Welcome to Litsy!

The Bread the Devil Knead | Lisa Allen-Agostini

https://youtu.be/L2pbMZCBQAs

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Freddie from Malaysia

The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini

Chat #2: with Kezia from Ohio

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

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shawnmooney Chat #3: with with Trish from Liverpool

The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

Chat #4: with Bonnie from Buffalo

The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

2d

TrishB Thanks Shawn ♥️ 2d

LeahBergen Our @TrishB is back! ❤️❤️❤️ 2d

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Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck: Stories | Joe Okonkwo

https://youtu.be/-w4o-a46Pf8

#theirishreadathon #irishreadathon2022
#BookTubeSpin6
#asianreadathon

Intro

Breaking News

Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck by Joe Okonkwo

The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel

All Will Be Well: A Memoir by John McGahern

Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon

Woman Running in the Mountains by Yūko Tsushima, Geraldine Harcourt (Translator)

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Beasts of a Little Land: A Novel | Juhea Kim

https://youtu.be/JT5oAOeANiI

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: Kim of Native Lady Book Warrior! from the Hopi Nation, living in the Navajo Nation, Arizona

Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

shawnmooney Chat #2: with Justyna from Ireland

Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Boris Dralyuk (Translator)

Chat #3: with Ron Restrepo from Houston

The Love Parade by Sergio Pitol
George Henson (Translator)

Chat #4: with Vittoria from Montreal

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill

1w

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Butter Honey Pig Bread | Francesca Ekwuyasi

https://youtu.be/5PMuEsiS0mw

#dewithon22
#dewithon
#theirishreadathon #irishreadathon2022
#BookTubeSpin6
#asianreadathon

Intro

Creed by Margiad Evans

Clarissa: or The History of a Young Lady, Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson

Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

shawnmooney The Ku Klux Klan in Canada: A Century of Promoting Racism and Hate in the Peaceable Kingdom by Allan Bartley

Hello Friend We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts

Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck by Joe Okonkwo

Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel

Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon

All Will Be Well: A Memoir by John McGahern

Short term future reading plans
2w

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Uncertain Kin | Janice Lynn Mather

Soubhiville Ew not me! Great first line though! 2w

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What Is Written on the Tongue: A Novel | Anne Lazurko

Bklover 😳 2w

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Raging Quiet | Sherryl Jordan

https://youtu.be/ydwZt3fmND4

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Radhika from Canada

The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan

Chat #2: with Roz from The Eastern Cape in South Africa

The Long Song by Andrea Levy

Small Island by Andrea Levy

Centique

shawnmooney Chat #3: with Nancy (The Literate Quilter) from Metro Detroit

Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan

Chat #4: with Paula from Auckland

Fraud by Anita Brookner

Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner

Latecomers by Anita Brookner
2w

vivastory Looking forward to watching Paula talk about Brookner👏👏 2w

LeahBergen Ooo, @Centique and Brookner! 👏👏👏 2w

Centique @LeahBergen I don‘t think I did her justice! @vivastory also poor use of the word ponderous 😂😂 (edited) 2w

Centique Thanks Shawn it was so much fun talking to you. Best wishes for the busy weeks ahead 🤞💕 2w

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The Tin Flute | Gabrielle Roy

Weekend | William McIlvanney

Nutmegnc 😱😱😱 3w

LeahBergen Count me in! 😆 3w

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True Biz: From the author of the Women�s Prize longlisted GIRL AT WAR | Sara Novic

Nutmegnc Wow 3w

ShyBookOwl Whoa. That's a hook alright 3w

jlhammar I just started this one! 3w

BookDragonNotWorm Now THAT'S a first line!!! 3w

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Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles

https://youtu.be/lAd1tUwU4Oo

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Jo from Bowling Green, Kentucky

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Chat #2: with Kaviya from Singapore

Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories by Kanishk Tharoor

shawnmooney Chat #3: with James from Adelaide

The Trouble with Happiness: and Other Stories by Tove Ditlevsen
Michael Favala Goldman (Translator)

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood / Youth / Dependency
(The Copenhagen Trilogy #1-3)
by Tove Ditlevsen
Tiina Nunnally (Translator), Michael Favala Goldman (Translator)

The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen
Tiina Nunnally (Translation)

Chat #4: with Bill from Nairobi

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone 3w

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All the Quiet Places: A Novel | Brian Thomas Isaac

https://youtu.be/du7CPALw2GI

#dewithon22
#dewithon
#theirishreadathon #irishreadathon2022
#BookTubeSpin6

Intro

All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac

Foster by Claire Keegan

The White Bathing Hut by Thorvald Steen, James Anderson (Translation)

