Ann Morgan
@annmorgan.bsky.social
Internationally bestselling author, literary activist, podcaster and blogger who read the world
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Ann Morgan
@annmorgan.bsky.social
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Read outside your comfort zone
If we’re to get back to books, then we’re going to have get used to being bewildered
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Absolutely bowled over by this piece in today's Culture Newsletter from @prospectmagazine.co.uk. What a generous, insightful and powerful review. Thank you! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
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It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope! @annmorgan.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope! @annmorgan.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...
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Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.
Delighted to receive a copy of this from @translatingwomen.bsky.social, who wrote the introduction. Latin American writers have consistently written some of the boldest, most challenging and illuminating accounts of female experience I’ve encountered. #booksky #feminism #translation
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Delighted to receive a copy of this from @translatingwomen.bsky.social, who wrote the introduction. Latin American writers have consistently written some of the boldest, most challenging and illuminating accounts of female experience I’ve encountered. #booksky #feminism #translation
‘A person is a star that does not fall alone. Who knows where the echo will reverberate when we leave this earth? Perhaps someone will rise from our ashes in another time and realise they have been burned by the flame of our fall.’ ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b...
Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I’m very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I’ve featured on this blog are the resul…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
‘A person is a star that does not fall alone. Who knows where the echo will reverberate when we leave this earth? Perhaps someone will rise from our ashes in another time and realise they have been burned by the flame of our fall.’ ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b...
I live in a small town on the south coast of the UK and there is someone publishing world-class Kurdish literature a few minutes’ walk from my house. I give you my latest Book of the month ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b... #booksky
Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I’m very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I’ve featured on this blog are the resul…
ayearofreadingtheworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I live in a small town on the south coast of the UK and there is someone publishing world-class Kurdish literature a few minutes’ walk from my house. I give you my latest Book of the month ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/30/b... #booksky
Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English…
I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English…
Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English speakers rarely hear stories. Examples include: Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame, sent to me by Colin after a discussion with a bookseller at Libraria Dukagjini in Pristina, Kosovo; and…
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October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Book of the month: Bachtyar Ali
I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English…
I'm very fortunate to receive messages from readers and writers around the world telling me about books I might like to read. Many of the titles I've featured on this blog are the result of conversations with people in parts of the planet from which we English…
I am published by a genuine unicorn of an independent publisher - the wonderful, carbon-neutral, inclusive and thoroughly humane @renardpress.com. Today, they posted this. Please buy a book if you can
#booksky, can you help? In so many ways this has been a glorious week of collaboration and support, but it’s ended on a downer…
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am published by a genuine unicorn of an independent publisher - the wonderful, carbon-neutral, inclusive and thoroughly humane @renardpress.com. Today, they posted this. Please buy a book if you can
Think I'm prouder of this than any of my own books: the collection translated for me from São Tomé and Príncipe back in 2012 is finally published in English ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/n...
News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São …
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October 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Think I'm prouder of this than any of my own books: the collection translated for me from São Tomé and Príncipe back in 2012 is finally published in English ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/22/n...
News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so…
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so…
News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so UN-recognised countries that had no commercially available literature in English translation at the time, this proved by far the trickiest to source a book from.
ayearofreadingtheworld.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
News: São Tomé and Príncipe collection published after 13 years
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so…
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing that happened during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country (and there were many extraordinary things) involved the small African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 11 or so…
Is anyone else starting to find hardbacks a bit last century? I'm beginning to find the sight of them oddly quaint...
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Is anyone else starting to find hardbacks a bit last century? I'm beginning to find the sight of them oddly quaint...
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GOOD PEOPLE OF GLASGOW! I am thrilled to be appearing at this year's Aye Write festival on Sunday 9th November at 6pm. I'll be chatting to terrific writer Adam Oyebanji and all round legend Ann Landmann - come and find us and spread the word!
