If Barrack Obama can find time to read more than 30 books a year with his busy schedule, then you truly have no excuse not to read at least 12 books a year. Books allow…
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5 Ways to promote your children’s literacy in 2019
Teaching a child to appreciate reading not only promotes academic achievement, but it also opens opportunities for the imagination to soar and for kids to learn about topics beyond their wildest dreams. This year, you…
November release set for highly anticipated Michelle Obama memoir
A much-awaited memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama will be published in North America on November 13 and will appear simultaneously in 24 languages worldwide. In making the announcement Sunday, Penguin Random House publishers’…
Majority of Brits judge book by its cover
Majority of Brits judge book by its cover Half of readers judge a book by its cover, according to new study. A survey has found over 50 per cent of Britain choose a novel based…
Sharing the books that changed our lives | Our2Cents
Best selling author, John Green, once aptly said, “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back…
Digital era hits income for writers: study
The digital era is cutting into income for book authors, making it more difficult to live off writing alone, a survey by the Authors Guild said Tuesday. The survey said income for full-time US authors…
Zambian Namwali Serpell wins sixteenth Caine Prize for African Writing
PRESS RELEASE Zambia’s Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for her short story entitled “The Sack” from Africa39 (Bloomsbury, London, 2014). The Chair of Judges, Zoë…