Ann Morgan
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Internationally bestselling author, literary activist, podcaster and blogger who read the world
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Absolutely bowled over by this piece in today's Culture Newsletter from
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
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Read outside your comfort zone
If we’re to get back to books, then we’re going to have get used to being bewildered
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-culture-newsletter/71207/read-outside-your-comfort-zone-relearning-to-read-by-ann-morgan
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Book of the month: Iris Wolff Last month I had the honour of introducing the Indie Press Network's spring showcases, two virtual events presenting some of the key titles coming out from small presses in the UK and Ireland in the next few months. As indie presses have long been the heartland of…
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Book of the month: Iris Wolff
Last month I had the honour of introducing the Indie Press Network's spring showcases, two virtual events presenting some of the key titles coming out from small presses in the UK and Ireland in the next few months. As indie presses have long been the heartland of translated literature, I was only too pleased to have the opportunity to hear publishers present some of the books they're most excited about.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/05/28/book-of-the-month-iris-wolff/
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Relearning to Read ebook now available Eight months after the launch of the paperback of Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-knowing, the ebook edition has hit the virtual shelves. It’s been lovely and humbling to see responses to the book so far. Prospect magazine called it ‘a genius move… In…
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Relearning to Read ebook now available
Eight months after the launch of the paperback of Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-knowing, the ebook edition has hit the virtual shelves. It’s been lovely and humbling to see responses to the book so far. Prospect magazine called it ‘a genius move… In 12 short chapters it rips up the rules about reading and reminds us about fiction’s greatest strength: that it lets you step out of your life and, if you’re brave, out of your safe literary spaces.’ The…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/05/18/relearning-to-read-ebook-now-available/
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I love the German word 'Verschlimmbesserung' – the act of making something worse as you try to improve it. A familiar concept to me!
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Book of the month: Tsering Döndrup 'I wonder if you’ve considered any books from Tibet so far,' Chris Peacock wrote in a comment on this blog a few weeks back. 'In recent years, there have been an increasing number…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/04/30/book-of-the-month-tsering-dondrup/
about 1 month ago
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Marina Sofia
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Plus, we'll be joined by literary explorer
@annmorgan.bsky.social
and you'll get to see my 'lovely' mug hosting and perhaps even a glimpse of Kasper Mauser cat acrobatics 😂😂
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Indie Press Network
about 1 month ago
🚨 NEXT WEEK! 🚨 Calling all
#bookreviewers
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#readers
,
#booksellers
! Join us as literary explorer
@annmorgan.bsky.social
introduces two e-showcases, hosted by Marina
@corylusbooks.bsky.social
, and discover this season’s hottest indie titles! 🙌
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Gosh. Just found some old audio footage of me talking about my plan to read the world nearly 15 years ago. I sound so young. And I had no idea I was on the brink of something that would change my life...
soundcloud.com/ann-morgan/b...
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Blogcast: final preparations
Listen to Blogcast: final preparations by Ann Morgan #np on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/ann-morgan/blogcast-final-preparations?si=7aa009614c52403a9b3dd35931447f58&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
about 2 months ago
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My latest Book of the month represents the arrival of a powerful, young voice from Hong Kong on the world stage.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/03/31/book-of-the-month-ysabelle-cheung/
about 2 months ago
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Iconic? Gracious. Don't think I've ever been called that before...
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Hong Kong International Literary Festival
ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/03/17/h...
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Exploring Literature: My Journey at Hong Kong's Festival
Join me as I recount my exciting journey at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, engaging with students and fellow writers.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/03/17/hong-kong-international-literary-festival/
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My time at Hong Kong Literary Festival gave me an extraordinary opportunity to connect with readers across the city.
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Hong Kong International Literary Festival
Just a week after I returned from the Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival in Assam, India, I jetted off again, this time to take part in the 25th annual Hong Kong International Literary Festival. My engagements there began with an intense schedule of school visits. Jetlag notwithstanding, I was picked up at 7.15am on my first morning by one of the festival's brilliant team of volunteers, a committed network of writers and book lovers based in Hong Kong.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/03/17/hong-kong-international-literary-festival/
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Book of the month: Tatiana Țîbuleac That summer we self-destructed more than we ever had before, and yet we had never been more full of life. Mum looked like a houseplant that had been taken out to the balcony. I looked like a lobotomised criminal. We were, finally, a family. Moldova was one of…
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Book of the month: Tatiana Țîbuleac
That summer we self-destructed more than we ever had before, and yet we had never been more full of life. Mum looked like a houseplant that had been taken out to the balcony. I looked like a lobotomised criminal. We were, finally, a family. Moldova was one of the trickiest European countries to source an English translation from when I set out to read a book from every country in 2012.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/02/28/book-of-the-month-tatiana-tibuleac/
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So honoured and humbled to be asked to do this.
