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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

August 26, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0

This month’s top 5 books range across history, art and human survival; moving across continents, eras and genres. From minute-by-minute reckonings with a political crisis and a chilling first-hand account of the extremes of tyranny, […]

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Red River Somnath Batabyal Review

August 25, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0

A coming-of-age saga, Red River centres around the fate of three boys whose childhood friendship is strained by political upheaval and violence. Set against the turbulent shifts in power in Assam in the late twentieth […]

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How Book Prizes Propel Authors Beyond Their Best Spotlight

June 28, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Book prizes are the ultimate tastemakers of the literary world, providing welcome cash to authors; boosting sales for publishers and booksellers; helping readers choose high-quality fiction and nonfiction out of the thousands of books being […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

April 26, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our top five books of the month take in Brooklyn, Iraq, the West Bank, the Congo, Argentina, and a dystopian otherworld. Together, these stories explore a central question: What happens to a person when their […]

My Women Yuliia Iliukha Review

April 6, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

My Women by Yuliia Iliukha, translated by Hanna Leliv, is a powerful and critically acclaimed collection of short fiction that shines a spotlight on the experiences of women during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The […]

The Fire Cecilia Sala Review

March 19, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala, belongs to the breed of courageous reporters – many of them women – who travel to some of the most dangerous countries in the world to see for themselves exactly what […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

February 27, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

5 books, 5 countries: Russia, Spain, Algeria, Norway and Iraq (via the UK) set the scene. What links these works is a shared desire for clarity. Stepanova dismantles memory; García Llovet stalks the edges of […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

January 15, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Greetings readers! Here are Our Top 5 Books of the Month from around the world to kick off the new year, to refresh perspectives and remind us why cultural literacy isn’t a luxury, but a […]