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More books are being adapted into graphic novels. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
Classic novels are getting a makeover. You may have noticed familiar titles such as “The Baby-Sitters Club” series, “The Jungle,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Parable of the Sower,” and “Watership Down,” rereleased in recent years as graphic novel adaptations. Graphic novels are long-format books that, like comic books, use illustrations alongside text as the method…
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Two literary fairs are one for the books – The Mail & Guardian
Doomsayers: “South Africans don’t read.” South African bibliophiles: “Hold my book!” If one looks at just last weekend’s Franschhoek Literary Festival, the country’s largest book festival, and this weekend’s Kingsmead Book Fair in Johannesburg, while it is certainly not booming, the book industry is not about to go bust. Both festivals, like numerous established and…
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7 Books From University Presses You Should Be Reading
There’s a common misconception that university presses only publish academic work–monographs or detailed studies of a single specialized subject or other discipline-specific scholarly books. However, university presses, while housed in universities, also publish a broad range of award-winning books for general audiences, including memoirs, essay collections, novels, short story collections, poetry collections, and hybrid, mixed-genre…
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A case for banning book bans
Smut and libraries may have saved my life. As much as anyone can say for certain that a particular moment or small series of events had a profound, outsized impact on a life, I can say that books with — how to put this delicately so as not to offend the prudish sensibilities of the brigades…
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Fan Of Literature? Try These 5 Desserts Inspired By Enid Blyton Books
By Garima Johar Updated:May 22, 2024 Share If you grew up reading Enid Blyton’s novels or watching adapted movies or cartoons, you would know how great it is to live in a universe written by her. To get back into her world in style, why don’t you make some themed desserts and travel down the…
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The Best Romance Novels of the Year (So Far)
Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2024’s sexiest, swooniest reads. We chose the 10 best romance books of 2023. See the full list. Falling in love with love has never been easier. Here are some of my favorite recent romance novels — steamy historicals, cutting-edge contemporaries and more. I’ll be updating this list…
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NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
21 May 2024 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing The winners of the 2024 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were announced on 20 May. Ali Cobby Eckermann’s verse novel She Is the Earth won the overall $10,000 Book of the Year award, as well as the $30,000 Indigenous Writers’ Prize. The winning titles in each category are: Book of…
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7 Novels Set on the Internet
I used to think there was nothing more embarrassing than to write about the internet. It wasn’t literary, I thought, and to give it a place in my fiction would be to admit not only how much time I spent online, but how much this time meant to me. Besides, who was I to write…
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Black British Book Fest and Poetry Wales awarded inaugural Beyond Literature Borders grants
The Black British Book Festival, Poetry Wales, Forty-Four Words, Komet Kashakeel, and Saqi Books have been awarded the inaugural Beyond Literature Borders grants. In February, it was announced that the British Council had partnered with Speaking Volumes on the new pilot scheme, offering grants of £7,000 to UK-based organisations to develop and deliver new literature…
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Salman Rushdie Books in Order: The Complete List Of His Literary Works
Salman Rushdie Books in Order (Image Credit: Instagram) Salman Rushdie is a major figure in modern literature, known for his amazing stories and bold exploration of complex themes. Over several decades, he has written many acclaimed books that have made a lasting impact on the literary world. If you want to explore his works, here…