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Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival Last week I returned to Dibrugarh in Assam, India, for the third year running to take part in the Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival (DUILF). It's a long journey for me to get to this part of the world – this time…
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Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival
Last week I returned to Dibrugarh in Assam, India, for the third year running to take part in the Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival (DUILF). It's a long journey for me to get to this part of the world – this time complicated by a cancelled flight – but it's always worth it and it has been my great privilege to be a part of this extraordinary event designed to bring literature to young people in this traditionally marginalised region since its inception.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/02/25/dibrugarh-university-international-literature-festival-2/
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Book of the month: Raharimanana In the midst of some pretty gloomy headlines over the last month or so, online African literature magazine Brittle Paper brought heartening news. Its 100 Notable African Books of 2025 shows up some encouraging trends: around a third of the titles on the list are…
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Book of the month: Raharimanana
In the midst of some pretty gloomy headlines over the last month or so, online African literature magazine Brittle Paper brought heartening news. Its 100 Notable African Books of 2025 shows up some encouraging trends: around a third of the titles on the list are translated from a broad spread of languages, including Shona, Malagasy and Arabic. What's more, in addition to works by globally renowned names such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Abdulrazak Gurnah (my…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2026/01/28/book-of-the-month-raharimanana/
4 months ago
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Renard Press
4 months ago
#ICYMI
we’re not done with 2025 yet! We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press...
(Link in bio)
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Shafik Meghji
4 months ago
Delighted to be appearing at the Destinations show in London as part of the
@stanfordstravel.bsky.social
Travel Writers Festival. I’ll be talking to the wonderful
@annmorgan.bsky.social
about
#SmallEarthquakes
on 29 Jan. Use the code SPKSTANFORDS for a free ticket:
www.destinationsshow.com/london
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So Mayer
4 months ago
Rad Folke(stone) & environs! Me & the dazzlingly brilliant
@annmorgan.bsky.social
want to talk to YOU next Thurs about the politics of speech (and silence and reading and stuff). Thurs 29 Jan, 6.30 pm, £5 (ticket = deposit to buy the book)
@folkestonebookshop.bsky.social
🧡🧡🧡 Cu there!
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Bad Language: So Mayer and Ann Morgan — The Folkestone Bookshop
Join So and Ann to discuss So’s latest book Bad Language and the general politics of language - there will also be the opportunity to ask So questions at the end of the conversation. In Bad Langua...
https://www.thefolkestonebookshop.co.uk/store/p/bad-language-so-mayer-and-ann-morgan
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Marina Sofia
4 months ago
I'm so looking forward to hosting
@annmorgan.bsky.social
on Tue 20 Jan. Her Relearning to Read book is absolutely fabulous and fun, and her interactive workshop is bound to be too! Register for free here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mvu2Yq8uRdCOZCinIaj_kA#/registration
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Next week there's a rare, free chance to sample my incomprehension workshop for curious readers as part of a virtual event hosted by
@marinasofia.bsky.social
Join us at 7.30pm GMT on Tuesday 20 January. Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mvu2Yq8uRdCOZCinIaj_kA#/registration
5 months ago
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Marina Sofia
5 months ago
Sometimes literature in translation doesn't play by the rules - which makes it exhilarating but also frustrating. Join us on 20 Jan for a free virtual discussion on relearning to read with literary explorer
@annmorgan.bsky.social
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Dressed in my Arctic gear for a trip to the playground. Making the most of the fact my daughters aren't yet old enough to be embarrassed by this. Wishing all literary explorers a very Happy New Year! #2026
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Book of the month: Yun Ko-eun
ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/12/23/b...
