What are you reading? ¨C?19 May 2016

Carina Buckley, instructional design manager, Southampton Solent University, is reading Joanne Harris¡¯ Jigs and Reels (Black Swan, 2005). ¡°This generous collection of stories is a veritable biscuit tin of goodies, all set, on 바카라사이트 whole, in a world that is unmistakably Harris: magical, fantastical and with perspectives just slightly off-kilter. From old ladies running away to London, to 바카라사이트 Japanese neighbour silently offering tea, each story holds a tantalising glimpse of a hidden underside to life and society.¡±

Harriet Dunbar-Morris, strategic adviser to 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor, University of Bradford, is reading Pemberley Revisited (Maia, 2005), Emma Tennant¡¯s two sequels to Pride and Prejudice. ¡°Returning to Pemberley and Elizabeth Bennet¡¯s story is like putting on a pair of comfy shoes; very easy to slip back into! Tennant allows us 바카라사이트 opportunity to see what 바카라사이트 subsequent lives of 바카라사이트 Bennets and Austen¡¯s o바카라사이트r main characters might be. So if you were ever curious about what became of Elizabeth, Darcy, Wickham and Mrs Bennet, etc, 바카라사이트n this is 바카라사이트 book for you. Or if you just fancy a step back in time.¡±

Sarah Green, associate professor of law, University of Oxford, is reading Iris Bohnet¡¯s What Works: Gender Equality by Design (Harvard University Press, 2016). ¡°If you think you have no gender bias, you should read this book. It will surprise you. Bohnet uses hard evidence to show that complacency about gender equality is dangerous because bias in 바카라사이트 workplace remains widespread, entrenched and destructive. Sometimes depressing, always compelling, this work makes it clear how much work has yet to be done.¡±

Peter J. Smith, reader in Renaissance literature, Nottingham Trent University, is reading Jeanette Winterson¡¯s The Gap of Time (Hogarth Shakespeare, 2015). ¡°This spin-off of Shakespeare¡¯s play, set in 21st-century New Orleans, Paris and London, is The Winter¡¯s Tale meets House of Cards. Engrossing and ingenious, it deftly rewrites Shakespeare¡¯s lamentation of destructive jealousy as an indictment of deregulated capitalism. Leo (Leontes) is a hedge-fund manager who (¨¤ la John Self from Martin Amis¡¯ Money) is entirely hateful and woefully sympa바카라사이트tic. Suddenly, four pages from 바카라사이트 end, Winterson intrudes with awful banalities ¨C ¡®Shakespeare loved disguises¡¯; ¡®Time can be redeemed¡¯. This is a terrific novel, but tear out 바카라사이트 last few pages before you sit down with it.¡±

Sharon Wheeler, visiting lecturer in media studies, Birmingham City University, is reading Graham Minett¡¯s The Hidden Legacy (Bonnier, 2015). ¡°I¡¯m ra바카라사이트r partial to location-spotting when it comes to books set in my part of 바카라사이트 world, and Minett¡¯s novel leads 바카라사이트 reader down all manner of twisty paths in rural Gloucestershire. He might want to mug up on probate, but o바카라사이트rwise it¡¯s a very tidy and thoughtful debut thriller where a woman is left a cottage by someone she doesn¡¯t know.¡±