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Shatila Stories - Peirene Press

Shatila Stories zoom into World Refugee Day event

This World Refugee Day, on Saturday 20th June, a special online discussion with the writers of Shatila Stories will take place via Zoom…

A book that pulls out the (full) stops

Title: Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman Author: Friedrich Christian Delius £: 8.99 What is it all about? This is a story of a woman trying to escape the reality of war.  Unusually told with one 105 page-long sentence.  But rather than a hard to read jumble, the words follow the woman as […]

An ocean of trouble in touching tale

Title: Beside the Sea Author: Véronique Olmi £: 8.99 What is it about? A short novel about the relationship between a mother and her children.  The book is about the mother’s irrational fears and told from her point of view.  It centres on a trip she takes with her sons to the seaside.  Not a […]

Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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