{"id":2311,"date":"2024-02-05T09:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2024-02-29T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:27:31","slug":"page-breaks-book-swap-2pm-mon-12th-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2024\/02\/05\/page-breaks-book-swap-2pm-mon-12th-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks: Book Swap! (2pm, Mon 12th Feb)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/04\/page-breaks-image.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>Come with <\/sup><\/em><em><sup>a book &#8211; leave with a new one!<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the success of previous Book Swaps, we&#8217;re back for more. Come with a book &#8211; and leave with a new one! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please bring any book you&#8217;d like to swap (something you loved, something that wasn&#8217;t for you &#8211; anything you&#8217;d like). We&#8217;ll provide envelopes so you can &#8216;wrap&#8217; your book, and invite you to write a single &#8216;hint&#8217; on the outside, to help others make their choices. Then we&#8217;ll swap, chat about what we brought and why, and (of course!) enjoy some treats to brighten the start of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are warmly invited: you don&#8217;t need to have joined this group before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When and Where<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2pm, Monday 12th Feb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arts 250 (Fage Room)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What kind of books?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far we&#8217;ve usually had works of fiction, but any book is welcome! Here&#8217;s a sample of some of the books we&#8217;ve swapped before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graham Swift, Waterland (1983)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Min Jin Lee, Pachinko (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terry Pratchett, <em>A Blink of the Screen <\/em>(2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susan Hill, <em>The Woman in Black <\/em>(1983)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And many more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Page Breaks:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an informal weekly reading group within the Department of English Literature. 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