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Jane Austen fans honour 250 years of the beloved author’s birth with grand balls and dancing
Bath is also the filming location for parts of Bridgerton, Netflix’s wildly popular modern take on period drama based loosely…
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Fewer Americans are reading for fun, study finds – is screen time displacing books everywhere?
Any reader knows the unique delight of settling down with a good book. But over the past two decades, there…
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The best vintage bookstores in Mexico City
As a person who was raised in Coyoacán, I believe that the capital’s soul is fragmented. Mexico City purposefully scattered…
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United Kingdom
Lost book bound in skin of notorious murderer on display at UK museum
ADVERTISEMENT Talk about a morbid read… A book bound in the skin of one of the UK’s most notorious murderers…
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Short-but-punchy books dominate International Booker Prize shortlist
ADVERTISEMENT The International Booker Prize has announced the six books shortlisted for its annual celebration of the best new fiction…
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Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 announces shortlist
Musical memoirs, medical histories, and foreign office insights populate the second annual shortlist of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. ADVERTISEMENT…
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Read all about it! UK and Ireland celebrate World Book Day
The UK and Ireland are celebrating World Book Day. Held on the first Thursday of March, the event is the…
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New tongues and gay classics: International Booker Prize longlist out
11 novels and two short story collections are in the running for one of the most prestigious prizes in literature.…
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UK literacy charity wants audiobooks on national school curriculum
A poll by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) has found that children’s enjoyment of listening to audiobooks had risen. NLT…
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Kinokuniya outlet at Takashimaya ‘right-sizing’; space will include a cafe
Toshin Development meanwhile said the store is undergoing “a space reconfiguration to refine its book collection while incorporating a lifestyle…
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