literature Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:51:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png literature Archives - Positive News 32 32 The social media star helping people fall in love with libraries https://www.positive.news/society/the-social-media-star-helping-people-fall-in-love-with-libraries/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:36:06 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=468573 Young people are rediscovering the joy of visiting libraries thanks to influential bookworm Mychal Threets

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]]> The UK’s resurgent bookshops are a plot twist nobody saw coming https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/culture/the-uks-resurgent-bookshops-are-a-plot-twist-nobody-saw-coming/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:30:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=431967 Despite competition from online behemoths, indie bookshops are booming again. Here’s why (plus five of the best)

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]]> ‘Syrians need this’: the kiosk helping a war-torn nation reconnect with literature https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/arts/its-therapeutic-the-kiosk-helping-war-torn-syria-reconnect-with-literature/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:18:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=400078 Books have become a luxury that many Syrians can no longer afford. One man is on a mission to change that in the city of Tartus

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]]> Books over borders: joy as bombed shop in Gaza reopens https://www.positive.news/society/books-over-borders-joy-as-bombed-shop-in-gaza-reopens/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 10:13:23 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=389592 A global outpouring of support has allowed a destroyed bookshop to open its doors once more

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]]> Book of ‘nature spells’ to be turned into free livestreamed show https://www.positive.news/environment/the-lost-spells-to-be-turned-into-free-livestreamed-show/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:38:22 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=349353 The Lost Spells has become a hit at a time when many of us are looking to connect with nature. It will soon get a stage adaptation

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]]> One woman’s mission to bring inclusive reading material into schools https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/on-tour-with-the-multicultural-book-carnival/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:39:15 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=335648 Samantha Williams’s multicultural book carnival, This is Book Love, helps children of colour feel represented in literature

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]]> Why children, as well as adults, need stories about solutions https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/culture/why-children-as-well-as-adults-need-stories-about-solutions/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:08:24 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=334816 Jodie Jackson, an expert on the psychological impact of negative news, introduces her new book for children

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]]> What went right this week: Lego’s plastic pledge, peak oil and more positive news https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-38-of-2020/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 09:28:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=333654 Lego looked beyond plastic, BP said we had passed peak oil and green hydrogen was given a boost, plus other positive news

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]]> ‘Groundbreaking’: shortlist for 2020 Booker prize is more diverse than ever https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/culture/2020-booker-prize-shortlist-is-its-most-diverse-ever/ Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:53:30 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=333536 The six-strong shortlist for this year’s prestigious literary award includes four women and four people of colour

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]]> A novel idea: the plan to support Spain’s bookshops through the pandemic https://www.positive.news/economics/good-business/a-novel-idea-the-plan-to-support-spains-bookshops-through-the-pandemic/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:55:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=319181 In Catalonia a project has been launched to help neighbourhood bookshops stay afloat during the lockdown

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