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Blog: What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoWriters and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsThis past semester I taught The Voyage Out […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Hawthorn’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams from
Seren in the group Seren Books 9 months agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘Hawthorn’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams from her collection ‘The Little Hours: New and Selected Poems’.
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Blog: Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe Canadian author on mountain running to George Eliot, powerful reminders from Omar El Akkad and the translation that brought Homer’s Iliad to lifeMy earliest r […]
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Blog: Ghost Wedding by David Park review – a thought-provoking novel about the power of the past from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe romance is beautifully drawn in this tale of two couples whose lives overlap at a Northern Irish manor house, a century apartTime is layered in Northern […]
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Blog: Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe actor warmly narrates this intimate account of his rise to stardom, from the traumas that shaped his childhood to the epiphany that would lead to his glittering […]
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How to set a draft WordPress post to Pending in three easy steps in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 9 months, 1 week agoHow to set a draft WordPress post to Pending in three easy steps
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Blog: Kathryn Bevis shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Prize from
Seren in the group Seren Books 9 months, 1 week agoKathryn Bevis’ debut collection ‘The Butterfly House’ has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize 2025.
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Blog: We are giving away three proofs of What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham! from
Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters' writing 9 months, 1 week agoAhead of hardback publication of the shocking new thriller from the No.1. Sunday Times bestselling author, we have three proofs to give away.
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Blog: Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle review – what exactly is ‘clairgustance’? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months, 1 week agoA chef can taste the favourite foods of the departed, in this debut mash-up of satire, ghost story and slushy romanceReading Aftertaste, I found myself wondering […]
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Blog: The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan review – Timothy Leary’s right hand woman from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months, 1 week agoA key a protagonist of the psychedelic counterculture, Rosemary Woodruff lived a life every bit as fascinating as her husband’sOf Timothy Leary, we know plenty. H […]
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Blog: The Romance Edit: May from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 9 months, 1 week agoWelcome to the May issue of The Romance Edit. Summer is on its way 🌞 and from billionaire romances to … Continued
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Blog: Addicted to Books from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 9 months, 1 week agoDear Jane, which of your books do you suggest I start with? Yours, Addicted to Books
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Tell me something wonderful about the country you live in in the group Shall we talk?: 9 months, 1 week agoTell me something wonderful about the country you live in
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Blog: I only cheated a bit from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 9 months, 1 week agoDear Jame, My boyfriend of 7 years left me and he says it is all my fault. It really isn’t. I only cheated a few times. Why is he making so much fuss? I’m so lonely […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Minutiae’ by Rosalind Hudis from
Seren in the group Seren Books 9 months, 1 week agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘Minutiae’ by Rosalind Hudis from her collection ‘Restorations’.
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What are your best writing tips? in the forum Aspiring Authors 9 months, 1 week agoIf you do a little writing each day – no matter how small – eventually you will write a book.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Has Matt left us for politics? in the forum General Chat 9 months, 1 week ago
Not much. I stood for election to the local county council.
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Blog: Bill Gates shares summer reading list for 2025 featuring Bono, Trevor Noah and more from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 9 months, 1 week agoThe billionaire and philanthropist has revealed a list of books that inspired his recent memoir
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Blog: 51. Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated The Worlds of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 9 months, 1 week ago51. Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Katie Wray Schon. 2025. 48 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, […]
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Blog: 50. The Hawthorne Legacy from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 9 months, 1 week ago50. The Hawthorne Legacy. Jennifer Lynn Barnes. 2021. 380 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars, YA fiction, YA romance, YA mystery]First sentence: “Tell me again […]
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Blog: Remembering Sandra Marton from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 9 months, 1 week agoWe are sad to share the passing of prolific and USA Today Bestselling Harlequin Presents author Sandra Marton. Sandra wrote … Continued
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Blog: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn audiobook review – a life-changing journey from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months, 1 week agoFacing homelessness and incurable illness, a couple sets out on a 630-mile hike in this lyrical memoir read by the authorA few days after Raynor Winn and her […]
