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‘And I thought - yes, that's how it is going to be from now on: The hare of his soul always there, when I least expect it Popping up out of nowhere, sitting still.’ Very sad to hear that the great Irish poet Paul Durcan has died. This is quite a poem. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Down the road someone is practising scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails. Man's heart expands to tinker with his car For this is Sunday morning, Fate's great bazaar - Sunday Morning, #LouisMacNeice #poetry

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On World Book Club this month @harriettsg.bsky.social sits down with Nobel Laureate, Abdulrazak Gurnah, to discuss his novel ‘Paradise’ - @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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From the archive, 11 years ago: #Top10 Last Sentences of Novels independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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I’m an idiot. Apparently this is AI created. What is it they say? If it sounds/looks too good to be true, it probably is

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The young Beatrix Potter with pet rabbit Peter. What an terrific artist she was

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ICYMI: Penguin Books has announced it will install a series of book boxes, which it is calling "90 Little Book Stops", in communities across the UK.👇 #BookSky

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#Books Michelle De Kretser World Book Club Sat 5 Apr 2025 12:06 Local time BBC World Service @harriettsg.bsky.social talks with Michelle De Kretser about her 8th novel, and winner the 2023 Rathbones Folio Fiction Prize 'Scary Monsters'. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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Books, books, books: today Douglas Stuart & Sian Eleri discuss books they love on A Good Read. The American West; a Yugoslav prison island; somewhere, some time in the future.... Join us after the 3pm news on BBC Radio 4 or any time thereafter via BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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#Books A Good Read Today 15:00 BBC Radio 4 EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN by Chris Cleave, chosen by Lucy Speed THE HUMAN FACTOR by Graham Greene, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social 253 by Geoff Ryman, chosen by @sazzymills.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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A Good Read - The Archers actor Lucy Speed & comedian @sazzymills.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss favourite novels about the Blitz, spies and the London Underground 3pm Mon 24 March @BBCRadio4 Producer Sally Heaven #fiction #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Three (almost) entirely different books, each terrific in its own way. Make it a date

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Lire 15 minutes par jour ? Oui pour le cerveau, oui surtout pour trouver un refuge loin de l’ouragan mondial. Un billet de Sabrina Champenois :

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Some original writing from William Boyd for Radio 4 - set on the Isle ofJura, it’s a whodunnit for George Orwell fans. #BBCRadio4 #thejuraaffair #orwell #booksky - all episodes on BBC Sounds:

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#Books A Good Read Today 15:00 BBC Radio 4 MOON TIGER by Penelope Lively, chosen by Sara Collins NUMBER GO UP: INSIDE CRYPTO'S WILD RISE AND STAGGERING FALL by Zeke Faux, chosen by Oliver Burkeman LORD JIM AT HOME by Dinah Brooke, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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One of my favourite novels - Penelope Lively’s #MoonTiger is discussed on today’s A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 when @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by @saracollinsauthor.bsky.social & @oliverburkeman.com Also - books about crypto & childhood. Producer Mair Bosworth www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Looking forward to this new @BBCRadio4 dramatisation of doppelgänger thriller Brat Farrar by #JosephineTey dramatised by Claudine Toutoungi and starring Levi Brown. 3pm Sun 9 March, directed by Gemma Jenkins @BBCSounds #fiction #audiodrama www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Of all the monsters in ‘Scary Monsters’ the one we don’t have many questions about yet is capitalism. We’d love a few thoughts on how Lili and Lyle confront the themes of wealth and inequality in their stories. Dm or email [email protected] :) #booksky #wbc #michelledekretser @harriettgilbert

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Hello again WorldBookClub listeners, we're thrilled to announce that Michelle De Kretser will be our next author! We’ll be talking about her dual novel ‘Scary Monsters’ and would love to hear your questions, so email us @ [email protected] by March 11th :) #booksky #MichelleDeKretser

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I know it sounds like the ultimate editor-nerd-Stephi thing to have a favorite typo, but...

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A haunting programme today, what with Hamlet's father in the West Bank and a ghost writer in London. Also, the double face of science. Join playwright Inua Ellams & South Bank head of literature Ted Hodgkinson on A Good Read, BBC Radio4, 3pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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I always remember how my friend Simon laughed at me when I said that I had "a gig" and what I meant was that I'd be doing a bookshop reading. If you're in Bath, Edinburgh, St Andrews (or Camden, Hackney or Lewisham) it'd be great to see you at one of these gigs. 😎 joedunthorne.com/collaboratio...

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Hey guys! Our interview with Ottessa Moshfegh goes out on the 1st! It was a really fun interview thanks to all the questions you guys sent on, and I hope you’ll all enjoy listening www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #wbc #booksky #ottessamoshfegh @harriettsg.bsky.social

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A Good Read - authors Julia Bradbury & Ramita Navai join @harriettsg.bsky.social to recommend favourite books by #MattHaig #RohintonMistry & #ElizabethvonArnim Listen in at 3pm @BBCRadio4 or catch up with recent episodes @BBCSounds Producer Beth O’Dea #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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#Books A Good Read Julia Bradbury & Ramita Navai Mon 15:00 BBC Radio 4 How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, chosen by Julia Bradbury A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, chosen by Ramita Navai An Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Hey listeners, we’re gearing up for recording with Michelle De Kretser for our next #WBC, and we’d love to get more of your questions. But I’m curious, which story of ‘Scary Monsters’ did most people start with, Lili or Lyle? We split it between our crew 50/50 #booksky #michelledekretser #bookclub

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#Books A Good Read Today 15:00 BBC Radio 4 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, chosen by @iszi.com Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles, chosen by @joedunthorne.bsky.social Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Public libraries are amazing! Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library? Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?

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Andrée Blouin Prize seeks nonfiction manuscripts from women #OpporunitiesForWriters www.writingafrica.com/andree-bloui...

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Ten literary translators and one editor have been announced as the winners of the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes, sharing a prize fund of more than £30,000 together with the runners-up. 👇 #BookSky

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A Good Read is back! 3pm Mon 10 Feb @BBCRadio4 Today, Nicci Gerrard & Sean French- the team behind Nicci French join @harriettsg.bsky.social to recommend novels about vengeful teens, self-sabotage & waking up in a world transformed. Producer Maggie Ayre #fiction #Moomin www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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We’re back. Join Nicci French and me on A Good Read talking Moomins, motherhood & a Wild West girl avenger. @bbcradio4.bsky.social 3pm Monday, @bbcsounds.bsky.social thereafter www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Indeed

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Hey guys, tomorrow the interview we did with Meg Rosoff goes live on the BBC World Service, it was a great talk so do tune :) Here's a snippet where Meg and Harriett talk about the near-magical power of love #booksky #megrosoff #worldbookclub @harriettsg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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Merde

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Another preview of our interview with Meg Rosoff, which you can hear on Feb 1st www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... Here talking about how fiction can illuminate the terrible reality of war. #booksky #megrosoff #howIlivenow @harriettsg.bsky.social #bbcworldbookclub

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Just days to go….

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Not really a shock, I suppose, but just the other day I was thinking with such pleasure of her appearances in Enchanted April and Nothing Like a Dame

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The David Tebbutt Trust and Creative Access have announced a new internship fund in memory of the late David Tebbutt, Faber's finance director, who was killed in Kenya in 2011 👇 www.thebookseller.com/news/creativ... #BookSky

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Haaretz publisher petitions High Court against Israeli government's "fundamentally illegal economic boycott" of the newspaper

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