We meet in town, in one of the pubs. Way back when, before gastropubs and chains, before pubs got remodelled to look…
With a title that is crying out to be the name of a band, up there with …And You Will Know Us…
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Like many of you who are joining in with Women in Translation Month, I am keen to read Breasts and Eggs by…
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A few years ago, I realised that my natural interest in books written in England in the 1920s and 30s was leading…
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If you like historical fiction that leans more to the historical than the fiction, how would you feel about an almost wholly…
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First published in 1959 with the title Primera Memoria, Ana María Matute’s novel The Island has recently been published in English by…
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I loved Fernando Sdrigotti’s short story Jolts when it appeared in 3am Magazine in 2015. Now five years have whipped by and…
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Over the lockdown, Seagull Books gave away a cornucopia of world literature to readers. I chose The Book of Mordechai and Lazarus…
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In my 20 Books of Summer ’20 post I noted that there were a number of reading challenges happening in June and…
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Having recently finished the #TBR20 challenge, along comes 20 Books of Summer ’20, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. As she explains,…
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If even the title of my last post – 10 long books to read on lockdown – was enough to make you…
