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As we celebrate Black voices this October, this week’s feature commemorates Black voices within the publishing landscape.
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Highlights in the Charts
This week, we review Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley and Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.
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Black Voices in Children’s Publishing
We wanted to highlight a few of our favourite Black authors who are working across the children’s book industry.
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Manorism by Yomi Sode: A Review
Yomi Sode is an award-winning Nigerian British writer.
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Celebrating Literature that has Wind Rushing Through its Pages
On 22 June 1948, the Empire Windrush docked into Tilbury, Essex, carrying hundreds of passengers.
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The Jhalak Prize for British BAME Authors
The Jhalak Prize and the newer Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize aim to support and celebrate British BAME writers.
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Celebrating Black Narration
In celebrating Black communities, the audiobook team have a powerful angle that our favourite medium gives us: voice.
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Not to be Overlooked
Not To Be Overlooked introduces a variety of wonderful but lesser-known books to assist readers in finding their next great reads.
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Modern Classic Predictions
We have been discussing inspiring Black authors whose work has, too often, been elided from a canon of predominantly white, male authors.
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Indie Spotlight: Bloodaxe Books
Bloodaxe Books was named after the last Viking king of independent Northumbria, Erik Bloodaxe.
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Royalty in Classic Literature
With the deeply moving news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the classics team was inspired by her remarkable seventy years of service.
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Not to be Overlooked
Not To Be Overlooked introduces a variety of wonderful but lesser-known books to assist readers in finding their next great reads.
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Over the Horizon: Our Audio Picks
We thought we would shake things up by talking about our picks for audiobooks based beyond our own idea of civilisation.
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Dark Academia Books for Back to School
There is something about dark academia that goes perfectly with this time of year, so we've rounded up some recommendations.
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Books in Translation: Back to School Edition
This week we’ll be recommending three different translated books, looking at how the school experience varies across languages and cultures.
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Spotlight on R.F. Kuang
Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese American award-winning and bestselling author of The Poppy War trilogy, Babel and the upcoming Yellowface.
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Latest Acquisitions & Adaptations
Look no further for all the latest adaptation news!
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Solitude, Fantasy and Connection: Penguin's Vintage Earth Cover Designs
For this issue, we wanted to look back on Penguin’s Vintage Earth series and its celebration of ecology in literature.
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Joyful LGBTQ+ Fiction: Spotlighting Queer Happy Ever Afters
LGBTQIA+ fiction has developed quite the reputation for heartbreakingly tragic stories; here we're spotlighting some joyful LGBTQ+ reads.
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The Booker Prize 2022 Shortlist Announced
The long-awaited Booker Prize 2022 Shortlist has been announced, marking a few firsts for the award since its establishment in 1968.