Ann Morgan

Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory

In her witty new book, Ann Morgan asks readers to examine their own reading habits and turn them on their head.

Reading as Un-Knowing: Ann Morgan's Bookish Adventure A new podcast episode with a writer who has travelled the entire world (in books)

Very grateful to @elenalappin.bsky.social for having me on the latest episode of Shop Talk With Writers. You can read about the show and have a listen here: elenalappin.substack.com/p/reading-as...

How lovely, thank you, Steffen. I really appreciate your continued interest.

My Trip to Greenland with Tété-Michel Kpomassie

As followers of this blog will know, my hero is Tété-Michel Kpomassie, the author of the landmark travel memoir An African in Greenland, translated by James Kirkup, which was my Togolese choice for my 2012 project to read a book from every country.…

An expedition to majestic Greenland with a travel legend Author Tété-Michel Kpomassie moved from Togo to the Arctic nation 60 years ago. Now he’s back, hosting a small-ship cruise up the west coast

If the MPs ever want my assistance with their inquiry into keeping the joy of reading alive, I might just submit this as evidence: my journey to Greenland with ‘the writer I’d most like to meet’. www.thetimes.com/travel/inspi...

Book of the month: Alla Gorbunova

Books come to me from many directions these days. Emails from publishers. Messages from readers of this blog. Suggestions from other writers. Reviews. Social media posts. Conversations with booklovers around the world. In many cases, I hear about books before they…

I might be way off here, but something tells me an MPs' inquiry is not going to help terribly much with the joy...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

My pleasure - thanks for the wonderful book!

What to read to understand quests | The Observer

"A stark reminder of what it means to be constrained by others’ ideas when we imagine ourselves to be free."

Thank you @annmorgan.bsky.social for including 'The Rarest Fruit' in this wonderful article about books to read to understand quests in @theobserveruk.bsky.social 📚

Londoners! This looks wonderful. I met South African filmmaker Nicole Schafer years ago in Malawi, and her vision and commitment to her craft remain so impressive. This film screens in London this Saturday. Do go if you can riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/m...

It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope! @annmorgan.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social
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Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.

Thanks so much, Holly!

Oooh, thank you. A helpful lead! And thanks for the boost...

Delighted to receive a copy of this from @translatingwomen.bsky.social, who wrote the introduction. Latin American writers have consistently written some of the boldest, most challenging and illuminating accounts of female experience I’ve encountered. #booksky #feminism #translation

Does anyone know if any of the work of Petr Šabach has been translated into English? #booksky

Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali I’m very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I’ve featured on this blog are the resul…

‘A person is a star that does not fall alone. Who knows where the echo will reverberate when we leave this earth? Perhaps someone will rise from our ashes in another time and realise they have been burned by the flame of our fall.’ ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b...

Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali I’m very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I’ve featured on this blog are the resul…

I live in a small town on the south coast of the UK and there is someone publishing world-class Kurdish literature a few minutes’ walk from my house. I give you my latest Book of the month ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b... #booksky

Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali

I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English…

You went out on a high. Such a joy to be in that room and to meet you at last!

Thanks so much for sharing!

I am published by a genuine unicorn of an independent publisher - the wonderful, carbon-neutral, inclusive and thoroughly humane @renardpress.com. Today, they posted this. Please buy a book if you can

Yes, as a veteran of arthritis, I find them a little uncomfortable to hold. Although they can be extremely beautiful!

News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São …

Think I'm prouder of this than any of my own books: the collection translated for me from São Tomé and Príncipe back in 2012 is finally published in English ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/n...

I'm found of them too, but I've strangely started to see them as bit old-fashioned. Maybe because a lot of what I read comes from indies who go straight to paperback

News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years

Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so…

Is anyone else starting to find hardbacks a bit last century? I'm beginning to find the sight of them oddly quaint...

GOOD PEOPLE OF GLASGOW! I am thrilled to be appearing at this year's Aye Write festival on Sunday 9th November at 6pm. I'll be chatting to terrific writer Adam Oyebanji and all round legend Ann Landmann - come and find us and spread the word!
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WHAT TO READ NEW "Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not Knowing" by Ann Morgan

Obviously disappointed to have been pipped to the post for the Nobel yet again, but this lovely write-up of RELEARNING TO READ BY @carosanderson.bsky.social is a powerful consolation carosanderson.substack.com/p/what-to-re...