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Given the community that bookstores create and the connection between people, it’s not surprising that books about bookshops are so popular.

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‘Opioids remain a massive public health problem, and the author’s attention to it is both welcome and necessary.’

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· Apr 24, 2019 · 05:30 pm

British literature is richly tangled with other cultures. Why is it sold as largely white writing?

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· Oct 22, 2017 · 05:30 pm
If you check in at the world’s largest literary hotel, you might never want to go out (or leave)

In the Portuguese town of Óbidos is The Literary Man, where books rule over everything.

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· Oct 22, 2017 · 08:30 am
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Speaking Of Books

Books about booksellers are having a moment, but reality can be less romantic

Given the community that bookstores create and the connection between people, it’s not surprising that books about bookshops are so popular.

Rose Michael, The Conversation · Dec 23, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis

‘Opioids remain a massive public health problem, and the author’s attention to it is both welcome and necessary.’

William Nash, The Conversation · May 28, 2023 · 05:30 pm

How did the scroll of the ancient world evolve into the modern book? (And what is a codex?)

Christians did not invent the codex, but their scribes gave its use to the Roman world, passing on most of classical literature to us in the process.

Benjamin Harnett, Aeon · Apr 24, 2019 · 05:30 pm

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