How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo
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'I cannot say enough about How to Read Now... Check it out' Roxane Gay'A red-hot grenade... One of my favourite books of the year' Jia Tolentino'Energetically brilliant, warmly humane, incisively funny' Andrew Sean Greer'I gasped, shouted, and holler-laughed . . . Phenomenal' R.O. Kwon'A wake-up call. A ...Show more
Novelist As a Vocation by Haruki Murakami; Philip Gabriel (Translator); Ted Goossen (Translator)
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A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestelling master of storytelling. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on ...Show more
Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood
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A highly personal new collection of stories by the bestselling, twice Booker-winning cultural icon Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig They explore the ...Show more
On Purpose: Ten lessons on the meaning of life by Ben Hutchinson
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Ten brief essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. How do we live successfully?How do we live fully?Identifying the meaning of life and where we are heading preoccupies all of us at some stage or another. Who better to help us articu ...Show more
Remnant - An Anthology of Microlit by Cassandra Atherton (Editor)
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Selected Essays by George Orwell
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The Body of the Soul: Stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya
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A new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English While we can feel, know, and study the body, the soul refuses definition. Where does it begin and end? What does the soul have to do with love? Does it exist at all, and if so, does it outlast the body? ...Show more
The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard by Jo Ann Beard
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'Brilliant, like nobody else' Elizabeth McCracken'Beard's curiosity and amazement are contagious' Financial TimesWeaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody the hospitality of spectacular writing: th ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries by Michael Sims
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For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes A Penguin Classic For The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly ...Show more
The White Cockatoo Flowers: Stories by Ouyang Yu
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A father and son muse on the value of fame and fortune and the path of chujia or receding from the world by becoming a monk. On Christmas Eve a lonely immigrant travels from his deserted outer suburb to the city in search of life. Spouses navigate their adult son's need to 'rebrand' himself with an Engl ...Show more
The Young Man by Annie Ernaux; Alison L. Strayer (translator)
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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior. "A sublime book." -Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle "Once again the work of the writer Annie Ernaux appears as both a rigor ...Show more
Close to the Subject : Selected Works by Daniel Browning
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This book is a collected works of one of Australia’s most accomplished media personalities. Chronicling his career since 2007, Close to the Subject presents a selection of pieces from Daniel Browning’s stellar career as a journalist, radio broadcaster, critic and interviewer. Alongside conversations wit ...Show more