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Book of the month: Yun Ko-eun
‘What have you got in that you’re excited about?’ I asked Hunter at the Folkestone Bookshop when I popped in a while back. As often happens when I walk into that place, this was t…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/12/23/book-of-the-month-yun-ko-eun/
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Book of the month: Yun Ko-eun 'What have you got in that you're excited about?' I asked Hunter at the Folkestone Bookshop when I popped in a while back. As often happens when I walk into that place, this was the start of a long, fascinating conversation, in which I was ushered from shelf to shelf…
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Book of the month: Yun Ko-eun
'What have you got in that you're excited about?' I asked Hunter at the Folkestone Bookshop when I popped in a while back. As often happens when I walk into that place, this was the start of a long, fascinating conversation, in which I was ushered from shelf to shelf and table to table, and shown multiple tempting titles, many of them originally written in languages other than English.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/12/23/book-of-the-month-yun-ko-eun/
5 months ago
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Marina Sofia
5 months ago
Ever thought 'No idea what this book is about!'? How can we explore the world (and ourselves!) and get comfortable with not having all the answers? Join
@annmorgan.bsky.social
in a playful and interactive FREE virtual event for curious readers everywhere
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mvu2Yq8uRdCOZCinIaj_kA
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Thrilled to be quoted in this article in The New Indian Express celebrating the resurgence of the work of Dracula translator and cult Malayalam author Kottayam Pushpanath:
www.newindianexpress.com/states/keral...
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Lost in time, ‘Dracula’ returns to Kerala after half a century
KOCHI: After decades in the shadows, the Malayalam translation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula — first published in 1975 — will return to print in January 2026. For pu
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Dec/17/lost-in-time-dracula-returns-to-kerala-after-half-a-century
5 months ago
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@bsky.app
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Free incomprehension workshop taster Good news! If you've been wanting to try my incomprehension workshop, your chance has come! I'll be offering a virtual taster session and chatting to super reader, blogger and all-round translation champion Marina Sofia at 7.30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 20 January…
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Free incomprehension workshop taster
Good news! If you've been wanting to try my incomprehension workshop, your chance has come! I'll be offering a virtual taster session and chatting to super reader, blogger and all-round translation champion Marina Sofia at 7.30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 20 January 2026. Over the past few years I've run the workshop with readers of all ages from 10 upwards around the world, most recently for the fourth time at the Cheltenham Literature Festival (pictured above).
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/12/17/free-incomprehension-workshop-taster/
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Good news! If you've been wanting to try my incomprehension workshop, your chance has come! I'll be offering a virtual taster session with
@marinasofia.bsky.social
at 7.30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 20 January. A free event for curious readers everywhere. Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Relearning to Read? Adventures in Not Knowing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mvu2Yq8uRdCOZCinIaj_kA
5 months ago
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Paula Bardell-Hedley
6 months ago
bookjotter.com/2025/12/08/three-things-9-into-winter-waffle/
#ThreeThings
#ToveTrove
#Books
#Reading
@annmorgan.bsky.social
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– Three Things + #9: Into Winter Waffle
This sporadic post covering all manner of things I’ve recently read, watched and done is where I hold forth on matters both serious and silly. You are invited along for the ride.
https://bookjotter.com/2025/12/08/three-things-9-into-winter-waffle/
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Big Issue
7 months ago
In her witty new book, Ann Morgan asks readers to examine their own reading habits and turn them on their head.
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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/relearning-to-read-by-ann-morgan-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761634927
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Very grateful to
@elenalappin.bsky.social
for having me on the latest episode of Shop Talk With Writers. You can read about the show and have a listen here:
elenalappin.substack.com/p/reading-as...
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Reading as Un-Knowing: Ann Morgan's Bookish Adventure
A new podcast episode with a writer who has travelled the entire world (in books)
https://elenalappin.substack.com/p/reading-as-un-knowing-ann-morgans?r=18g38w&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
6 months ago
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My Trip to Greenland with Tété-Michel Kpomassie As followers of this blog will know, my hero is Tété-Michel Kpomassie, the author of the landmark travel memoir An African in Greenland, translated by James Kirkup, which was my Togolese choice for my 2012 project to read a book from every country.…
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My Trip to Greenland with Tété-Michel Kpomassie
As followers of this blog will know, my hero is Tété-Michel Kpomassie, the author of the landmark travel memoir An African in Greenland, translated by James Kirkup, which was my Togolese choice for my 2012 project to read a book from every country. After the book was rereleased as a Penguin Modern Classic in 2021, Kpomassie and I became friends.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/12/01/my-trip-to-greenland-with-tete-michel-kpomassie/
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If the MPs ever want my assistance with their inquiry into keeping the joy of reading alive, I might just submit this as evidence: my journey to Greenland with ‘the writer I’d most like to meet’.
www.thetimes.com/travel/inspi...
