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Spotify Wrapped highlights top audiobooks for the first time

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In 2024’s Spotify Wrapped, the streaming platform have highlighted the top audiobooks enjoyed by their users; marking the streaming platform’s first full year offering 15 monthly audiobook listening hours to…

Bookshop.org launches a second-hand buy-back scheme

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Bookshop.org, an online retailer which supports independent bookshops through profit sharing, has launched a second-hand book buy-back scheme for readers. ‘Bookloop’ will allow customers to trade books they own and…

Authors & major publishing houses sue over Florida book ban laws

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A federal complaint was filed at the end of August in Orlando against Florida’s Department of Education, Orange Country and Volusia County school boards, by five major publishing houses and…

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Word of the Day – Addle

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addle - Addle (verb) ad-l

Word of the Day – Nowhither

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Nowhither (adverb) noh-with-er

10 of 2024’s Most Anticipated Reads

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The New Year is well and truly underway, and we have some suggestions of some books that we think will be making waves in the next twelve months! Every year…

Reading Lists and Recommendations

Word of the Day – Addle

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addle - Addle (verb) ad-l

Word of the Day – Nowhither

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Nowhither (adverb) noh-with-er

10 of 2024’s Most Anticipated Reads

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The New Year is well and truly underway, and we have some suggestions of some books that we think will be making waves in the next twelve months! Every year…

Inspired by Literature

Jurgis Bielinis and the Day of the Book Smugglers

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Today marks a celebration of an event that many of you may not have heard of, but we think this is a story that deserves to be told! In Lithuania,…

Middle Earth men reimagined as terrible ex-boyfriends

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Middle Earth men are a special bunch, and someone on Twitter certainly saw something relatable within their characters. Alex Arrelia reimagined the men of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and…

Graham Norton to Launch Book Club Podcast with Audible

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Some exciting news today as we hear that Graham Norton is launching his own book club podcast exclusively through Audible, and it’s to feature some exciting guests! The Graham Norton…

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Guess the Quote: Harrison Butker’s Commencement Speech or The Handmaid’s Tale

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This quiz was created in response to the controversy surrounding Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College. During the commencement speech, Butker referred to Pride Month as an example of…

Quiz – Numbers

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Brief clues to help you find 18 tales with numbers in the title – some tricky, some easy!   We've also just turned our best quizzes into a book that…
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