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@orendabooks.bsky.social
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@orendabooks.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
GOOD PEOPLE OF GLASGOW! I am thrilled to be appearing at this year's Aye Write festival on Sunday 9th November at 6pm. I'll be chatting to terrific writer Adam Oyebanji and all round legend Ann Landmann - come and find us and spread the word!
tinyurl.com/yc56dfe8
@orendabooks.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yc56dfe8
@orendabooks.bsky.social
Obviously disappointed to have been pipped to the post for the Nobel yet again, but this lovely write-up of RELEARNING TO READ BY @carosanderson.bsky.social is a powerful consolation carosanderson.substack.com/p/what-to-re...
WHAT TO READ NEW
"Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not Knowing" by Ann Morgan
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October 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Obviously disappointed to have been pipped to the post for the Nobel yet again, but this lovely write-up of RELEARNING TO READ BY @carosanderson.bsky.social is a powerful consolation carosanderson.substack.com/p/what-to-re...
Arrived at my desk this morning to find this. Just the encouragement I needed today! #parentsky
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Arrived at my desk this morning to find this. Just the encouragement I needed today! #parentsky
On Sunday, I'll be on stage at the Cheltenham Literature Festival reacting to the announcement of the new Nobel Literature laureate. Who do you think it's going to be? #booksky
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
On Sunday, I'll be on stage at the Cheltenham Literature Festival reacting to the announcement of the new Nobel Literature laureate. Who do you think it's going to be? #booksky
Lately, I’ve sent RELEARNING TO READ to Armenia, India, Bhutan, the US, France, Italy, Eritrea and the UAE. These days, sending parcels internationally involves lengthy paperwork. So today I gave copies to Penny and Kate at my local post office to thank them for helping me get my book out there.
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Lately, I’ve sent RELEARNING TO READ to Armenia, India, Bhutan, the US, France, Italy, Eritrea and the UAE. These days, sending parcels internationally involves lengthy paperwork. So today I gave copies to Penny and Kate at my local post office to thank them for helping me get my book out there.
Absolutely bowled over by this piece in today's Culture Newsletter from @prospectmagazine.co.uk. What a generous, insightful and powerful review. Thank you! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
Read outside your comfort zone
If we’re to get back to books, then we’re going to have get used to being bewildered
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Absolutely bowled over by this piece in today's Culture Newsletter from @prospectmagazine.co.uk. What a generous, insightful and powerful review. Thank you! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...
RELEARNING TO READ is published to today. My dad died while I was writing it. He was planning to travel in retirement but never got to. I've dedicated the book to his memory; it makes me smile that as it sets off around the world, he goes with it. ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/01/p...
Publication day: Relearning to Read
It’s out! My fourth book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing officially hits the shelves today. It’s available worldwide in English and can be ordered through all the usual c…
ayearofreadingtheworld.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
RELEARNING TO READ is published to today. My dad died while I was writing it. He was planning to travel in retirement but never got to. I've dedicated the book to his memory; it makes me smile that as it sets off around the world, he goes with it. ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/10/01/p...
Publication day: Relearning to Read
It's out! My fourth book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing officially hits the shelves today. It's available worldwide in English and can be ordered through all the usual channels and bookshops, as well as directly through my publisher's website.…
It's out! My fourth book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing officially hits the shelves today. It's available worldwide in English and can be ordered through all the usual channels and bookshops, as well as directly through my publisher's website.…
Publication day: Relearning to Read
It's out! My fourth book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing officially hits the shelves today. It's available worldwide in English and can be ordered through all the usual channels and bookshops, as well as directly through my publisher's website. Drawing on the interactions I've had through this blog and through the reading workshops I've been running for the last four years, it explores how embracing not-knowing can enrich our reading of ourselves and our world.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Publication day: Relearning to Read
It's out! My fourth book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing officially hits the shelves today. It's available worldwide in English and can be ordered through all the usual channels and bookshops, as well as directly through my publisher's website.…
It's out! My fourth book, Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing officially hits the shelves today. It's available worldwide in English and can be ordered through all the usual channels and bookshops, as well as directly through my publisher's website.…
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Delighted to wish @annmorgan.bsky.social a happy #publicationday!
