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What to read this Black History Month

Written by Lauren It’s February, which means it’s Black History Month in the United States and Canada, a celebration and recognition of Black culture and history and its enduring legacy in lands far removed from the African continent. At the ABC, we’ve put together a list of reading recommendations for Black [...]

Lilia2024-02-18T15:29:45+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Betsy Haynes, Black History Month, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ijeoma Oluo, Iris, James McBride, Jonna, Kathryn Stickett, Lauren, Lynn, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ralph Elison, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Sophie, Staff Picks|

Black Love

Written by Naomi February is Black History Month and also features Valentine’s Day. Why not combine the two? Below are some recommendations of romantic fiction where Black people take the lead, both in writing and in being written about. Happy reading! Mead Mishaps series by Kimberley Lemming [...]

Lilia2024-02-11T11:07:27+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Black authors, Black History Month, Black main characters, February Love Month, Naomi, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Valentine's Day|

Staff Picks – the Love edition of 2024

Written by Lília With Valentine’s Day falling at mid-month, February is the LOVE month, and in this Staff Picks, Luke and Iris talk about books related to love—in all its forms. We put our heads together and came up with some interesting recommendations. [...]

Lilia2024-02-11T10:56:16+01:00Tags: Biography, EmmaV, Iris, Isabelle, Luke, Max M., Naomi, Natalia, Romance, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Shirley, Simone, Sophie, Zeynep|

Bookbits for 5 February 2024

By Sophie Let's start off with some award winners: this year's Newbery Medal (for best US children's book, basically) was won by Dave Eggers for The Eyes and the Impossible (illustrated by Shawn Harris). The Caldecott Medal (for best illustrations of a children's book) was awarded to Vashti Harrison for Big. [...]

Sophie2024-02-05T15:50:15+01:00Tags: ABC Events, Awards, Black History Month, Bookbits, Bookish News, Sophie|

Staff Choices: romances we’ve read and loved

Put together by Lília February is seen as the Love Month, so we've chosen some of our most loved reads from our romantic fiction sections for your delight. We love romance and it shows! Night Shift - Annie Crown Naomi: This is a romcom as it should be: [...]

Lilia2024-01-25T15:08:15+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book Reviews, Ester, Lília, Naomi, Natalia, Pleun, Romantic Fiction, Sophie|

Book to screen: the fantasy edition

Written by Lília When I was 15 or 16-years-old, I got obsessed with The Lord of the Rings and its first film adaptation. It opened a world of fantasy books and films to me. Back then, having a fantasy book filmed was not as popular as it is nowadays. Fast-forward several [...]

Lilia2024-01-14T21:09:34+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book to Screen, Fantasy, Good Omens, Grishaverse, Lília, Lord of the Rings, Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, The Sword of Truth, Wheel of Time, Witcher|

New releases we’re excited about

Written by Naomi Last year was an excellent reading year for many of us, and we want to help you discover more good books in 2024. Below is a list of books that will be published this year that we’re looking forward to. Happy reading! January Sarah J. Maas [...]

Lilia2024-01-14T16:01:57+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Biography, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Naomi, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult|

Bookbits for 11 January 2024

Written by SophieHeyo! Happy 2024, first of all, may it be a very bookish and kind year to you and yours. To celebrate this new year we're bringing back an Olde Blogge favorite (to write, in any case): the Bookbits, bookish news in small bites. We hope you'll enjoy them throughout the [...]

Sophie2024-01-13T09:59:59+01:00Tags: ABC Events, Best of 2023, Best of Lists, Bookbits, Bookish News, Sophie|

Deborah Levy, a modern feminist author at middle-age

By Dr. Otto Bleker To be honest, I had never heard of her name before Nathalie Wouters’ article “Wisdom arrives by the years,” was published in the monthly July 2023 NRC magazine. Levy wrote for the theatre, wrote short stories and published her first novel Beautiful Mutants in 1987. In 2012, [...]

Lilia2024-01-10T17:00:01+01:00Tags: Author biography, Biography, Deborah Levy, Feminist Writer, Feminist Writing, Fiction, Otto Bleker|

X: ABC Top 5 2023 Edition: Lauren, Maarten and Lília

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2023! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be five or six suggestions, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. This year we’re presenting [...]

Lilia2024-11-28T19:33:05+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2023, Best of Lists, Biography, Cooking, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Lauren, Lília, Maarten, Our Top 5, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Science, Science Fiction, Staff Picks, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult|

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