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'House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons' Reading Guide

Explore the themes of travelling and being at home, music, family and community from House of Music with these prompt questions for your reading group.

About the Book
Seven brothers and sisters. All of them classically trained musicians. One was Young Musician of the Year and performed… read more

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'The Coffin Club' Reading Guide

Dive deeper into the themes of the The Coffin Club with this discussion guide for your reading group.

About the Book
Some people would kill for a second chance.

Kat is rebuilding her life. After losing her husband in a tragic accident, moving to the countryside is her chance to start… read more

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'Build Your House Around My Body' Reading Guide

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022, Build Your House Around My Body is an unforgettable debut that hurtles through the ghostly secrets of Vietnamese history.

This reading guide from Oneworld Publications includes prompt questions to encourage and guide conversation about the… read more

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The Reading Agency's March Booklist: Wonder Women

To mark International Women’s Day (8 March) and celebrate the achievements, triumphs and general brilliance of women and girls around the world, we have created a booklist that represents all these things! From a sweet-toothed recipe book to a history of women’s clothing, to a depiction of Death… read more

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Otherlands by Thomas Halliday - digital pack

Discover the past as you’ve never seen it before in Otherlands

Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time. Travelling back in time to the dawn of complex life, and across all seven continents, award-winning young palaeobiologist Thomas Halliday gives us a mesmerizing up… read more

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The School for Good Mothers Reading Guide

This reading group guide for 'The School for Good Mothers' includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. read more

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The Reading Agency's February Booklist - LGBT+ History Month

Discover The Reading Agency’s February booklist celebrating the voices and stories of the LGBT+ community. There is compelling non-fiction, captivating romance and heart-stopping sci-fi among this selection of classic and brand-new titles.

Tell us what you think of the books on this list, or… read more

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Beasts of a Little Land Reading Guide

Sweeping through decades of Korean history, Juhea Kim’s debut novel charts the intersecting fates of Jade and JungHo, two characters whose lives are brought together against a background of occupation and war. From the perfumed chambers of Miss Sil- ver’s courtesan school to the frozen forests of… read more

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Cyrano reading group activity guide

Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) is a man
ahead of his time, dazzling one and all with ferocious wordplay and brilliant swordplay. Except, that is, in matters of the heart, where his “unique physique” inhibits him.

He has yet to declare his feelings to the luminous Roxanne (Haley Bennett),… read more

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Adult January Booklist: Hope

After an exceptionally challenging two years, The Reading Agency had compiled a booklist for adults centred around the theme of ‘hope’. From manifestos on feminism, the environment and LGBTQ+ rights, to memoirs of overcoming monumental hardships, to bitesize short stories to lift your spirits,… read more

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