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Video: A Week in Taipei

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Join us for a Week in Taipei These are just a few of the wonderful things we got up to before we headed south from Taipei. This city captured us in ways we never expected and we’ve certainly...

This wonderfully unsettling short story collection from one of South Korea’s most chilling writers is out on April 23rd. My review will be out at the same time. I’m two stories in and there’s a shiver nesting on my spine that won’t go away. I’ve got to live with it now. @openletterbooks #koreanfiction #translatedliterature #currentlyreading #bookstagram #bookworm #booksandbao
Thrilled to have gotten an advanced copy of this little darling. It’s written with so much poise and self-assuredness. And that cover omg 💜 Thanks @picadorbooks #currentlyreading #booksandbao #bookstagram #bookworm
Have you even been to #Oxford if you haven't taken a picture of The Radcliffe Camera? Those moody skies definitely suit the drama. ☔ #booksandbao
Here lies the coolest museum I've been to to date! Nestled within Oxford's National History Museum (just past the statue of Darwin) you can find the Pitt Rivers Museum which houses over 600,000 object, photos, and manuscripts from around the world. Think shrunken heads, noh masks, and ancient wigs. ⁣ ⁣ Being the UK, it's also free to enter which I totally took for granted until I went everywhere else and had to seriously think about which galleries and museums to go to. Sad times. Do you know any other countries that generally don't charge for museums and galleries? #booksandbao
Finally got to visit beautiful #Oxford. I didn't expect the insane amount of Harry Potter themed shops there but aside from that it was everything I expected. Just stunning architecture and awesome bookshops and museums. I definitely need to go back ♥️ #booksandbao
Serious Lincoln in the Bardo vibes from the form and structure of this enigmatic and lusciously-layered book. Its sporadic pacing and the transformation of real people into fantasy-like characters would be pretentious if it wasn’t so darn good 💜 #currentlyreading #translatedfiction #booksandbao
🏰 - I think Akershus Fortress has been my favourite visit in #Oslo, I've always been a fan of castles and cathedrals and have seen most that the UK has to offer (so many ❤ ). ⁣ ⁣ 🏰 - It's hard to miss #Akershus towering above the harbour, the medieval castle, which was completed in the 1300s, had a strategical location at the very end of the headland, and withstood a number of sieges throughout the ages.⁣ ⁣ 🏰 - What's the most impressive #castle you've visited? I think mine is Harlech in North Wales... #booksandbao
This novel is going to go down as one of my favourites of the year, and I haven’t actually finished it yet. Taiwan is my favourite country and I’m so, so glad to see more literature from Taiwan being translated. It plays out like a methodical piece of Japanese theatre 💜 Review incoming. Book is out next week. Thank you so much to @grantabooks . . . . . #bookcommunity #currentlyreading #translatedliterature #bookworm #booksandbao
Iranian literature and Syrian humous in the heart of Norway. This is my happy place 💜 The Book of Tehran is an illuminating and voyeuristic peek into the lives and loves of a culture I know too little about. Review coming soon! Thanks to @commapress for the review copy 💜 . . . #translatedliterature #iranianliterature #currentlyreading #bookstoread #booksandbao #bookcommunity