Book club campaign for Baileys Prize

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has launched #ThisBookClub, a campaign to “celebrate the diversity of the modern day book club and the myriad ways that novels can bring people together”. The prize is partnering with fashion retailer Whistles and city bar chain All Bar One to deliver a series of live events “encouraging people to connect over books in new sociable ways”. To launch #ThisBookClub, the prize has asked three pairs of inspirational women to reveal the novels written by women they most want to share with one another. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Los Angeles Times Book Club reads 'The Library Book'

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Los Angeles Times Book Club reads ‘The Library Book’

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Little Door Books founder wins Scottish picture book prize

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Black Girls' Book Club talks brunch, booze and books

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