DAILY EDITION
August 24, 2020
Having had 'almost a full semester' of virtual classes by July, vacationing school students in China turned to recommended reading lists, a seasonal bestseller effect holding up in the pandemic year.
Rights sold: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy and the UK/US.
With the novel Will and Testament, Vigdis Hjorth made her great international breakthrough and was nominated for the National Book Award. Is Mother Dead follows up on the same topic of troublesome family relations and the impact they may have. Reviews say this is one of Vigdis Hjorth's very best novels.
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With a four-day run in late October, the Aké Arts and Book Festival has a strong activist context for many of its events, set around the theme ‘African Time’ and responding to recent race debates.
The Kuwaiti information ministry no longer is to gauge domestic and imported content, as professors in the States worry about Chinese oversight of remote studies in Hong Kong.
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