Author Pat Barker continues her quest to give voice to women’s stories from ancient Greece… fiction 1. The Voyage Home by Pat Barker is published in hardback by Hamish Hamilton and costs £20 (e-book £10.99). Available now Fresh from the printers – the first copies of PAT BARKER’s The Voyage Home – will be published […]
Here are the best-selling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from August 17-24, 2024. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager based on weekly sales statistics from over 260 independent Canadian stores. Canadian Fiction “This Summer Will Be Different” is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Vikings, Jenna Marie Wakani) This summer will be different by Carley […]
Are you between the ages of 10 and 18 and have doubts and worries about life? Then these books are for you. We all know that childhood experiences shape our future. Even health experts emphasize the importance of carefully navigating this critical period. To manage stress, build healthy relationships and develop positive habits, in addition […]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s debut novel, The Girl of Ink & Stars (2016), was published when she was 26. It won the Waterstone’s Book Prize; her subsequent nine books were nominated for the Carnegie Medal three times. For readers who are new to Hargrave, the highly entertaining fantasy series Geomancer would be a good introduction. The […]
Here are the best-selling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from August 10-17, 2024. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager based on weekly sales statistics from over 260 independent Canadian stores. Canadian Fiction “This Summer Will Be Different” is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Vikings, Jenna Marie Wakani) This summer will be different by Carley […]
A canon of children’s literature that is fit for the 21st century will therefore reflect the children who read it. It is no exaggeration to point out that audiences have changed since the all-conquering Enid Blyton and her contemporaries wrote predominantly about white, middle-class children in private boarding schools and set their adventures in nostalgically […]
The independence struggle was where the idea of India was shaped and we, the people, truly determined the future we wanted. Even today, we, the people, have the right to shape our future. It is important that children learn about acts of resistance and their power to bring about change to create the country they […]
What do you remember about history lessons at school? I remember a litany of dates, names, deeds and wars. Poorly reproduced black and white photographs and line drawings of kings and queens. It was something to be endured rather than enjoyed. Only when I read The Diary of Anne Frank in eighth grade that I […]
Here are the best-selling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from August 3-10, 2024. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager based on weekly sales statistics from over 260 independent Canadian stores. Canadian Fiction “This Summer Will Be Different” is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Vikings, Jenna Marie Wakani) This summer will be different by Carley […]
