Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is: Most Anticipated Book Releases For the First Half of 2020 It seems like the first half of 2020 is set to be an embarrassment of riches when... Continue Reading →
Persephone Readathon #3: Recent Persephone Books News & Upcoming Releases
2019 is without a doubt a momentous year for Persephone Books. It not only marks the celebration of their twentieth anniversary, it's also a year of uncertainty and change. Firstly, if you haven't yet seen The New York Times feature: "A Bookstore of One's Own" that was published in April, stop reading this and go check it out!... Continue Reading →
Happy 20th Anniversary, Persephone Books!
Wishing a very happy anniversary to Persephone Books!! Twenty years of publishing wonderful reads is certainly worth celebrating. PS. The next #PersephoneReadathon is coming up in May. More info to be announced soon...
Two Upcoming Persephone Books Releases (October 2018)
Good news for Persephone Book lovers everywhere: there will soon be two new dove grey gems to add to our collections!! On October 18th, Persephone Books will release The Call by Edith Ayrton Zangwill and National Provincial by Lettice Cooper. Keep reading to learn a bit more about each... The Call by Edith Ayrton Zangwill (1924) Goodreads Synopsis:... Continue Reading →
Bookish Buzz: Virago Modern Classics Celebrates 40 Years
As many of you may be aware, Virago Modern Classics is turning forty! To commemorate this momentous occasion, the "international publisher of books by women" will be releasing a special collection of titles on May 3rd. Thanks to Virago, readers have been introduced (or re-introduced) to nearly 700 books by neglected women writers over the decades. It's an... Continue Reading →