The Librarian Perspective with Laura Sims
Nothing could have prepared me for the surprising day-to-day reality of work as a public reference librarian. Certainly not graduate school, where I studied advanced research techniques, information literacy, library history, and cataloguing. These courses gave me a...
brat books for a brat summer
Like you, we've been OBSESSED with bumpin' brat by Charli XCX so we simply had to bring you a list of brat books for a so Julia summer. Stargazer by Laurie Petrou It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl – and Stargazer shows what happens when you don’t work it out on...
If You Love I Kissed a Girl, You’ll Love these Recs
Hot queer summer is here, and I have the perfect reading recs for anyone who wants to heat up and queer up their bookshelf. Gender Theory is unlike anything I’ve read before. It has the usual themes - coming-of-age, discovering one’s queerness, falling for...
Indie Bookshop Recs from VERVE Authors
It can be difficult finding a good, reliable and accessible bookshop that meets all your reading needs, luckily, our authors have got you covered. Curtis Garner, author of Isaac I love The Common Press - the range of events held here are disparate, radical, even a...
How One Author’s Personal Experience with Dementia Shaped Her Debut Novel by Rachel McRady
It’s a club that no one wants to be a part of. Ever since my debut novel, Sun Seekers, was released in America in January, I’ve had readers approach me to share their own stories of how dementia and Alzheimer’s have impacted their families. Caregivers, nursing home...
International Day of Families
It’s strange that the death of our parents is a natural thing. It’s strange to even write the words ‘death’ and ‘parents’ in the same sentence – admitting that these people who have produced your life will ultimately leave it. Yet, it is an inevitability, a rite of...
Five Feminist Reads for Your TBR
Want to learn more about feminist literature or feminism in general? We have you covered. Here are five feminist literature recommendations to quench your thirst for literary knowledge. Heartburn by Nora Ephron Ephron’s autobiographical novel Heartburn (1983) is a...
Inside VERVE’s Spring Blogger Mixer
On Wednesday 17th April, VERVE hosted their spring blogger mixer where bloggers familiar with VERVE and new were able to meet each other in person – some of them for the first time – and also meet our team and some of our incredible authors releasing titles this year....
What to read based on your favourite Hozier song
Today is a monumental one for Hozier fans, as we’ve been gifted with four new tracks to obsessively listen to with the release of the ‘Unheard’ EP. If you’re like me, and you shamelessly listen to Hozier’s albums on repeat, I’ve got the perfect reading list for you....
International Women’s Day with Tara Moss
March 8th is International Women's Day each year, a day that gives focus to issues of gender equality and the status of women and girls. We can’t truly understand where we are today on these issues without first looking at the stories of the women who came before us....