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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
The 2025 book trade jamboree featured a bonanza of heart-shaped fiction, celebrity memoirs, and some vexed discussion about festival finances and children’s readingContentious classics, book-to-screen adaptations and the future of festival funding were some of the hottest...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
The magical healing power of a masked costume ball hangs in the balance in this whimsical tale of transformationDespite the many and various festivals on offer across the modern world, it occurs to Viv, the principal actor in Ben Okri’s first new work of fiction since 201...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The Northern Irish journalist turned author on writing a haunted house novel for the rental age, her trick for capturing dialogue and favourite millennial readsRóisín Lanigan, 33, grew up in Belfast and studied at Queen’s University Belfast before moving to London to work...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Coined to define the ennui of mid-30s men, the midlife crisis has evolved, says Benjamin Markovits, bringing a boom in sharp writing about messy middle ageWhat’s the age limit for a midlife crisis? I wanted the protagonist of my latest novel ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Colm Tóibín, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Kuang and other leading novelists celebrate the author in her 250th yearChosen by Colm Tóibín ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Memories of love and heartbreak during the Aids epidemic are brought vividly to life in this exhilarating, risk-taking debutHalfway through his debut novel, Charlie Porter has a character ask the question that still haunts generations of British gay men: “What am...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant organisation describes a ‘diabolical cult’ able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world’s vulnerableShortly after her waters broke, Sarah Wynn-Williams was lying in hospital ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The city’s long-touted exceptionalism is explored in this absorbing and highly personal account of its colourful historyThere’s a story about a survey that set out to settle which was the UK’s second city. People in Birmingham voted Birmingham. In Manchester they said Man...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The TV critic’s sequel to her memoir Bookworm recounts a life shaped by literature with plenty of Sue Townsend snarkDuring lockdown, the writer and journalist Lucy Mangan decided to build a shed in her garden that would work both as her office and as ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Originally published in 1979, this tremendous set of stories by the great Irish playwright is full of country folk looking to make their markBefore he became known as one of the greatest playwrights of the last century, ...
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