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Language News

March 20, 2017

Missing Oxford Comma Costs Dairy $10 million

Here at For Reading Addicts we’re often seen promoting the use of proper grammar, but…

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Authors News

March 20, 2017

Jeanette Winterson’s Stunning Writer’s Retreat For Sale

If you’re looking for the perfect writer’s retreat, we may have found it, although it…

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Children's Literature New Releases News

March 20, 2017

Michael Morpurgo to Publish Retelling of the Wizard of Oz

Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz on Pre-order Now HarperCollins has…

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News Poetry Video

March 20, 2017

Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott Reads Sea Grapes

Sir Derek Alton Walcott (January 1930- March 2017) was an award-winning poet from Saint Lucia;…

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Literary Awards News

March 18, 2017

Winner of Inaugural Jhalak Prize for BAME Authors Announced

The Jhalak Prize for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Writers (BAME) was only set up…

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Literature News

March 17, 2017

Tumblr’s Top 20 Books of 2016

Tumblr's fandoms can be intense and fiercely loyal; from the hit TV series Supernatural to the…

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News Television Video

March 16, 2017

Official Trailer for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Released

It’s almost a year since it was announced that nonfiction book The Immortal Life of…

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Literary Awards News

March 16, 2017

British Book Awards: Shortlists 2017 – Fiction Book of the Year

The British Book Awards shortlists have been announced for 2017, covering a large range of…

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Bookshops News

March 16, 2017

Author Finds Skip Full of Books Outside Closed Bookshop

Bibliophiles may want to view the following scenes through their fingers, it’s the very worst…

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Children's Literature News

March 15, 2017

Tom Hardy Back for Mother’s Day Story Time

While the BBC’s children’s channel CBeebies has enjoyed many celebrity readers in its Book at…

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