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‘There are many myths about the typical book reader.’ Anton Hur on how he learned that the typical English reader is a myth – and that the readership for translated fiction is much less conservative than he’d been led to believe. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

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I wrote a short piece for The Guardian on loving The Bell Jar :) theguardian.com/books/2023/aug…

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Happy Independence Day, Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 Here are some books I highly recommend you read to learn more about Trinidad and Tobago's culture and history. 🇹🇹

out now / our latest edition of the Liminal Review of Books, ft. new essays by André Dao, Arlie Alizzi, Brandon K. Liew, Carissa Lee, Hasib Hourani, Kat Yan, Lucy Van, Martyn Reyes & Tara Kenny liminalmag.com/liminal-review…

New on our 5 Questions today: we spoke with Yen-Rong Wong | 黃彥蓉, whose debut collection of essays, ME, HER, US, is now out with UQPBooks liminalmag.com/5-questions/ye…

"If, on the other hand, the people who consider treaty more important [than the Voice] campaign for YES… they will have united everybody who wants a better deal for Indigenous people." Powerful words from @clairegcoleman in Meanjin Quarterly online today: meanjin.com.au/blog/vote-yes-…

Today — interview #218 with Mirandi / in conversation with Sonia Nair, photographed by Tammy Law liminalmag.com/interviews/mir…

For those of us who are writers and readers, I noticed that a lot of folks aren't familiar with the rich canon of Palestinian literature and don't know where to begin reading. In response to this, down below is a thread of novels, non-fiction, and poetry about Palestine (🧵):

Over on the Book we are introducing our Virtual Writers in Residence First up is Sophie Lau who is in residence with AMPLIFY BOOKSTORE

‘If you can recognize our humanity in the pages of fiction, do not leave your empathy between the covers. Bring it into action after you close our books. There are real-world crises that demand our attention.’ — Etaf Rum for Literary Hub lithub.com/on-literary-em…

bell hooks: "We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic.”

Marina Sano on the birth of AMPLIFY BOOKSTORE. Read more → buff.ly/4bWZZ9o

read for Amplify lore & publishing commentary - or open for a pic of my dog in a sweater. you decide. 🤷🏻‍♀️

will honestly never get over the fact that i was asked this.

hello world! on the grounds of th fact that neither of us actually monitors this account, we will be deleting it in the next week or so to minimise our little spot of digital clutter.