I was having a conversation my friend who was telling me about London Mithraeum an archaeological discovery in London of the Roman era, nearly 2000 years ago. As she explained to me what she had learnt it prompted me to think of the similarities to two books I had read recently: The Power by Naomi…
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the importance of books
The threat of ‘books will become obsolete’ gets thrown around every time some new technology emerges. It feels safe to say that books are here to stay, maybe it’s the human nature of needing to tell stories? Of course the format has expanded, and in some ways become more inclusive. (eBooks, Kindle, audiobooks, not to…
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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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by Law: to feed my creative soul 