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6 Great Historical Y.A. Novels That Illuminate the Past and the Present
Sharon Cameron, the author of “Artifice” and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite Y.A. historical fiction. I view history as the ultimate story and the ultimate mystery. It’s the vast accumulation of our shared humanity, and yet, so much of it has died in our memories. Rescuing the past from oblivion is…
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‘There is joy, and there is rage’: the new generation of novelists writing about motherhood
They say nothing prepares you. Before having my baby, I approached the literature of motherhood as though I were about to sit an exam. If my studies tempered the shock of birth and early parenthood, then I didn’t notice. The sheer physical and emotive force of the experience left me profoundly shaken. Words felt insufficient. And yet I kept reading – everything I could get…
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The Best Gifts for Bookworms (That Aren’t Books)
Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember. I was the kid who read constantly, nursing a book while I ate (my copy of Goblet of Fire is stained with various sauces) and before going to bed. I forced my parents to take me to midnight releases (I…
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The Literature of Exile
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Exile has always served as a powerful engine for fiction. To find yourself displaced, whether self-imposed or inflicted by a state, is to be simultaneously inside and outside; you gain intimate proximity to…
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Best Books To Read By Rabindranath Tagore: Literary Gems By The Intellectual Titan
Best Books To Read By Rabindranath Tagore: Undoubtedly one of the biggest intellectual figures in Indian history, Rabindranath Tagore possessed an unconquerable intellect and poeticism that spanned into existence countless literary gems. The Bengali polymath wasn’t just a writer– he was also a prolific poet, playwright, composer, and social reformer. He has written some of…
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The Best Literary Festivals To Get Excited For In 2024
Calling all book lovers: there’s plenty to be excited about on the literary calendar. Here are the literary festivals not to miss in 2024. UK’s Best Literary Festivals 2024 © Sam Hardwick Hay Festival Hay Festival is an annual literary festival and festival of ideas, drawing readers and writers together to inspire, examine and entertain. Situated…
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12 Thrilling YA Heist Novels
Most of Tirzah Price’s life decisions have been motivated by a desire to read as many books as humanly possible. Tirzah holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and has worked as an independent bookseller and librarian. She’s also the author of the Jane Austen Murder…
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752 MoUs for translating books inked at Chennai International Book Fair
CHENNAI: A total of 752 MoUs were signed to translate Tamil literature to foreign languages and vice versa in the second edition of the Chennai International Book Fair (CIBF) that concluded at the Nadambakkam trade centre on Thursday. School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi announced that steps will be taken to showcase the literary works…
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‘Interacting with literature in a new way’: Books and Brews crawl brings drinks from your favorite novel to life
More Videos The library has a list of 16 total novels to read, and you can sip on drinks that show up on the pages! Author: 13wmaz.com Published: 5:45 PM EST January 18, 2024 Updated: 5:45 PM EST January 18, 2024
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Five of the best postcolonial novels
Novelist Chinua Achebe, hailed as the father of African literature, when speaking once of the medium’s complicity in colonialism said: “Literature is not a luxury for us. It is a life and death affair because we are fashioning a new man.” Luxury or not, generations of writers have long explored the brutal consequences of colonialism…