"The books on your bedside table? I just counted and there are 17 books in the pile. On the top is John Milton's Paradise Lost. I am a member of an online shared reading group who each week read a couple of hundred lines together. It's a long-term commitment but immensely rewarding and far easier than reading it alone."
"A friend recommended Orbital by Samantha Harvey to me. This novella provides awesome insights into humanity and our relationship with the Earth by following the lives of astronauts in the international space station as they orbit the planet. Serious literary thinking that changed my perspective."
Liz Ison is author of six literary anthologies, including 100 Poems to Help You Heal and A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year. She runs poetry walks and workshops and leads shared reading groups. Her new book 100 Poems to Grow Your Confidence is published by Batsford Books. Her bedside pile contains 17 books, topped by John Milton's Paradise Lost. She participates in an online shared reading group that reads a couple of hundred lines weekly, finding the long-term commitment rewarding and easier than solitary reading. A friend recommended Samantha Harvey's Orbital, which offers insights into humanity and Earth's relationship through astronauts orbiting the planet.
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