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September 19, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn Discusses Books and Biscuits with Mumsnet

Labour leader and firebrand politician Jeremy Corbyn has been involved in a live Q&A over…

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September 18, 2016

City of the Unexpected turns Cardiff into Dahlesque Extravaganza

As everyone surely now knows, this week marked 100 years since Roald Dahl was born…

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Children's Literature News

September 17, 2016

Famous Five Books Show Original is Best

Hatchette Does U-Turn on Revisions Language changes over time, social structures adjust, and what was…

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September 17, 2016

A Street Cat Named Bob Movie Trailer Released

A Street Cat Named Bob is one of those books I’ve been meaning to read…

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Culture Literary Places News

September 15, 2016

UNESCO World Book Capital 2018 Announced

Every year, UNESCO names one city as the ‘World Book Capital’ for that year, the…

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Word of the Day

September 15, 2016

Word of the Day – Juxtapose

Juxtapose (verb) juks-ta-poe-s To place close together, especially for comparison or for contrasting effect. From…

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Bookshops Literary Awards News

September 14, 2016

First Bookshop Day and a New Literary Award from BAMB

BAMB, or Books Are My Bag is the campaign from the Booksellers Association (BA) helping…

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Literary Awards News

September 14, 2016

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2016 Revealed

Back in July, the Man Booker Longlist was revealed, and instantly criticised for lacking diversity…

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Authors Culture Language News

September 13, 2016

OED Adds Six ‘Dahlesque’ Words for Centenary

The whole world has gone crazy for the biggest Roald Dahl Day ever, as we…

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Children's Literature Culture News Video

September 13, 2016

Afghan Teacher goes the Extra Mile

We hear so many stories of displacement and lack of education in Afghanistan. The Taliban,…

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