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Kath’s Blog

For Reading Addicts has more to offer than just your run of the mill book reviews, I love to give our readers a bit more to get their proverbial teeth into! While I used to run FRA alone, we now have lots of enthusiastic literature lovers to help. As well as in the blog and pages sections, you’ll find us around our social media pages too so please try and remember we are people too, not just words on a screen.

It is on this page that you will find a whole plethora of interesting articles from the polls that require your input to a Word of the Day. In amongst the pages here you will find ‘me’ and hopefully, with your continued support – ‘you’ too.

My only sadness about the pages of Kath’s blog is that each new post does not have the same unmistakeable aroma of a new book, that you cannot feel the pages but rest assured, as much heart and soul has gone into these pages as a newly published novel.

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Gloria Steinem, Writer, Journalist and Feminist Pioneer, Dies Aged 92

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Gloria Steinem, the writer, journalist and activist whose work helped transform the conversation around women's rights, has died aged 92. "Steinem died peacefully at her home in New York City…

Wendell Berry, Poet, Novelist and Environmentalist, Dies Aged 92

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American poet, novelist, essayist and farmer Wendell Berry has died at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, aged 92. His family announced that Berry died suddenly and peacefully on August…

Celebrity Traitors: A Reading List

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The hit TV competition show The Traitors returns with a second series of the Celebrity Traitors version in the Autumn. The BBC have recently released a first-look trailer but while…

Acclaimed British crime writers unite in new detective drama

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A new detective drama series from the BBC and BritBox will see three of Britain’s most acclaimed crime writers unite as part of a mysterious society. Set in 1930s London,…

Dolly Parton has died at 80: A legacy in words and lyrics

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She leaves behind thousands of songs, films, awards, rhinestones, one of the most recognisable voices in popular music and a catalogue that will probably still be playing long after all…

Stars announced in casting for upcoming David Nicholls adaptation

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Casting for an upcoming adaptation of David Nicholls’ You Are Here has been announced with big names in British acting among the stars. In this “witty and tender love story”,…

UK bookshops and authors call for tax reliefs in line with pubs

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More than 200 booksellers and authors have called on Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to offer independent bookshops the same tax relief as pubs. Maggie O’Farrell, Katherine Rundell, Adam Kay and…

Critically acclaimed LGBTQ+ novel to be adapted for screen

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Josh Silver’s critically acclaimed novel, Fruit Fly (2026), has been optioned for a new TV series by A24. The news was announced by the author and DEADLINE magazine. Writing on…

Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List 2026

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Every year, former U.S. President Barack Obama shares his reading and music recommendations. 2026’s summer reading list features a range of titles in fiction and non-fiction exploring relationships, life, the…

Raymond Briggs personal library goes on sale for charity

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A collection of books from the personal library of Raymond Briggs, the English author and illustrator best known for creating The Snowman, has gone on sale at a charity shop…

Are AI Companies Really Buying and Destroying Books?

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For many readers, it sounds like the plot of a dystopian novel. Artificial intelligence companies are buying books by the million, cutting the bindings off, scanning every page, and then…

‘All communities should have a bookshop’: Matt Haig to open new bookstore

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Author Matt Haig is set to open a new bookshop in Brighton. The writer, best known for his bestselling books including Reasons to Stay Alive, The Midnight Library, and How…

Six Recommended Reads: Greek mythology

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Greek myths with their myriad of gods, goddess and mystical creatures have long intrigued, captured and inspired people around the world. With Homer’s Odyssey about to hit the big screens…

Word of the Day – Serendipitous

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Word of the Day - Serendipitous (noun) se-ren-dip-i-tus

Word of the Day – Flummox

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Word of the Day - Flummox (verb) flum-uks

Word of the Day – Putrefaction

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Word of the Day - Putrefaction (noun) pew-tre-fak-shun

Word of the Day – Roister

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Word of the Day - Roister (verb) roy-ster

Word of the Day – Chary

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Word of the Day - Chary (adj) chah-ree

Word of the Day – Reticent

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Word of the Day - Reticent (adj) ret-is-ent

Word of the Day – Calefaction

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Word of the Day - Calefaction (noun) kal-uh-fak-shun