Category: Fiction
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Fiction: The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita
Poetic. Lyrical. Dreamy. These are just some of the words that describe this novel. First published in Japan in 2015, The Forest of Wool and Steel won the Japanese Bookseller prize in 2016 and was translated to English in 2019. More than a million copies have been sold since and it’s not difficult to see…
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Fiction: Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
It’s been a while since a book made me cry and this one is a tearjerker. Every Note Played is a tragic novel that centres around a world-renowned concert pianist, Richard, whose life takes a dramatic turn when he’s diagnosed with the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS disease – a type of nervous system disease…
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Fiction | Free Reads: The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner
Read for free: Amazon Kindle | Project Gutenberg The Lost Stradivarius, first published in 1895 by William Blackwood and Sons, is a classic horror novel written by English author and poet, John Meade Falkner. The story begins when John Maltravers, a young student at Oxford and a proficient violinist, starts to notice a strange and…
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Fiction | Short Reads: Parson’s Pleasure by Roald Dahl
No of Pages: 31 | Reading Time: < 30 Mins If you’re looking for something nice and short to read, then this one is for you. Parson’s Pleasure first appeared in Esquire Magazine in April 1958. It was later included as part of Roald Dahl’s short story collection Kiss Kiss published in 1960 by American…
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