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Sunrise on the Reaping Review

Francesca Sylph — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:56:06 +0000

Francesca Sylph Suzanne Collins’ latest return to Panem is her best yet. Sunrise on the Reaping (2025) adds layers upon layers of lore, enriching everything we thought we knew about the Hunger Games world. At age twelve, I begged my mother for archery lessons. The first Hunger Games (2012) movie

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Books about journalism for literary “it girls”

Francesca Sylph — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:17:01 +0000

Francesca Sylph From Joan Didion to Bridget Jones, these books about journalism will inspire you to get writing (and reading). There is something so chic about journalism. As a little girl flicking through the glossy pages of Teen Vogue, I dreamed of growing up into a career-driven, cosmopolitan woman. I

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Books that should be on your 2025 TBR pile

Ava Hicks — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:01:27 +0000

Ava Hicks New year, new reads. 2025 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for new releases, the continuation of much-loved series and catching up on the showstoppers you missed over the past few years. Here’s the books that should be on your TBR pile in 2025.

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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami: Review

anastasiiadanyliuk — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 19:42:56 +0000

In his signature piece, Norwegian Wood, Murakami explores navigating an existence permeated by death, grief, and fragility.

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Belgian University Launches Taylor Swift Literature Course

hwaltonh13 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:27:55 +0000

Ghert University in Belgium has announced a new English Literature course, titled 'Literature: Taylor's Version', centring the work of Taylor Swift.

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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang: Book Review

Cara-Louise Scott — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:37:45 +0000

Yellowface is the engaging, satirical, brand new novel by Rebecca F. Kuang which has taken the literary charts by storm.

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What’s on my summer reading list

Katherine Witts — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 16:26:03 +0000

Katherine Witts As sunny days become the new norm, we can’t help but find ourselves wondering what to do. This is my list of the best reads for this summer, which are sure to fill the void. When I was a bookseller last summer, I accumulated an intense to be

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Re-learning How to Read for Leisure

Niamh Kelly — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:38:10 +0000

Reading for leisure is something I’ve always struggled with. From such a young age we go through literature lessons with a strict TBR list containing the ‘classics', which are really just a running stream of aged novels with authors writing, mostly, from a place of privileged whiteness.

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Why We Should Be Reading Translated Fiction

Emily Warner — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 17:20:15 +0000

Our personal language is shaped by a vibrant catalogue of categories: culture, education, family, geography, and many others.

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REVIEW: Five Survive – Holly Jackson

Cara-Louise Scott — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:16:08 +0000

In Five Survive we are taken through just one evening as six friends take a road trip that doesn’t exactly go to plan.

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