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The Big Jubilee Read

The Big Jubilee Read

Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 by AnnaBookBel

The Reading Agency with BBC Arts have just released the list of seventy novels selected to represent the Commonwealth as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. I’ve long wanted to up my quota of African and Caribbean writing – and will look to add some of these to my summer reading I think. Here’s Read More

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