reading Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/reading/ Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:37:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Leaving Your Comfort Zone: Reading Out of Genre https://booksbywomen.org/leaving-your-comfort-zone-reading-out-of-genre-by-jennifer-s-brown/ https://booksbywomen.org/leaving-your-comfort-zone-reading-out-of-genre-by-jennifer-s-brown/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:11:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16086 Historical fiction makes me swoon with delight. It’s what I write and what I love to read. Immersed in a 1920’s speakeasy in New York City or in the servants’ quarters in Regency England, the world around me falls away. When real life calls, I’m startled to discover I still live in the twenty-first century. […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/leaving-your-comfort-zone-reading-out-of-genre-by-jennifer-s-brown/feed/ 9 16086 Is Reading Still Relevant: Interview with Dr. Ang Sze Wei https://booksbywomen.org/reading-still-relevant-interview-dr-ang-sze-wei/ https://booksbywomen.org/reading-still-relevant-interview-dr-ang-sze-wei/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:24:21 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12064 Chialin Yu our correspondent on Chinese Women Writers attended the 10th Hong Kong Literature Festival and caught up with Dr. Ang Sze Wei of Hong Kong University’s Department of Comparative Literature.The Hong Kong Public Library had invited her to give a talk called “Why We Read”.  Chialin interviewed her on her thoughts about reading, its relevance in […]

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