The aim of UNESCO’s City of Literature Network is to “promote the social, economic and cultural development of cities in both the developed and developing world.” The network was born out of UNESCO’s global alliance for Cultural Diversity initiative. Participating cities can promote their local creative scene while fostering UNESCO’s goal of cultural diversity. The types of genres included are literature, music, design, film, crafts and folk art, media arts and gastronomy. Image Via Pinterest In order to be approved your city must participate in a number of efforts to strengthen the market for literary products, be involved in diversifying …
Taylor Swift has graced the planet with yet another full studio album, Reputation, which premiered on November 10th. This time around were looking at a fifteen song compilation for Taylor’s tenth year in the game as she tries to embrace modern pop in the midst of a string of PR disasters that have dogged her in recent years; beefin’ with the likes Nicki Minaj and Kim and Kanye West. Image Via The Daily Beast Since her last album, 1989, Taylor has deleted her social media history, has not promoted Reputation in any way and her first critics were her die hard fans who she invited to listen to …
Beauty, biodiversity and of course the journey of a lifetime is what can be expected from David Attenborough’s new memoir, titled Adventures of A Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions. The book will be released in May 2018. Image Via Daily Express It will be the combination of three books written in the 1950s to accompany the BBC TV series Zoo Quest, which are now being reissued after sixty years. If you are not familiar with Zoo Quest, basically, in 1954 Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime, to go travelling everywhere and anywhere from where he could bring back rare …
Bookstr recently published a listicle titled 14 of the World’s Most Beautiful Bookstores and in response to that a dude who goes by the name of Torsten Woywod got in contact with us. Torsten has visited each and every one of the bookshops featured on the list, as well as including eighty-six more. He documented his travels on his Facebook page, Around the World in 100 Bookshops. Check it out! Not only are we super jealous of this guy’s travel itinerary but we also appreciate his spontaneity in deciding to up and leave his job and take some time off to undertake …
The expansive genre of Graphic Journalism is something that should be kept an eye on and supported. A new generation of graphic novels seeks to highlight humanitarian crises. They aim to make these events more understandable and relatable, as many stories are quite simply over-looked when read about in the media, if reported by ad about at all. The many attempts to bring these stories to the page has resulted in would-be readers becoming spoiled for choice within this beautiful genre, which brings different types of multimedia into one space. Here is a list of eleven sensational graphic novels which highlight the unstable world …
