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Sigrid Undset: Kristin Lavransdatter (trans. Tiina Nunnally) | A year of reading women
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A year of reading women. 365 days of women's lit. Sigrid Undset: Kristin Lavransdatter (trans. Tiina Nunnally). Leave a comment ». Now and then someone recommends a book to me and my heart sinks. It might be that the title sounds naff. Or that the author is someone I’ve made a vow never to read. The genre might be the problem (as regular visitors to this blog know, magical realism and I have a largely hate-hate relationship), or the subject matter. In the case of Norwegian Nobel-Prize-winner Sigrid Undset.
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Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | A year of reading women
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A year of reading women. 365 days of women's lit. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. And so here we are: the final book of the year and the last post of this blog. And what better way to round off this canter through some of the highlights of women’s lit past and present than to leapfrog back a few centuries to one of the early trailblazers? Well, not quite. And there are few texts more qualified to show up the flaws in such short-termism than Mary Wollstonecraft’s. Wollstonecraft...
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publishing « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. Women in Translation month. August 1, 2016. Now and then people ask me how many of the works that I read during my year of reading the world were written by female authors. This morning, I finally totted them up. When you consider that women make up 49.6 per cent of the global population ( according to a 2015 UN report. For her analysis, around 30 per cent of new translations in English are books by women writers. The impl...
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The book « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. My year of reading the world led to a book, published under two different titles in the UK and Commonwealth, and US and Canada, as you can see below. NB The book is not a blow-by-blow account of the titles I read for my literary expedition to get that you can simply use this link. And read the posts on this blog chronologically for free.). Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary Explorer. The World Between Two Covers.
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New York « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. Tag Archives: New York. World bookshopper: #6 Three Lives and Company, New York. March 23, 2016. Bookshops, I’m beginning to discover, are as interconnected as books. They refer to one another, inspire one another and sometimes share creators. And with the help of all sorts of international events, such as the Frankfurt Book Fair. And Guadalajara International Book Fair. By recommending I pay Three Lives and Company a visit.
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The World Between Two Covers (book) « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. Category Archives: The World Between Two Covers (book). What’s your favourite NYC bookstore? December 5, 2015. The World Between Two Covers (book). I’ll be back in one of my favourite places in late January: New York. The trip is partly for a holiday, but I’ll also be celebrating the US publication of my debut novel,. I already have a reading lined up at wonderful WORD in Brooklyn. Where I did an event in May when. The tri...
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books « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. Why reader Faizah Shaheen’s detention should outrage us all. August 5, 2016. At a time of great turbulence and uncertainty in many parts of the planet, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the number of alarming news stories flooding our airwaves, newspapers and screens. Nevertheless, yesterday I came across a story that shocked me profoundly. And the suspicious behaviour in question? An award-winning art and culture anthology.
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My week in New York « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. My week in New York. May 11, 2015. The World Between Two Covers (book). The World Between Two Covers. Last week was extraordinary. I was in New York for the publication of. The World Between Two Covers. The week started off with a reading and presentation at WORD, a very cool independent bookshop in Brooklyn. The store was a fitting location as that day was Independent Bookstore Day. Monday May 4 was the official publicati...
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The World Between Two Covers « A year of reading the world
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A year of reading the world. 196 countries, countless stories…. Rest of the world. Tag Archives: The World Between Two Covers. July 14, 2015. The World Between Two Covers (book). The World Between Two Covers. Yes, it’s official: the audiobook of. The World Between Two Covers. Written and narrated by yours truly, is now published. It is available for listeners in the US and non-Commonwealth countries to buy here. And if you’re curious to hear how my four days in the studio. The World Between Two Covers.