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The best books to give on Mothers Day If your mum is a book lover, these are some lovely reads to gift her with on Mothering Sunday. Good Housekeeping Many of us havent been able to see much of our mums in the last few months so no doubt would like to spoil them on Mothers Day, which falls on Sunday 14 March this year. If your mum is a book lover why not give the gift of words to show her how much you think of her? The gift of a book is a failsafe option. But with so many titles out there, it...

Bee Rowlatt: Coronavirus pandemic has reversed womens progress   Mon, Feb 15 2021 10:56:54 AM By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANSlife): Noted writer, journalist and a key campaigner for the recognition of 20th century feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, Bee Rowlatt, who will be speaking at the upcoming 14th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), believes that due to the coronavirus pandemic, womens progress has been unraveled and has, in fact, going in reverse. "What happened to wor...

This year has been a strange one for the world of books. Covid meant that bookshops were closed for much of the time, which meant that readers were denied the joy of browsing, and the affiliated pleasure of judging books by their covers. In turn, we authors were denied most of the usual ego-boosts normally associated with a new book: no launch parties, no literary festivals, no search, fruitless or otherwise, for your book on the shelves of Waterstones, no trips to out-of-the-way radio studios ...