A Concise History of Wales by Geraint H. Jenkins

Queen Alexandra: Loyalty and Love by Frances Dimond

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

shawnmooney The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck by Joe Okonkwo

Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
1mo

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With the Animals | Noelle Revaz

With the Animals | Noelle Revaz

The Beginner's Goodbye | Anne Tyler

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An Ice-cream War | William Boyd

BarbaraBB Have you read the book? Is it good? 1mo

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The Ochre People: Scenes from a South African Life | Noni Jabavu

https://youtu.be/Kz_oH4_wOjc

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Mpush (Mphuthumi Ntabeni) from Cape Town (born in the Eastern Cape)

The Ochre People: Scenes from a South African life by Noni Jabavu

The Wanderers by Mphuthumi Ntabeni

Drawn in Color: African Contrasts by Noni Jabavu

Blame Me on History by Bloke Modisane

shawnmooney Chat #2: with Sarah-Hope from near Santa Cruz

When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East by Quan Barry

Chat #3: with Olivia from Auckland

Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

Chat #4: with Elisabeth from Ottawa

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

1mo

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Young Mungo | Douglas Stuart

KathyWheeler My daughter asked me once if anyone ever looked up. She‘d pulled over and parked last year to watch a huge number of monarchs migrating through here, and she found it difficult to believe that no one else stopped to watch something so amazing. That picture is gorgeous. 1mo

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Foster | Claire Keegan

Cathythoughts 👌🏻 1mo

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Foster | Claire Keegan

Bklover True. I remember telling my kids to just keep going, and eventually you will forget you are reading and discover the magic. 4w

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A Case of Exploding Mangoes | Mohammed Hanif

Slipping | Mohamed Kheir

Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters | Maria Jos� Silveira

Heaven | Mieko Kawakami

https://youtu.be/ajlEhwXlUaQ

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with David from the American Heartland

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator)

shawnmooney Chat #2: with Vansa from India

Ennemonde by Jean Giono, Bill Johnston (Translation)

Chat #3: with Lara from Newfoundland

The Mystery of Right and Wrong by Wayne Johnston

The Story of Bobby O'Malley by Wayne Johnston

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
(Newfoundland Trilogy #1) by Wayne Johnston 1mo

shawnmooney Chat #4: with Diane from Madison, WI

The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida
Sheila Faria Glaser (Translator)

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis
Gregory Rabassa (Translator) 1mo

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The Reading List: A Novel

Butter Honey Pig Bread | Francesca Ekwuyasi

https://youtu.be/mULKXa2rnr8

Books mentioned:

Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

A Concise History of Wales by Geraint H. Jenkins

The White Bathing Hut by Thorvald Steen
James Anderson (Translation)

O Beautiful by Jung Yun

Shelter - Jung Yun

tpixie A coinkydink I see this title twice in one week! A suitable boy was on the list of

(edited) 1mo

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The House of Rust: A Novel | Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

https://youtu.be/bp17RwAY2fs

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Nyambura from Nairobi
(they/them/Elle)

The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw

Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor

Chat #2: with Ericka from Baton Rouge

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

shawnmooney Chat #3: with Alina from Rotterdam

Whole of a Morning Sky by Grace Nichols

Chat #4: with Trish from Liverpool

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy by Mark Hodkinson
1mo

TrishB Thank you 😘 1mo

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Chevy in the Hole: A Novel | Kelsey Ronan

Lindy 😳 1mo

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Independent People | Halldor Laxness

BarbaraBB A very good book. 1mo

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Young Mungo | Douglas Stuart

squirrelbrain Can‘t wait to read this - I have a signed copy on order… 1mo

TrishB I‘m looking forward to this one too. 1mo

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Unlocking the Air: Stories

Book Friends | Edna Henry Lee Turpin, Rose Lees Hardy

https://youtu.be/4wJ8tXhDDus

In this video Lindy and I talk about a reading project we did over the Christmas/New Year‘s holiday where I read aloud to her over Voxer excerpts from various unread novels on my shelf and also many complete short stories.

shawnmooney We talk about what an exquisite and unique experience this was, what a bonding experience, and we each share five of our top picks from the dozens of novels and short stories sampled.

