The choices for this category of the 100 Novels that shaped the world are: Rule Breakers A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole Bartleby, the Scrivener – Herman Melville Habibi – Craig Thompson How to be Both – Ali Smith Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell Orlando – Virginia Woolf Psmith, Journalist – P. G. Wodehouse The Moor’s Last Sigh – Salman Rushdie Zami: A New Spelling of My Name – Audre Lorde You can find the complete list he

The novels chosen for the Crime & Conflict section are: American Tabloid – James Ellroy American War – Omar El Akkad Ice Candy Man – Bapsi Sidhwa Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier Regeneration – Pat Barker The Children of Men – P.D. James The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle The Quiet American – Graham Greene The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid The Talented Mr Ripley – Patricia Highsmith You can find the full list here. In this week's workshop we looked at Cri

In the second workshop for Leeds Libraries I focussed on Life, Death and Other worlds. The purpose of the workshops is to inspire you to create your own game and enter it to the Games Jam at the end of the month. You don't need to attend all of them. I thought I would share what we had got up to in case you missed it. Just a reminder that your entry can be a board game or a video game and it can be in any state of completeness. Even if you just have the bare bones of an idea

Working with Leeds Libraries I've been delivering workshops to help people get inspired to design their own entry to the Games Jam. You can find more details on the competition here The Games Jam itself takes its inspiration from the BBC 100 Novels that shaped our world. The list is diverse and eclectic; it sparks discussion and debate effortlessly. The novels that made the grade for the Adventure section are: City of Bohane – Kevin Barry Eye of the Needle – Ken Follett For W