Blog - New Word Order

November 18, 2021

False Female Empowerment in Amazon’s Cinderella: Progressivism or Cheap Tactics?

{By Emma Mooney} Aside from showing that a woman can and should chase her dreams, it does nothing other than deliver musical pop culture call-backs (presumably to keep the adults interested) and present a version of feminism which conforms in all the wrong ways. And it’s a shame.

May 7, 2021

Ayshe-Mira Yashin

I’m a seventeen-year-old artist and poetess from Istanbul and Nicosia, exploring themes of spirituality and sapphic love. I recently created a Tarot deck, and am..

April 18, 2021

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{By Kelly Michels} You've heard the stories: A cat named Skittles vanishes on vacation only to reappear at home 350 miles away

April 14, 2021

An Interview with Tom Allen

Shamelessly Queer: Comedian and No Shame Author Tom Allen Talks Bromley, Berlin, and Latest Book.

April 14, 2021

Luke Mcmenamin (Chief Editor) The Hobbit and The Art Of Sounding It Out.

We all know the basic plot of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel, The Hobbit, but for those at the back, the story centres on – surprise..

April 14, 2021

Katie McCormick (Poetry Editor): Red, White & Royal Blue: Redefining Romance

“History, huh? Bet we could make some.” Casey McQuiston’s 2019 debut novel Red, White & Royal Blue is a breath of fresh air in the LGBT romance..

April 14, 2021

Eva Mc Kenna – (Art and Photography Editor): Diary of an Oxygen Thief- Karma’s revenge on the Recovered

When you think of the novel’s title ‘Diary of an Oxygen Thief’, you could link it to romance, action or adventure, but you’d be sorely..

April 14, 2021

Darius Apetrei – (Fiction Editor): Kafka on the Shore and My Fear of Being Forgotten

Kafka on the Shore (2002) is the first book I picked up and read without any outside influence. For once, I wanted to read a..

April 14, 2021

Cormac Kelly (Fiction Editor): Reaffirming Magic in Stephen King’s On Writing

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” Part autobiography, part masterclass, Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, published in 2000,..

April 14, 2021

Chloë O’Brien (Managing Editor): Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

“Moments like this are buds on the tree of life.” Reading Mrs Dalloway was like walking down Grafton Street; minding your own business and running..

April 14, 2021

Billie Lyons (Social Media Manager): Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

The first book I ever remember myself becoming obsessed with was Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. I clearly remember my primary school library having..

April 14, 2021

Adeleine Trombley (Non-Fiction Editor): The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean takes the reader into the wonderful world of local libraries in The Library Book (2018), from their development across US towns to their..

April 11, 2021

Bolutito Adanma Ibikunle

I am a twenty-one-year-old Bio-Sciences with Biopharmaceutical student at IT Carlow. I enjoy writing and photography thoroughly. In the past year, I have made conscious..

April 11, 2021

Stefania Raus

Stefania Raus is a photographer that focuses on the many portals which the Art of Photography is able to capture. Her work is conspicuously encapsulating..

April 11, 2021

Paola Benevides

Paola Benevides is a Brazilian writer and multidisciplinary artist with a degree in Portuguese – Literature and a specialization in Applied Linguistics – Translation studies...