Blogs in March 2020

Amadeus 4th March 2020

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn’t recognize his talents – only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what...

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Under Solomon Skies 4th March 2020

From Jacaranda Book’s groundbreaking #TwentyIn2020 project for Black British writing, comes a stunning adventure story set in the Solomon Islands, Melanesia, by debut novelist Berni Sorga-Milwood. Jack and Toni, childhood schoolmates, set out on a routine boat trip to...

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Don’t Stop the Carnival 3rd March 2020

It’s everyone’s dream: to leave behind the rat-race of the working world and start life all over again amidst the cool breezes, sun-drenched colours, and rum-laced drinks of a tropical paradise. This is the story of Norman Paperman, a...

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Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 3rd March 2020

Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow...

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The Most Fun We Ever Had 3rd March 2020

At a family wedding, the four Sorenson sisters polka-dot the green lawn in their summer pastels, with varying shades of hair and varying degrees of unease. Their long-infatuated parents watch on with a combination of love and concern. Sixteen...

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