Tag: Diversity
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Diverse Stories – free books on Kobo
Duck and Dive has been selected for a special Kobo free promotion highlighting diverse stories! According to Kobo, this is “a category meant to highlight the stories of marginalized groups (e.g. Black stories, indigenous stories, mental health stories, stories with disabled protagonists, LGBTQIA+ stories, etc.).” There are some fantastic reads in this week’s giveaway –…
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Reading round-up 2019
I get my book recommendations from all over the place: friends, bookstore staff picks, email newsletters, library displays, podcasts, tube station posters, or just snapping up the next release from a favourite author. My approach to most things is quite methodical, but when picking my next book it’s different every time. I definitely judge books…
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Planetfall and Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Emma Newman’s Planetfall and Temi Oh’s Do You Dream of Terra-Two? both consider what happens when a small segment of humanity leaves a dying Earth to explore and establish colonies on distant planets. They contemplate the unique impacts on the human mind of isolation, the abyss of space, and living in close quarters with a…
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