We usually post twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, and we have some regular categories, including our Book of the Week recommendation, and Fist of Five - posts looking at five books on a related theme: for instance, Mr Hager's five novels with the word 'road' in the title, Jake Curtis's five graphic novels, Ben Phillips's five stories by H P Lovecraft or Miss McLaren's five books about apes.
We also post pieces of creative writing - for instance, short stories by Yang Hsu, Charlie de Waal, Alex Jacob and former member of the English Dept Bernard O'Keeffe - and issues of the school's creative writing magazines, Areo and Pandaemonium. From time to time, we run polls, such as this year's Monster Mash-Ups or last year's Head to Heads. Sometimes we run a week of posts celebrating a particular occasion - such as the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter, for instance. You can use the tags on the right hand side of the page to track down posts on topics that interest you.
But posts can be about anything you like: if you've got an idea for something you'd like to write, just contact any member of the English Dept or e-mail us directly at: spsbookblog@stpaulsschool.org.uk.
We've also got reading lists. Many, many reading lists. If you click the 'reading lists' tab, you'll find lists by theme and category, as well as top tens recommended by some of the school's academic departments. If these lists don't offer you enough options, try our links page, which connects you to various book-related websites, including reader recommendations on Good Reads, specific pages aimed at younger teens, and the Guardian's weekly book selection.
The blog's been going for five years now, and it's always a work in progress: if there's anything you think we should be doing more (or less) of, or if you've got an idea for a feature, or you want to suggest a link (or you find a link that's no longer working), just let us know. Happy reading!
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