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What kind of a reader are you?

  • Submitted: 22nd August 2021

Types of readers to choose from There are said to be some 4 kinds of readers. Claire from Ireland wrote to the BookTrail asking to…

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Why read Translated Fiction? – WIT Month

  • Submitted: 15th August 2021

Women in Translation Month is all about stories Stories are important. If you want to think about just how important, then think of a world…

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Summer reading challenges

  • Submitted: 8th August 2021

Reading when the sun is shining There's something very special about reading outdoors in the sunshine. We often read in a different way too -…

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Reading books in different languages

  • Submitted: 18th July 2021

Reading books in foreign languages Some of the readers of this blog will know that I read books in five languages. I decided to learn…

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Best First Lines in Crime Fiction

  • Submitted: 26th June 2021

First lines in modern books There's always quotes and lines you remember from a novel. When you pick up a book, that first line especially…

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