SOME WINTER READING IDEAS

Some reads to keep you busy on those dark cold winter evenings

My Sword is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick.
Set in the 17th century, this novel tells the story of woodcutters Peter and his father in the lonely village of Chulk, where unexplainable things start to happen.

A Shiver of Snow and Sky by Lisa Lueddecke

A gripping story about the bleak frozen  island of Skane, a magical place where lights appear in the sky and their colours have meanings.

Winterkill by Kate A Boorman

Rules are strict in the settlement and everyone must obey. Outside the walls  there is nothing but danger. But when Emmeline discovers that she is to be married to the communitity leader,she has to decide between living in the safe but claustrophobic settlement and the call of the unknown.
First book of a series.




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THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY

In this talk Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie warns us about the risk of reducing a human being or a group of people to a single narrative.

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”