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 Durham, England
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Looking for a quick, easy peasy read? Like a murder mystery? The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley is a straightforward whodunit set in a remote (of course!) #Scottish hunting lodge. It was Durham Book Festival's North East Big Read this year. Thanks for the free copy!
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Announcing the shortlist of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026. Congratulations to the authors, translators, and publishers! The winner will be announced on 16 November. For the full announcement: tinyurl.com/bdhfm9nx
The six titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed on a table with their spines facing the camera. Part of the front cover of each book is visible.

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Chocolate anyone? Chocolate Wars by Deborah Cadbury is a great book! An interesting &very readable history of #Chocolate from its invention to today. Loved all the old photos too! From its early ethical #Quaker manufacturers who shared their wealth to today's global monstrosities
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A big #Book about being a gay man in #Jamaica that's choc full of gay sex & violence.There's a great story somewhere in The Disappearers by Marlon James but it's buried in amongst all sorts of stuff.Could've been half its length& packed a powerful punch.But evidently size matters
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Full of vignettes about life for #Women& the secrets they keep but with the over riding arc of Heti's mother's story: Islamic religious fundamentalism &eventual escape to #USA where the novel is set among immigrants from(probably)#Iran.Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi
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A compulsive, explosive and tense gritty #Gangland novel set in #Dublin with lots of drugs, violence and gay sex. But who's playing whom? Poor Tony's having a breakdown here with all these betrayals. All Them Dogs by Djamel White
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Enjoyed this one tremendously.Superb writing whether talking about #NaturalHistory or herself & her family.Very relatable,sometimes funny or tragic, sometimes descriptive or informative. Land Beneath The Waves by Nic Wilson is upbeat, positive & ultimately hopeful.Wonderful book!
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Drawn from a real 1960's experiment Black Bag by Luke Kennard is a comedy campus novel that is possibly better appreciated/understood by young men? Anyone read this one? Any comments?
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A beautifully written, sharply observed series of vignettes about members of a family at different stages of their lives. In The Family by Sara Mesa, superbly #Translated from #Spanish by Katie Whittemore relationships& situations are expertly captured,particularly that last one!
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Announcing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2026! The list of 13 titles from 12 languages includes novels, poetry, short fiction, and memoir. For the full list and announcement: tinyurl.com/394cypw6
The 13 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed stood on a bookshelf with their spines facing the camera.

ALT The 13 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed stood on a bookshelf with their spines facing the camera.

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Looking for a thoughtful & thought provoking novel about Turkey? The Renovation by Kenan Orhan looks at life in exile, belonging, identity, & memories & what they mean.Imaginatively written, it covers life in #Turkey under #Erdoğan's increasingly authoritarian & oppressive regime
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Fancy a road trip with Greek myths, classical literature & philosophy thrown in? Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luisalli is a mosaic-like novel in v short sections with an original & poignant ending. Loved the postcards & photos. It's a writer & her 12yr old daughter in #Scicily
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A gentle, compassionate, insightful novel about a man in his 70's with #Dementia heading to #Exit in Zurich. We're inside his confused mind as he travels. Switzy by Emma Cline is beautifully & sensitively written with a light touch that makes it an easy, if thought provoking read
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