A book about leaning into uncertainty to see the richness in lit from across the globe, in three slightly different covers, with a foreword by @lucycaldwell.bsky.social that will leave you beaming. 😁
renardpress.com/books/relear...
A book about leaning into uncertainty to see the richness in lit from across the globe, in three slightly different covers, with a foreword by @lucycaldwell.bsky.social that will leave you beaming. 😁
renardpress.com/books/relear...
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Delighted to wish @annmorgan.bsky.social a happy #publicationday!
A book about leaning into uncertainty to see the richness in lit from across the globe, in three slightly different covers, with a foreword by @lucycaldwell.bsky.social that will leave you beaming. 😁
renardpress.com/books/relear...
A book about leaning into uncertainty to see the richness in lit from across the globe, in three slightly different covers, with a foreword by @lucycaldwell.bsky.social that will leave you beaming. 😁
renardpress.com/books/relear...
Whoop! We have SOLD OUT of the special numbered editions of RELEARNING TO READ and it's not even published yet! But don't despair, the paperback is available and comes in three slightly different covers. If you order one, it's a lucky dip. Or order three to be safe... renardpress.com/books/relear...
September 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Whoop! We have SOLD OUT of the special numbered editions of RELEARNING TO READ and it's not even published yet! But don't despair, the paperback is available and comes in three slightly different covers. If you order one, it's a lucky dip. Or order three to be safe... renardpress.com/books/relear...
Book of the month: Ning Ken
One of the lovely things about this project is the interactions I've had through it with writers around the world. The Chinese literary master Ning Ken is a great example. After I gave a quote to support Thomas Moran's English translation of Tibetan Sky, I received a…
One of the lovely things about this project is the interactions I've had through it with writers around the world. The Chinese literary master Ning Ken is a great example. After I gave a quote to support Thomas Moran's English translation of Tibetan Sky, I received a…
Book of the month: Ning Ken
One of the lovely things about this project is the interactions I've had through it with writers around the world. The Chinese literary master Ning Ken is a great example. After I gave a quote to support Thomas Moran's English translation of Tibetan Sky, I received a copy of the finished book sent from Beijing, inscribed with a message of thanks from the author as shown above.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Book of the month: Ning Ken
One of the lovely things about this project is the interactions I've had through it with writers around the world. The Chinese literary master Ning Ken is a great example. After I gave a quote to support Thomas Moran's English translation of Tibetan Sky, I received a…
One of the lovely things about this project is the interactions I've had through it with writers around the world. The Chinese literary master Ning Ken is a great example. After I gave a quote to support Thomas Moran's English translation of Tibetan Sky, I received a…
Give away! Tell me about a book you gave or received for a chance to win a beautiful essay collection featuring many well-known writers' reflections on childhood reading (shipped anywhere in the world) ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/09/18/g...
Give away: The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation
Many of those I interact with about books through this project, both virtually and at my Incomprehension Workshops, are young people. Even now, all these years after I set out to read the world, I …
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September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Give away! Tell me about a book you gave or received for a chance to win a beautiful essay collection featuring many well-known writers' reflections on childhood reading (shipped anywhere in the world) ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/09/18/g...
Sure - it was the Oxford English Dictionary, which is what I also have on my desk.
@annmorgan.bsky.social Someone quoted this the other day and I wondered if you could share the name of the dictionary involved. Asking for a 7-year-old :-)
September 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Sure - it was the Oxford English Dictionary, which is what I also have on my desk.
Today is a sneaky early launch for my book #RelearningtoRead, published by @renardpress.com with a wonderful introduction by Lucy Caldwell. The official paperback publication date is 1 October but today fifty of these limited-edition copies, signed and hand-numbered by me, tumble into the world.
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today is a sneaky early launch for my book #RelearningtoRead, published by @renardpress.com with a wonderful introduction by Lucy Caldwell. The official paperback publication date is 1 October but today fifty of these limited-edition copies, signed and hand-numbered by me, tumble into the world.