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April 17, 2020

Inspiring books for Earth Day

Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April 22nd of each year, it’s to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Why don’t you celebrate this year’s Earth Day with a book? We’ve picked out a few of our favourites to do with all things nature and you never know they may inspire you to help make a difference in helping the earth! Of Roads and Rainbows Noel L. Smart Of Roads and Rainbowsis a treat for lovers of...

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April 14, 2020

Maria Sproulle | Author Life

Maria Sproulle author of Milky and Max Sail to Saturn,released theirbook recently! We wanted to catch up with them and see what their life is like as a new author! Did you always dream of becoming an author? Have written stories since childhood. It now feels good to be able to encourage children to do likewise. What was your first job? A-level teacher of languages. How did you come about writing your book? Was that y...

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April 9, 2020

Books to put a spring in your step

After a long miserable Winter, Spring finally seems to be here! The nights are drawing out, daffodilsare blooming, the temperature is getting warmer,and there is no better indicator of spring than birds chirping outside your window in the morning. Spring is a time for new beginnings and clean slates, so why not start with a good book? Relax and unwind outside with one of these books while enjoying the fresh spring sunshine! Free Fiona Morgan Ava owes everything to Nath...

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April 6, 2020

Maria Porfiri - Author Life

Maria Porfiri author of The Native Girl,released theirbook recently! We wanted to catch up with them and see what their life is like as a new author! Did you always dream of becoming an author? In fact I did not. As a matter of fact, the impulse came from different external sources; e.g. my companion, s writer himself, even my character analysis. What was your first job. I worked as Ground Hostess at Zurich Airport How did you come...

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April 3, 2020

Egg-Cellent Easter reads for Kids

Easter is just around the corner and with it comes cute furry animals and magical adventures. From bunny rabbits to bees, tomice and even fairies. We’ve got little ones covered with these fun, adventure, illustrated books. Mrs Bunny and the Easter Egg Penny Findlow Once upon a time, hidden deep in a forest, was a village known as Badger's Bend where animals and magical creatures lived happily together including Mrs Bunny. Mrs Bunny owned the best sweet shop ...

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March 30, 2020

B. A. Saidel - Author Life

B. A. Saidel author of The Letters of Room 13,released theirbook recently! We wanted to catch up with them and see what their life is like as a new author! Did you always dream of becoming an author? I am not sure how to answer this question because I have always been an author in some form or another. In school I wrote a lot of pieces on this and that - from what did you do over the summer holiday to school essays about various subjects. In high school I wrote poetry that ...

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March 27, 2020

Should I Read or Should I Write? | Comparing the Benefits of Everyday Reading and Journaling

Both reading and writing have many benefits which are, actually, interrelated. While reading allows shaping a better understanding of different topics and subjects, writing helps to appropriate that knowledge, integrate it into your worldview, and make use of it. This assumption is aptly proved by the author of the famous novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, “I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the ...

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March 24, 2020

Author Life - Nick B Ponter

Nick B Ponter, the author of 'Connor Jackson and the Memory Thieves' released hisbook in November 2019. We wanted to catch up with the new author and see how life had been treating himsince he was published. Did you always dream of becoming an author? Not at all and it came spontaneously in 2013. Since then it has not only been a dream but a focused aim. What was your first job? Apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner in the army. ...

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March 20, 2020

The Symbolism of Landscapes in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

It is no secret that English Literature students need to read dozens of different books per month. And many learners would claim that detailed and extensive descriptions of nature in Classic Literature are nothing but a waste of time. They will argue that in some cases, the whole plot can be condensed to several pages if such descriptions are removed. We will not say that they are wrong. If you try to devour several sizeable books in a week, these descriptions might not bring any val...