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Literary Prize Bonanza: International Booker, Pulitzers, and Nibbies

By Sophie It's May, and that means a trio of big literary prizes has been announced! First off, the International Booker Prize was announced this past Tuesday. Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq was the winner.  These 12 stories were translated into English from Kannada (a language spoken in South India) by [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

by Damla Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and mother figures out there! Today, we celebrate the wide range of experiences on motherhood, from relatable to singularly strange, eccentric to traditional, yet all remarkable. Take a look at our picks that shine the spotlight on unforgettable, powerful, and certainly remarkable [...]

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ABC Bestsellers – April 2025

April was a month with quite a few holidays; an excellent moment to sit, enjoy the sun and read. And you, our customers, keep showing us what you enjoy reading. In these tumultuous times, The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank's Diary) reappears as a reminder of our history, and [...]

ABC Interview: Mike

As a new colleague Mike didn’t have the chance to take part in our Q&A game last year. He was very interested in doing it anyway, so we asked him the same bookish questions and he answered them all. Mike is our Dungeon Master extraordinaire and part of the D&D initiative [...]

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 5

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 5: Robinson - Zusak To celebrate our birthday this year (officially on 21 April but we're celebrating it on the weekend of 12 and 13 April) we decided to ask all of the ABC staff what their most memorable books were of the past [...]

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 4

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 4: McCarthy - Reid To celebrate our birthday this year (officially on 21 April but we're celebrating it on the weekend of 12 and 13 April) we decided to ask all of the ABC staff what their most memorable books were of the past [...]

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 3

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 3: Jimenez - Martine To celebrate our birthday this year (officially on 21 April but we're celebrating it on the weekend of 12 and 13 April) we decided to ask all of the ABC staff what their most memorable books were of the past [...]

ABC’s 100 Top Tips, part 2

By Sophie ABC's 100 Top Tips, part 2: Eggers- Jemisin To celebrate our birthday this year (officially on 21 April but we're celebrating it on the weekend of 12 and 13 April) we decided to ask all of the ABC staff what their most memorable books were of the past 25 [...]

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