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The Street by Ann Petry
Extract The Street by Ann Petry A gripping novel from 1946, The Street is prescient and powerful and as relevant today as it was when first published. I There was a cold November wind […]
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Board the No. 12 Bus with Sandi Toksvig
Read an extract from Sandi Toksvig’s memoir, Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus. Preface When I was about seven my father gave me my […]
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Read and Extract from The Virago Book of Witches
Preface The witch: resilient, edgy, awe-inspiring and potent. She never disappears from our culture for long. Iconic celebrities such as Björk and Ariana Grande have claimed an association with Wicca. Witches strut the catwalk with […]
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Read and Extract from Tegan and Sara’s Memoir
High School is Tegan and Sara’s first memoir, chronicling their teenage years during the height of grunge and rave culture in the 1990s in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The memoir is a bravely honest account […]
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