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D.C. McNaughton: Learning to Read Again
As our final guest post of this year, we're thrilled to have writer D.C. McNaughton here to give us a few tips for learning to read again...
Team OcTBR
- Oct 19
- 2 min
Julie E. Czerneda: How I read when I write
Huge thanks to author Julie E. Czerneda for today's fab guest post, about reading when you're writing! Julie's standalone science...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 12
- 5 min
Ada Hoffmann: When reading is hard
Huge thanks to author Ada Hoffmann for today's guest post, which will likely strike a chord with many of us! Ada is the author of the...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 5
- 2 min
Books: a family's love language (by author Maggie Wells)
We're delighted to bring you the first of our guest posts this month! Today, fantastic author Maggie Wells talks about how books are her...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 1
- 2 min
Welcome to the OcTBR Challenge 2022!
Hey, you, reader of books! Can you believe this is the fourth year of the Challenge? Nope, us neither. The time has simply flown past,...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 31, 2021
- 7 min
The OcTBR Challenge Experience
Another OcTBR Challenge is over, but we couldn't leave without one more little post, this time finding out what the Challenge experience...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
What does your reading position say about you?
Hello! We hope you're all having a happy October and enjoying the OcTBR Challenge so far. Life being what it is, this year has been a...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Booksellers & Reviewers: Recommended 2020 Reads!
It's the last week of the OcTBR Challenge and the perfect time to gently encourage you to go review some of those books you've read....
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Fun recommendations: The best snuggling on a Sunday morning comfort reads
Another fun recommendations post today. This one is all about those lazy Sunday mornings where you're snuggling under the covers with a...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 21, 2020
- 2 min
2020 debuts: A quick interview with Ginger Smith (The Rush's Edge)
This week's interview features another brilliant Angry Robot debut author, Ginger Smith, author of the absolutely fantastic sci-fi...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
2020 debuts: A quick interview with Andrea Stewart (The Bone Shard Daughter)
In this week's interview with a 2020 debut author, we are delighted to chat with the brilliant and lovely Andrea Stewart, author of the...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Fun recommendations: Desert Island Reads
This month is all about keeping things light and fluffy. However, we wouldn't be doing our jobs properly if we didn't also throw a whole...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
2020 debuts: A quick interview with Chris Panatier (The Phlebotomist)
It's been a hell of a year. We know it's been tough for some to keep reading, with so much real-world stuff going on. We also know it's...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
Happy 1st October - Let's Get Reading!
Wishing you all a very happy 1st October... or as we like to call it THE START OF THE OCTBR CHALLENGE! We've said previously you can be...
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kaltonwrites
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
A Quick Introduction to the OcTBR Challenge
We're delighted that you're going to join us for the OcTBR Challenge...
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Team OcTBR
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
The OcTBR Challenge: 2020 Edition
Hello OcTBR Challengers!
Normally reaching this time of year would be exciting for most of us. We'd be doing cartwheels and dressing up as
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Team OcTBR
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
A special announcement - updated
[Updated 23/3 with new rules!] With all the (very wise) social distancing going on at the moment, we can't help feeling for all those...
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kaltonwrites
- Oct 30, 2019
- 3 min
How reading can change your brain
Did you know that reading can physically change your brain for the better? Here's how...
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Team OcTBR
- Oct 24, 2019
- 1 min
The OcTBR Challenge prizes
We've had a lot of fun this month catching up on our reading and seeing so many of you do the same. Having the whole of October dedicated...
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