Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs)
Feel free to judge this book by its cover, it does what it says on the tin
Chamamanda Adichie’s TED Talk on ‘the danger of the single story’ is incredibly powerful and was an excellent introduction for me into the issue of ethnic diversity in publishing. The point: how important it is for people to read themselves in stories but also the power of publishing to reinforce narratives and the moral imperative …
Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Press: HarperCollins Prizes: Costa First Novel Award (2017) Book of the Year at The British Book Awards (2018) Date of publication: 2017 Date of purchase: August 2018 RRP: £8.99 Price of purchase: Free as part of the KU Big Read Reading time: 1 Week Rating:  8 This book came …
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The author of the runaway success Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine gave an audience at Kingston University on Wednesday 24th October and it was lovely. Ostensibly this is a book about loneliness, so how has it become a genre defining novel in the category of ‘up-lit’? Part of the answer to this question must lie in …
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Author: Harriet Tyce Title: Blood Orange Press: Headline Prizes: Date of publication: 2019 Date of purchase: October 2018 RRP: £ -- Price of purchase: £-- Reading time: ½ Week Rating:  6 This novel starts quick and just keeps building. I genuinely could not put it down, ignoring friends on the train and staying up well …
Yesterday evening I attended a panel discussion at The Stationers Company in central London. The building itself was beautiful and the panel consisted of representatives from Pluto Press, The New Statesman and Bloomsbury Publishing. All speakers left leaning and all taking a positive attitude to the current political climate. In particular they were keen to …
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Beth's Books (and other bits and bobs) 