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Throughout history, the literary canon has been mostly influenced by men: Lawrence, Conrad, Hemingway - all authors of the most acclaimed works.
So we want to tell you about the #ForgottenWomenInLiterature. Who's ready to learn?
#ReadMoreWomen
๐ข New Charity Collaboration! โญ Heady Mix is delighted to be working on a fundraising project with @Book_Aid ๐ - the UKโs leading book donation charity. Keep an eye on our feed for news on its launch. Details of their work here ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐ฟ headymix.co.uk/book-aid-inteโฆ
#Charity #Books
โกโก Until 17th August, it's South Asian Heritage Month. To coincide, we have launched our new season's book box titled ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ - celebrating authors from South Asia & South Asian heritage. Get yours buff.ly/39BVv9V ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐ฟ
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #BookLovers
1/5 @ausmazehanat is the award-winning author of the hugely successful Khattak and Getty crime novel series.
This sequence of books has brought Ausma critical acclaim for stories centred on solving crimes in some of Canadaโs most vulnerable communities. ๐ ๐
#RefugeeCrisis
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4/5 We were thrilled when Ausma accepted our invitation to discuss her novel, along with her thoughts on the refugee crisis, Western stigma and the upheaval and destruction of Syriaโs ancient land.
#BooksToRead #CurrentlyReading #InstaBooks #InstaReads #Bibliphiles
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5/5 This fascinating conversation took place over Zoom earlier this year and you can find it on our blog now: buff.ly/3ejMJ2N
#BooksofInstagram #Bookaholic #BookLove #BooksAreLife #BookObsessed #AlwaysReading #GoodReads
1/4๐ญ In a world where verbal expression isnโt an accessible medium through which to communicate, #TheReasonIJump offers remarkable insight for a neurotypical person to glean an understanding into how to the absence of speech does not correlate to an absence of thought. ๐งฉ๐ฌ
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3/4 ๐จ ๐ธ ๐น ๐ท ๐ถ
As part of our latest collection, Dazzling Colours of Calm, we've published an article on our blog - '๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง'...
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4/4 A piece that explores society's limited understanding when it comes to what constitutes expression, understanding and communication. ๐ฌ ๐
Broaden your perception with Heady Mix today, buff.ly/3vzRrz2 ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐ฟ
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AustismLove #AutismSpeaks
Earlier this year, Heady Mix sat down to talk over Zoom with award-winning South African writer Masande Ntshanga - @mntshanga.
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#AuthorInterview #BookReading #MasandeNtshanga #Books
In Part I of this fascinating conversation, Masande shares his own thoughts on the role Africa writers play in dismantling stereotypes, South Africa's colonial past and why writing a Black queer female character into his fiction was important to him.๐ญ
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โฉ Meet the brilliant Masande over on our blog now, and discover an insight into the context behind his creative and crucial fiction: buff.ly/3t4vfLL
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#ReadBlackWriters #AfricanWriters
๐ข As we launch the next Heady Mix book box theme, so too marks the start of a new series of short films and articles, all coinciding with the thematic context of latest collection. ๐ ๐ฅ
#Autism #AutismAwareness #AustismLove
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Head to the Heady Mix blog now to watch the video in full, and read our article '๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง: ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ'.
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A piece that details how the inflexible definitions of gender have also permeated into definitions of autism, and how for girls, their condition can be mistaken as simply being, well, a girl: buff.ly/2RDx8SE โข
#ReadWomen #FeministReads #FeministBookClub