the pressure to be the perfect feminist today.
Owen Davies chooses his Top 10 grimoires.
In honor of Poetry Month, Michelle talks about the love letters of poet Edna St.Vincent Millay and how they compare to courtship in an online era.
Michael Ward, author of Planet Narnia, on discovering the Narnia Code.
An audio excerpt from Daniel’s Backstory interview.
We were pretty excited when ‘Brave New Words’ won the Hugo Award. Now that ‘Brave New Words’ is available in paperback we asked Jeff Prucher, freelance lexicographer and editor for the Oxford English Dictionary’s science fiction project, to revisit the blog. Below are Prucher’s picks of words.
The top 10 hard-to-define literary terms.
Do thesauruses fight?
Check out our selection of some of the best Africa-focused blogs.
Maggie Campell-Culver gives some 17th century tips on keeping your garden mole-free.
The myths behind Shakespeare’s women.