This year’s (35th) iteration of the festival beloved by art, literature, thinker, Wales and Hay-on-Wye lovers will run from May 26th to June 5th .Things are shaking now though, so here’s the latest.
HIGHLY-regarded Children’s author and illustrator David McKee has died, at the age of 87. McKee, the author of dozens of titles for children, including Elmer, Not Now Bernard and Two Can Toucan passed away after a ‘short illness’.
When it comes to children's fiction, an area in which little ones are trying to explore, learn, and enjoy themselves, we’d hope they can be given the freedom to read books that interest them, regardless of protagonist or topic.
…while we’re not fully sure what’s achieved in banning a book outright, but still it is always important to understand what the book is and why any potential restriction is being put forward.
If you’re not familiar, World Book Night is an event put on each year by The Reading Agency, which itself believes in people “reading their way to a better life”.
Good morning and welcome to Sunday, where I’ve decided to not do a news story and instead round-up a few things from this week in the book world.
Think of it as a digest or tasty little…digestibles that can power your book-loving ways.
Honestly, that Parker had the strength of will and positivity to write Hope is an incredible story of its own, and we’re sure readers will get so much from the book judging by Parker’s own undeniable spirit.
This June we can expect the Penguin Marvel Classics Collection - a superpowered team-up between Penguin Classics and the core, founding stories of key Marvel characters.
The fast-food delivery saviour…sorry, online food delivery company, could be bringing you hot plots and tasty titles from now on, as it teams up with WH Smith to offer more than your favourite foods.
Hello there, and if you’re reading this you’re about to get a round-up of book news. That should be obvious from the title, but if you’re an AI then…
THE shortlist for the International Booker Prize 2022 has been announced. So we’ve put together a round-up of the six titles included.
This year’s (35th) iteration of the festival beloved by art, literature, thinker, Wales and Hay-on-Wye lovers will run from May 26th to June 5th .Things are shaking now though, so here’s the latest.
HIGHLY-regarded Children’s author and illustrator David McKee has died, at the age of 87. McKee, the author of dozens of titles for children, including Elmer, Not Now Bernard and Two Can Toucan passed away after a ‘short illness’.
BRITNEY Spears has said that the process of writing her memoir has been ‘healing and therapeutic’.
The pop icon took to Instagram on Monday and shared the information in a post which seems now-removed.
When it comes to children's fiction, an area in which little ones are trying to explore, learn, and enjoy themselves, we’d hope they can be given the freedom to read books that interest them, regardless of protagonist or topic.
…while we’re not fully sure what’s achieved in banning a book outright, but still it is always important to understand what the book is and why any potential restriction is being put forward.
If you’re not familiar, World Book Night is an event put on each year by The Reading Agency, which itself believes in people “reading their way to a better life”.
Good morning and welcome to Sunday, where I’ve decided to not do a news story and instead round-up a few things from this week in the book world.
Think of it as a digest or tasty little…digestibles that can power your book-loving ways.
As I sit here on a fairly unremarkable Saturday, the dog is sleeping and the birds are tweeting, and I’m sat at a different desk, in a different place, on a different keyboard to a different computer writing this (again).
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THE shortlist for the International Booker Prize 2022 has been announced. So we’ve put together a round-up of the six titles included.