Lindy‘s Magpie Reads: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtvMCwkxsmnbqnTghQhg6pw

Books mentioned:

Home Waltz by G.A. Grisenthwaite

Vargamäe by A.H. Tammsaare
Inna Feldbach (Translator), Alan Peter Trei (Translator) (edited) 1mo

shawnmooney The Death of Bagrat Zakharych and Other Stories by Vazha-Pshavela
Rebecca Ruth Gould (Translation)

'After the Carnage, More' in After The Carnage by Tara June Winch

'Mother Holly‘ in White Lies And Other Fictions by Seán Virgo

Old Rendering Plant by Wolfgang Hilbig
Isabel Fargo Cole (Translation)

An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky
Jackie Smith (Translator)

No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush
1mo

shawnmooney 'Mating Week' in This Paradise - Ruby Cowling

'The Jesus Donut' in Gordo by Jaime Cortez

'Ether, OR' in The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin
ALSO in Unlocking the Air and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Cathythoughts I love the kindness here♥️. @Lindy I didn‘t realise how serious the consequences of your fall were. I‘m glad you‘re well on the road to recovery. Stacking

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BarbaraBB What a lovely project! 1mo

LeahBergen I love this! And I loved the royal biography “story” you read to me SO MUCH. 🥰🥰 1mo

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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth

LeahBergen This took me quite a while to read but I thoroughly enjoyed it! 1mo

BarbaraBB I loved this book too! 1mo

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Foster | Claire Keegan

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Book Report: Publishing Strategies, Writing Tips, and 101 Literary Ideas for Aspiring Authors and Poets | Mark Shaw

As some of you know, I am insanely busy getting ready to move back to Canada from Tokyo at the end of May so these book reports will be few and far between until then. Delighted to have had a few moments to prepare this one! 😍

Cinfhen

Bookzombie I hope your slow boat shipping is continuing to go well and that the rest of your move goes smoothly! 2mo

LeahBergen It‘s coming up fast now! 👏 2mo

Cathythoughts Good luck with your moving 👍 2mo

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Foster | Claire Keegan

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Dusty Answer: A Novel | Rosamond Lehmann

Saturday Reads: Let us now praise nuance, precision, and compression

https://youtu.be/7fN0c9OfYig

Intro

Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans

My Grandmother's Braid by Alina Bronsky, Tim Mohr (Translator)

Creed by Margiad Evans

Elizabeth Bowen: Collected Stories

A Concise History of Wales by Geraint H. Jenkins

shawnmooney Foster by Claire Keegan

The White Bathing Hut by Thorvald Steen, James Anderson (Translation)

Queen Alexandra: Loyalty and Love by Frances Dimond
2mo

charl08 Love Claire Keegan! 2mo

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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self | Danielle Evans

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Hungry Tide | Amitav Ghosh

https://youtu.be/uEhI6TCSNb0

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

shawnmooney Chat #1: with Barbara from Pennsylvania
Follow Barbara on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3932962-barbara-the-bibliophage
BarbaraTheBibliophage on Litsy
Barbara‘s book blog, The Bibliophage: https://thebibliophage.com

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh 2mo

shawnmooney Chat #2: with Sisilia from Singapore
Follow Sisilia on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5753693-sisilia
@bookhoardersunite on Instagram
Sisilia on Litsy

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
Anthea Bell (Translation)

Letter From An Unknown Woman
by Stefan Zweig, K. Anderson Yancy (Editor) (no translator named anywhere in the e-book)

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
Joel Rotenberg (Translator) 2mo

shawnmooney Chat #3: with Marina from Cyprus

Malicroix by Henri Bosco
Joyce Zonana (Translator)

Chat #4: with Paul from Denver, Colorado
@bibliopaul

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8303977

The Paper Door and Other Stories by Naoya Shiga
Lane Dunlop (Translator)

The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane

2mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage Thanks for a lovely chat, as always, Shawn! Can‘t wait to listen to the whole episode. 🤓 2mo

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Dusty Answer: A Novel | Rosamond Lehmann

LeahBergen True. 🤣🤣 2mo

Cathythoughts Yes ! I can relate 👍 2mo

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Salt Lick | Lulu Allison

ShyBookOwl Great opening! fyi, I did just email you about bite-sized book chats 😊 2mo

shawnmooney @ShyBookOwl Thank you! I replied the same day – did you receive that reply? 2mo

Cathythoughts Beautiful 2mo

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Maybe in Another Life | Taylor Jenkins Reid

https://youtu.be/fywkqyFXL9U

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Kezia from Ohio

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Life After Life - Kate Atkinson

shawnmooney Chat #2: with Joseph from Calgary

The White Bathing Hut by Thorvald Steen
James Anderson (Translation)

Chat #3: with Nancy (The Literate Quilter) from Metro Detroit

She Came from Mariupol by Natascha Wodin
Alfred Kueppers (Translation) 2mo

shawnmooney Chat #4: with Julie from Melbourne

Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess by Elisabeth Basford

The Quest for Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy (Hugo Vickers, ed .)

Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy 2mo

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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self | Danielle Evans

https://youtu.be/rmqbupKJeGE

Craig and David of ShelfPossessed

Alina from Rotterdam

Trish from Liverpool

Books mentioned:

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans

Devil House by John Darnielle

Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett

Violeta by Isabel Allende
Frances Riddle (Translator)

Elizabeth Bowen: Collected Stories - Elizabeth Bowen

The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

shawnmooney Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan 2mo

Centique That was a great veelog! I loved seeing your trip to the post office and the noisy pachinko 😀 2mo

shawnmooney @Centique 🙏💕 2mo

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Mouth to Mouth: A Novel | Antoine Wilson

pick

Not a Shawn book. I absolutely loved it.

https://youtu.be/F8KbEIQVi2c

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Dance, Gladys, Dance | Cassie Stocks

(I know it‘s probably not still Friday anywhere in the world, so sue me…)

#FirstLineFridays

Simona Who cares, it‘s a good first line 😘 2mo

ShyBookOwl Love it! 2mo

shawnmooney @ShyBookOwl My mom just finished reading it and strongly recommended it to me. 😀. By the way, have you had a chance to think about coming on Zoom and having a chat with me for my Bite-sized Book Chats series? No pressure, of course; it would be lovely to have you on as a guest! I can‘t remember if I gave you my email address before but here it is: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com 2mo

ShyBookOwl @shawnmooney Hey! Thanks for following up! Sorry for the delay getting back to you... it's been a week 😅 I love the idea of being a guest but I do have some questions. I'll shoot you an email tomorrow 😊 2mo

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One Day I Will Write about This Place. Binyavanga Wainaina | Binyavanga Wainaina

https://youtu.be/WkNKK6lMhoY

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Bernie from Jersey City

One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina

Centique

shawnmooney Chat #2: with my cousin Erin from Saskatoon

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek by Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara (Contributor), Annie Murphy (Contributor), Emily Hampshire (Contributor), Jennifer Robertson (Contributor), Tim Rozon (Contributor), Chris Elliott (Contributor)

Chat #3: Paula from Auckland

No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod 2mo

shawnmooney Chat #4: with Chitra from Manipur, India (living in Delhi)

Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Anita Nair, Translator 2mo

LeahBergen @Centique ! 👏👏👏 2mo

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Centique @LeahBergen thank you Leah. Talking to Shawn is always a treat isn‘t it? 😍 2mo

Cathythoughts @Centique oh great Paula , I‘ll have a listen later today 👍😁 2mo

Cathythoughts @Centique So interesting Paula , what immigration means for a family .. the loss , the longing.. the confusion of identity.. where is home . I really enjoyed your chat with Shawn. I must read

No Great Mischief

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Centique @Cathythoughts thank you Cathy, I think you will like it 🤞🤞 2mo

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https://youtu.be/9TnRNCrzexM

The Wanderes | Mphuthumi Ntabeni

zanni Dear Shawn what an amazing video. 2mo

zanni I‘ve just hears about the earthquake…I hope you are OK. 2mo

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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958

Book Report: Publishing Strategies, Writing Tips, and 101 Literary Ideas for Aspiring Authors and Poets | Mark Shaw

Leftcoastzen Can‘t wait for

2mo

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The Evening Hour: A Novel | Carter Sickels

https://youtu.be/CQt8uBNfJ_A

#dewithon22
#dewithon
#theirishreadathon #irishreadathon2022
#InvisibleCitiesProject

Intro

How (not) to move a library across the world

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

Dr. William Price by Dean Powell

shawnmooney Frangipani House by Beryl Gilroy

The Evening Hour by Carter Sickels

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole

My Short-term Readerly Retrenchment Plan

Creed by Margiad Evans

Elizabeth Bowen: Collected Stories

My Grandmother's Braid by Alina Bronsky, Tim Mohr (Translator)

2mo

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Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen | Elizabeth Bowen

Opening sentence from ‘Breakfast,' the first story in Collected Stories by Elizabeth Bowen.

#FirstLineFridays

ShyBookOwl Intriguing! 2mo

Leftcoastzen I remember that line ! A great one , now I want to read that story again.😃 2mo

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