Flynn Takes on Mantel for 2013 Fiction Prize
The longlist for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction was announced this week which included LBG’s March selection Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
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March 2013
Debate: Do We Need a Women’s Prize for Fiction?
An online debate is occuring at The Independent examining the value of prizes for literature produced by women, specifically in the context of whether the Women’s Prize for Fiction should be eliminated.
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The Blindfold
Our book choice for April 2013 is The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt. This will be our second Hustvedt choice, our Christmas 2005 selection was The Enchantment of Lily Dahl. Iris Vegan, a young, impoverished graduate student from the Midwest, finds herself entangled with four powerful but threatening characters as she tries to adjust to life in New York City.
Dressing Up for World Book Day
In celebrating World Book Day, thousands of children around the globe dress up in costumes. In a piece at BBC.co.uk, Dominic Casciani raises a concern that there is too much focus on the commercialised aspects of the day — costumes, plastic figurines, flamboyant parties and the like — and not enough where it should be: on books.
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