Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings

“…understanding was always limited.” #WITMonth #claricelispector August is traditionally Women in Translation month, thanks to the efforts of Meytal Radzinski who started the event in 2014, and I always try to read women’s writing from other languages if I…

… in which I start #WITmonth with a bit of a struggle… 😳😳😬 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/u...

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“I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.” (Rudolph Valentino) I’m going through a bit of a reading slump at the moment, not a terrible one as I’m finding I can focus on my comfort reads, but I’m struggling with anything that needs more concentration. It’s ver…

Today on the blog, a short story for #WITMonth 2025 “I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.” (Rudolph Valentino) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/08/03/i...

LOL, I find many new novels irksome - sympathies!!!

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AUGUST 2025 is #WITMonth again! Boydell & Brewer's beautiful 2019 banner W omen I n T ranslation Month ( #WITMonth ) is a long-running project, since 2013, now observed ...

AUGUST 2025 is #WITMonth again! I've set a goal of writing at least 30 reviews of works translated by, or written by and then translated, women from as much of the world as I can source from the DRC aggregators. #Booksky
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Winding Up the Week #434 This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features fro…

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Eric Ravilious ‘Furlongs’, watercolour, 1934.
The July image for our Eric Ravilious Calendar 2026.
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Abahn Sabana David Abahn Sabana David is a 1970 novel by Marguerite Duras (though the translation, by Kazim Ali, is from 2016), its title originating from the three (or four) characters who spend the night together w…

My first review for #WITMonth is a short (strange) novel by one of my favourite writers, Marguerite Duras (translated by Kazim Ali and published by @openletterbooks.bsky.social) -
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Love a series like this - 90 bite size introductions to a world of things I might not otherwise pick up. More than happy to order any we don't have on the shelf too!

Read: Irmgard Keun: Nach Mitternacht (1937. Translated by Anthea Bell).
What a spectacularly good book. Humour, drama, acute observations, and a complete takedown of the Nazi regime. Will read more by Keun.

Abandon it. Life is too short and we can't all like all the books! It might work better a different time...

July reading – plus a little bit of gadding about!! July has rather whooshed by, but it’s been a month where I managed to not only get some good, solid reading in, I also squeezed in a little travel – more of which later in this post! Fi…

On the Ramblings today - gratuitous pictures of books, vegan food and Belvoir castle as I look back at July’s reading and travelling!! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/j...

Last Thursday teatime - was on a flying visit to the Offspring. It's a really nice branch!

I rate the football one highly, and I say that as a non-footie fan. The Harpole Report is very funny too. You're totally right that he never repeated himself, but I think there are depths to his other works which aren't so obvious but are there.

@waterstoneslhx.bsky.social Was in your branch recently and may I say what a nicely curated shop it is. So many temptingly constructed tables, I could have spent a fortune!! 😊📚

A cracking second part, which has some useful info about recordings which are hilarious to read about but which are also probably best avoided!! 😆🤣

♥️ sending hugs.

Stories for Summer and Days by the Pool – Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Taylor, Daphne du Maurier and many more! Over the past few years, the British Library has continued to develop its excellent Women Writers series, reissuing lesser-known novels by female authors from the 20th century for modern-day r…

"She was less beautiful than he had remembered her, and very tall and thin in her black dress. Her composure did not astonish him; her smile, undimmed, and the sound of her voice recalled to him the poignancy of his feelings when he had first known her.." 💙📚

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So sorry to hear that, it's grim dealing with this and the various companies etc really don't help... ♥️

Continuing to celebrate #southasianheritagemonth with a 99p Apple Store ebook #promotion of some brilliant books shining a spotlight on South Asian characters in diaspora. Meet Still Lives by @reshmaruia.bsky.social…

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“…I do not kill time, I wound it.” #paulmorand #ParisinJuly2025 My final read of the month is also my final read for the Paris in July event, which I’ve really enjoyed, and many thanks go to Words and Peace for hosting it – I know how much it takes …

On the blog today, my final read for #parisinjuly2025, a hypnotic book by Paul Morand - more here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/i...

Happy birthday!!!! 🎉🎈🎂♥️

“…the sordid landscape of the modern city…” #huysmans #parisinjuly2025 The Paris in July reading event is great fun, but it’s been really difficult to pick and choose from the many possible reads I have lurking on the stacks when trying to decide my next read. S…

On the Ramblings today, I share another work by Huysmans for #parisinjuly - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/t...

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Picture of jack Kerouac book vanity of duluoz, a half empty coffee cup on a train tablw

On the road - or rather the train! - for my summer travels. As always, with Kerouac in tow!

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