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What Prince Harry’s Memoir Spare Tells Us About ‘Complicated Grief’
“The thought of her, as always, gave me a jolt of hope, and a burst of energy. And a stab of sorrow.” Prince Harry’s reflection on his mother Princess Diana, who died unexpectedly when he was just 12 years old, appears in his memoir Spare, released officially this week. In fact, the bestseller is marketed…
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Jonathan Bazzi’s Autofiction Is Rewriting the Narrative of HIV
I often read a book’s acknowledgments to see who an author thanks for supporting the creation of their work and how they go about thanking them. Among those mentioned at the end of Jonathan Bazzi’s autofiction is the award-winning Italian novelist Viola Di Grado. Bazzi thanks Di Grado for “curbing my wild proliferations of thought”,…
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Why You Should Support Your Local Bookstore
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: Support your local, independent bookstore. Most adults who are avid readers know, deep down, that supporting your neighbourhood bookstore is a good thing to do — but when it’s time to preorder a book or grab a couple of last-minute titles to take along on a…
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How To Read Aloud To Your Kid, According To Audiobook Narrators
Reading to your kids is important however you do it — at bedtime or during the day, with picture books or novels, on your own or with zany sound effects. But if you’re feeling as though your readings are becoming a little lacklustre, or you just want to up your game, here’s some advice from…