Hope becomes new chair of CILIP Carnegie/Kate Greenaway working party

Jake Hope has been appointed as the new chair of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway (CKG) Awards Working Party. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 04:29:41 UTC ]
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Review: ‘Life’s Work,’ by David Milch

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A Rabbi's Hard, Yet Hopeful, Look at Repentance

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In post-apartheid South Africa, dashed hopes and moral struggles

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Belvoir's Tell Me I'm Here looks at the impact of mental illness on the whole family. It is a wrenching and beautiful work

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Bibles that Broker Hope

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