Olivia Gilbert, Author at aAh! Magazine

Literature, News
“It’s a thrill and an honour to be shortlisted”: Introducing the 2024 QuietManDave Prize finalists

13th December 2024 By Olivia Gilbert 0 90

The QuietManDave Prize returns for 2024 to celebrate 12 incredible shortlisted authors and honour prize namesake Dave Murray. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony hosted at Manchester Met’s Manchester Poetry Library on December 13. The event will celebrate the shortlisted entrants, with performances of the top three pieces in each category, and…
News, Opinion
Opinion: “Bonnie Blue’s success is no more than a reflection of our obsession with moral outrage”

10th December 2024 By Olivia Gilbert 0 1226

Once hailed as the great equaliser, the internet has morphed into an unforgiving arena where public opinion decides your fate. Platforms like TikTok and Twitter choose clicks over context as their algorithms push increasingly divisive content onto our feeds, agents of cancel culture threaten to strike, and unfiltered hate floods every comment section. For these…