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Reading Agency launches fundraising campaign to help address the adult literacy crisis in the group Outside News: 2 years, 5 months agoReading Agency launches fundraising campaign to help address the adult literacy crisis
The Reading Agency has today launched a new fundraising campaign, Reading Power, focused on improving adult reading confidence across the UK. It […] -
Blog: Will Harris on the Local Future of Food from
The Virtual Book Channel – Literary Hub in the group The Virtual Book Channel 2 years, 5 months agoHosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological i […]
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Blog: 174. The Queen and the Knave from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 5 months agoThe Queen and the Knave (Dread Penny Society #5) Sarah M. Eden. 2023. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy] [adult historical romance]First sentence: Moirin Donnelly […]
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Minor login niggle in the forum Help and Support 2 years, 5 months agoLogin is working as expected now, just one login from the AB homepage 🙂
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Blog: Joanna Robinson and Gavin Edwards on The Reign of Marvel from
The Virtual Book Channel – Literary Hub in the group The Virtual Book Channel 2 years, 5 months agoHosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological i […]
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Journaling: What am I grateful for? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 2 years, 5 months agoJournaling: What am I grateful for?
List five things that you are grateful for. Consider writing a few words about why you are grateful. -
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Defunded theatre has lost its way, says writer Roger Williams in the group Outside News: 2 years, 5 months agoDefunded theatre has lost its way, says writer Roger WilliamsWales’ national theatre has not produced enough engaging work and lost a meaningful connection with artists, a writer has said. National Theatre […]
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Blog: Teju Cole: ‘Being avant garde isn’t about being unreadable’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoThe prize-winning novelist and essayist on why he set his new book just before the pandemic, embracing the possibility of failure – and being ambushed by H […]
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Blog: Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ time ‘reliving’ experiences from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoSpears will read the book’s introduction before actor Michelle Williams takes over
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Blog: ‘Like the brakes of a train never coming to a stop’: author Michel Faber on the torture of tinnitus from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoSix years ago the writer developed tinnitus. He explains how it has reframed his relationship with his body and the world – and how music is his salveWhee! I h […]
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Blog: Tom Gauld on the shocking truth about what’s happening in public libraries – cartoon from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoContinue reading…
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Blog: A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel review – B-sides and rarities from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoA posthumous collection of the Booker-winner’s nonfiction shows her lesser-known works to be the equal of her hitsThe grand-sounding title and subtitle of this b […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Macabre from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 5 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Macabre appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 80 from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoPulitzer prize winner and former US poet laureate was known for her sharp, austere lyrical workLouise Glück, the Nobel prize-winning author and a former poet […]
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Blog: 173. All That Shines from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 5 months agoAll That Shines. Ellen Hagan. 2023. [September] 405 pages. [Source: Library] [Verse novel; YA verse novel; YA Realistic fiction; YA romance]First sentence: “Mom, […]
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Blog: Books I Read in September 2023 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 5 months agoThe Fraud by Zadie Smith weaves together three storylines based on true events in the 19th century. A Cockney butcher arrives in London from Australia claiming to […]
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Blog: Q&A With Love To Write Winner Faye Acheampong! from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 2 years, 5 months agoLast year, Faye Acheampong won our Love to Write competition, an initiative we ran with Amber Rose Gill and Nadine Gonzalez to find new romance authors with […]
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Blog: ‘I stand with Britney’: Michelle Williams to narrate audio edition of Britney Spears memoir from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoSpears will narrate the introduction of ‘The Woman in Me’, releasing the same day as the print version
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10 evergreen journaling prompts in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 2 years, 5 months ago10 evergreen journaling prompts
1. What has brought me joy lately? Counting your blessings – aka reflecting on the good things – can help combat the few negatives to drown out […] -
Blog: Word of the Day – Phonology from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 5 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Phonology appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Hard stares, tea with the Queen and so many marmalade sandwiches – 65 years of Paddington Bear from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoInspired by a lone teddy in a shop, Michael Bond’s courteous and clumsy hero from Peru has struck a chord with every generation. What is the secret to his e […]
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Blog: John Niven: ‘My comfort read? Alan Clark’s diaries’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 5 months agoThe Scottish author on laughing out loud at Catch-22, being inspired by Martin Amis and the joy of Graeme Johnston’s KerbyMy earliest reading memoryHarry by the S […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Synonyms for said in the forum Aspiring Authors 2 years, 5 months ago
I am a great believer in the idea that “said” is an invisible word. Changing it to more notable words can, therefore, draw attention where it is not always wanted.
