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Win copies of The Mountains Sing by Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

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We’re working with Oneworld to offer reading groups the opportunity to win copies of The Mountains Sing by Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. Reading groups could also win a virtual visit from the author!

Published in July 2021, The Mountains Sing is an intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family’s battle to survive

Dr Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winning writer in both Vietnamese and English. The Mountains Sing is her first novel in English and is the winner of the Blogger’s Book Prize 2021. Quế Mai has a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and was recently selected as one of 20 inspiring women of 2021 by Forbes Vietnam.

Apply by Monday 12 July

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