often oblivious to what we're doing.

Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.

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Today, 5th March, is World Book Day. A day to encourage reading for fun. 🎉

In 2026, this feels particularly special as it is also National Year of Reading, which aims to encourage people of all ages across the nation to rediscover their love of reading.

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Public libraries set to benefit from cash boost to support National Year of Reading The government has announced up to £150,000 cash boost for public libraries to support the National Year of Reading

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slowly. Tenacity mattered as much as talent. Reading him reminds us of the people, lives, and choices we often overlook.

Reading makes us see what we’ve stopped noticing.

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human will pushes beyond its allotted bounds.

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is uncomfortably reminiscent of his sister Rose’s - something he never quite forgave himself for not preventing.

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question. We learn the language before we judge the speaker.

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powerful SF writer for students because her work is 'soft'. It isn't gadgets she writes about, but systems, power, and hierarchy. In her expert hands, SF becomes an alien mirror to view and check ourselves in.

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Prize-winner, bohemian, openly bisexual in a less tolerant time - working within the boundaries of the sonnet form. But for her, the sonnet is a stage, not a cage.

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around destruction.

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Bite Club: five vampire stories that refuse to die ... Welcome to my first Bookish List! With Hallowe'en swiftly approaching on bat-like wings, you might be in the mood for something to keep you awake and on your guard until dawn. Here are five excellent…

bonus Vampire Lit timeline, here: 👉 buff.ly/5RygHD7

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the demands, expectations, and desires of women. I don't think -that- much has changed since the 90s, has it?

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more worth reading ...

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foolishness. He took the craft of funny writing very seriously. His imagined England, written mostly whilst he was abroad, is a refuge where nothing truly awful happens, and where laughter is the best response to anything life can throw at you.

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'Daddy' ... !

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history. If he were alive in 2026, I wonder what he would make of the situation we find ourselves in?

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bullies, oppressors, and tyrants hate more than the sight of a smile, or the sound of laughter in their targets.

So today, go outside and smell the flowers, or if you live near me, enjoy the feel of the rain on your skin! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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global communications, and a society obsessed with speed and profit ... oh, and he was once shot in the leg by a family member ... !

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Dickens novel?

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it was as magical for us readers as much as the students and parents who came along.

Maybe I should give it a go again at our local library ?

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he wrote.

Today’s ‘Way-Back Wednedsay’, from February 2018, tells it like it is about 'Love’s Labour’s Lost', with a little help from 'Hamlet', Matt Haig, and a nod to my favourite comedy, 'Frasier'.

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either - she didn't appreciate being labelled a 'feminist'.

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banned in the UK and USA for obscenity) was written with such attention to detail that Joyce claimed Dublin could be rebuilt with the information he'd included in it.

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