#reading standards

[meritaking]

Reading - only for the middle classes?

Reading – only for the middle classes?

I had a very interesting conversation the other day that got me thinking about who reads books these days. A friend of mine casually commented that she was helping out during the school summer holidays by listening to groups of children reading and talking about the books they read. One of the things she has noticed since doing this, is that only certain types of children seem to be reading at…

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[davidjhiggins]

No Book Left Unread

No Book Left Unread

There are many movements that seek to impose a certain type of book on people: people should make an effort to read books by ethnic minorities, people should commit to read only books by women for a year, people should only read books with diverse casts. I have the same doubts about reducing books down to a single broad trait of the author as I do about all positive discrimination, but I am more…

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[davidjhiggins]

Freedom! Today is a day of news: first, the intro-pack to Greenstar has finally become free on Amazon; second, I make a guest appearance in Episode 34 of the…