a day of reading

Have you ever waited for someone who was supposed to come fix your water tank, at a time you both agreed on, only for them to turn up seven hours late?! Well that happened, only also it wasn’t fixed and the whole thing has to be replaced… (another appointment, another time) I am just going…

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women writers and translated books 

I read this article recently on Twitter, I was not shocked but sad I was not more aware of the fact foreign women writers are not translated as much as their male counterparts. 33.8% compared to 63.8% in 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/31/lost-to-translation-how-english-readers-miss-out-on-foreign-women-writers This was an interesting read for me so in support I decided to order Samanta…

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