We wanted to do this book in our Working Class Library podcast for a long time, and we were very pleased that the novelist Sarah Hall could join us – one of the best writers in on wc rural life out there. Listen on your favourite platforms or here: thebeemagazine.com/the-working-...

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚

"“Having been raised by women who fought for equality, and that famous 90s ‘women can have it all’ lie," says @jennyknight.bsky.social, "Women now actually want to see it in action.” The Bee in conversation with the top-notch working-class novelist🐝🐝

Often mistaken for a middle-class Oxbridge graduate, much to his annoyance. In fact a great champion of working-class talent, and supporter of what we're trying to do. This interview seems to have pleasantly surprised a few people, hope you enjoy it:

We're proud to publish @darrenmcgarvey.bsky.social on the UK's health lottery & why health inequality is a political choice. Right now there's a lot of bogus blaming in the news that distracts from real issues like this. This is an honest assessment, based on real experience.

"She had never cared much for books, because they did not seem to be about her, and she thought she would rather write a book herself, to a pattern of her own choosing and about a beautiful young girl with a startling white skin, heiress to a great property, wearing white piqué at Osborne..."

Looking back on the eighth anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, with this piece by Elias Suhail, a local, who was on our Writing Chance programme: www.newstatesman.com/culture/a-wr...

Brilliant interview with an extraordinary artist about a culture shifting novel that should have won the Women's Prize. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

Well done @mcsweeneys.net - perfect summary of romantic movies 😂

Enjoyed Ep 1 of @clairemalcolm.bsky.social & Richard Benson's 'The Working-Class Library' podcast. It was fascinating to listen to Professor Simon James discuss George's Gissing's 'The New Grub Street'. Looking forward to reading it - & listening to more episodes! open.spotify.com/episode/3gjN...

If you do one thing today please listen to Max Porter's speech - a rallying cry for the free movement of books and ideas www.youtube.com/live/_OFR6ey...

I have a new podcast! Brought to you by @beelitmag.bsky.social - The Working Class Library open.spotify.com/show/7lu7Hzn...

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

Read Nosa’s short memoir Confessions of Nothing, about discovering, aged seven, a revolutionary mascara technique that her mum failed to appreciate, here: thebeemagazine.com/confessions-...

We’re un-bee-lieveably delighted to congratulate Nosa Novia, whose story Confessions of Nothing we published yesterday, on being longlisted for the @womensprize.bsky.social 2025 Discoveries prize.

UK-wide initiative launched by @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @clairemalcolm.bsky.social to tackle marginalisation of working-class writers. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Come and hear Adelle and I discussing 80's hair and big life stories.

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