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Alisha Chauhan
What We've Been Reading in March - The Willoughby Book Club

What We've Been Reading in March

The Vanishing Half  by Brit Bennett I bought this book because one of my customers listed it as one of her favourites…and now it’s one of mine too! A story about identical twins Stella & Desiree, growing up in a small Southern black community, who run away when they’re 16. Years later Desiree is back, with her black daughter, living the life she escaped whilst Stella is secretly passing herself off as a white woman…to which her husband and daughter are none the wiser. The story is very well-written and sensitively deals with an array of topics…race, prejudice, poverty and...

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Marianne Chala
Reading Nostalgia: Childhood Reading Memories - The Willoughby Book Club

Reading Nostalgia: Childhood Reading Memories

This April we decided to take a trip down memory lane, inspired by book about '100 Essential Children's Books' which started some gorgeous conversations about our childhood reading memories. What books we loved, where we read, our trips to the library and the school book fair. 

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Marianne Chala
What We've Been Reading in February - The Willoughby Book Club

What We've Been Reading in February

February flew by for all of us. Yes, it's the shortest month of the year, but is the world spinning faster? Time definitely seemed to have sped up. As usual we've still found a little time for reading, whether on the bus to work, nursing a coffee at the weekend or curled up under the blankets at night, there are always a few stolen moments to spend with a book if you're keen.  As it's International Women's Day at the beginning of March, we've decided to highlight some of the books by women we've been particularly enjoying recently. What have...

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Marianne Chala
International Women's Day - The Willoughby Book Club

International Women's Day

It's International Women's Day, and here at The Willoughby Book Club we'll be celebrating. I'd like to think that in 2023 the need to highlight the importance of IWD would be less than ever. In reality, the complete opposite is true. International Women's Day, with it's theme of 'embrace equity', is one day out of the 365 days where the issues faced by all women, past and present, are spotlighted. So let's all embrace equity in reading, as we know that it is more important than ever for everyone to have access to, and read, books by women. A recent Guardian article reports...

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