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An expedition to majestic Greenland with a travel legend
Author Tété-Michel Kpomassie moved from Togo to the Arctic nation 60 years ago. Now he’s back, hosting a small-ship cruise up the west coast
https://www.thetimes.com/travel/inspiration/cruises/aurora-greenland-cruise-sylvia-earle-3lzbh062k?msockid=1627fe345929602f09c5ebfe58926132
6 months ago
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Book of the month: Alla Gorbunova Books come to me from many directions these days. Emails from publishers. Messages from readers of this blog. Suggestions from other writers. Reviews. Social media posts. Conversations with booklovers around the world. In many cases, I hear about books before they…
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Book of the month: Alla Gorbunova
Books come to me from many directions these days. Emails from publishers. Messages from readers of this blog. Suggestions from other writers. Reviews. Social media posts. Conversations with booklovers around the world. In many cases, I hear about books before they are available. And while I try not to focus on the latest thing on this blog (because good books have long tails and I think the relentless emphasis on the new is one of the book industry’s many problems), I frequently find myself tempted to pre-order things that will be published months down the line.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/11/28/book-of-the-month-alla-gorbunova/
6 months ago
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I might be way off here, but something tells me an MPs' inquiry is not going to help terribly much with the joy...
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6 months ago
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Rutger Bregman
6 months ago
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Bullaun Press
6 months ago
"A stark reminder of what it means to be constrained by others’ ideas when we imagine ourselves to be free." Thank you
@annmorgan.bsky.social
for including 'The Rarest Fruit' in this wonderful article about books to read to understand quests in
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
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What to read to understand quests | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/what-to-read-to-understand-quests
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Londoners! This looks wonderful. I met South African filmmaker Nicole Schafer years ago in Malawi, and her vision and commitment to her craft remain so impressive. This film screens in London this Saturday. Do go if you can
riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/m...
6 months ago
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Doug Johnstone
7 months ago
It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the
@royalliteraryfund.bsky.social
podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope!
@annmorgan.bsky.social
@orendabooks.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...
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Steffen Hope
7 months ago
Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
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Delighted to receive a copy of this from
@translatingwomen.bsky.social
, who wrote the introduction. Latin American writers have consistently written some of the boldest, most challenging and illuminating accounts of female experience I’ve encountered.
#booksky
#feminism
#translation
7 months ago
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Does anyone know if any of the work of Petr Šabach has been translated into English?
#booksky
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‘A person is a star that does not fall alone. Who knows where the echo will reverberate when we leave this earth? Perhaps someone will rise from our ashes in another time and realise they have been burned by the flame of our fall.’
ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b...
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Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I’m very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I’ve featured on this blog are the resul…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/book-of-the-month-bachtyar-ali/
7 months ago
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I live in a small town on the south coast of the UK and there is someone publishing world-class Kurdish literature a few minutes’ walk from my house. I give you my latest Book of the month
ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b...
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Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I’m very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I’ve featured on this blog are the resul…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/book-of-the-month-bachtyar-ali/
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Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English…
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Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English speakers rarely hear stories. Examples include: Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame, sent to me by Colin after a discussion with a bookseller at Libraria Dukagjini in Pristina, Kosovo; and…
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/book-of-the-month-bachtyar-ali/
7 months ago
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I am published by a genuine unicorn of an independent publisher - the wonderful, carbon-neutral, inclusive and thoroughly humane
@renardpress.com
. Today, they posted this. Please buy a book if you can
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Think I'm prouder of this than any of my own books: the collection translated for me from São Tomé and Príncipe back in 2012 is finally published in English
ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/n...
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News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São …
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/news-sao-tome-and-principe-collection-published-after-13-years/
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News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so…
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News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so UN-recognised countries that had no commercially available literature in English translation at the time, this proved by far the trickiest to source a book from.
https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/news-sao-tome-and-principe-collection-published-after-13-years/
7 months ago
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Is anyone else starting to find hardbacks a bit last century? I'm beginning to find the sight of them oddly quaint...
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