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A compelling and bravely written book." [4] Her novel Black Water, (2016) was nominated as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Her short story "Fat White Cop with Ginger Eyebrows" was long-listed for the 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. [8] Doughty is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
A literature circle, or literature club, is equivalent for young people of an adult book club, but with greater structure, expectation and rigor.The aim is to encourage thoughtful discussion and a love of reading in young people.
Given the busy lifestyles of today, another variation on the traditional 'book club' is the book reading club. In such a club, the group agrees on a specific book, and each week (or whatever frequency), one person in the group reads the book out loud while the rest of the group listens. The group can either allow interruptions for comments and ...
Literati is an Austin-based children's book club and subscription service. [1] It launched at the end of 2016. [2] For a recurring membership fee, Literati sends a box of five books to subscribers every month. [3] Boxes are organized by age for children from newborn to age 12. [4]
LibriVox is an invented word inspired by Latin words liber (book) in its genitive form libri and vox (voice), giving the meaning BookVoice (or voice of the book). The word was also coined because of other connotations: liber also means child and free, independent, unrestricted. As the LibriVox forum says: "We like to think LibriVox might be ...
Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet. [1] She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. [2]
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Chickadee is a 2012 historical fiction novel by American author Louise Erdrich, the fourth book in The Birchbark House series. Moving the story fourteen years into the future, the novel follows Omakaya's twin sons, Chickadee and Makoons, as the family moves further into the Great Plains. When Chickadee is kidnapped, he embarks on a journey to ...