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International Booker prize
The author of historical novel Taiwan Travelogue, and its translator Lin King, discuss the threat from Beijing, LGBTQ+ rights and the island’s culinary delicaciesAs Yáng Shuāng-zǐ accepted the 2026 International…
May 21, 2026
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Theatre
Arcola theatre, LondonThe 70s novel about the everyday grumbles of four office workers remains just as relevant, playfully staged by director Dominic DromgooleIt’s no wonder why Barbara Pym’s bittersweet and…
May 21, 2026
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Books
This heartfelt story of attraction and friendship, shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction, is sensitively read by Dan BottomleyThe debut novel from Rozie Kelly – shortlisted for this year’s…
May 21, 2026
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Fiction
This vivid story of a Caribbean childhood in 1960s Bradford does not stint on accounts of poverty and systemic abuse, yet is pungent with wit and colour‘I remember growing up…
May 21, 2026
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Biography books
Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of geniusAmong the many great pleasures of Daniel Okrent’s new biography of Stephen Sondheim –…
May 21, 2026
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Theatre
Live theatre, NewcastleIn Shelagh Stephenson’s spiky comedy, Virginia Woolf and Mary Astell become celestial companions, discussing religion, science and independenceMary Astell is not known for her knitting. If she is…
May 20, 2026
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Health, mind and body books
A professor of psychobiology argues that art – from painting to theatre – has a measurable impact on our healthAfter Daisy Fancourt’s daughter Daphne was born prematurely, she was confined…
May 20, 2026
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Arts, Culture and Entertainment
[Premium Times] "I believe General Gowon will feel some relief and many readers will find new insights into his struggles. Men and women of faith should learn from this book..."
May 20, 2026
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Biography books
A biography of the creative force behind Mrs Merton and The Royle Family focuses on the stories behind her workFrom the 1990s until her tragically early death in 2016, Caroline…
May 20, 2026
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Fiction
What makes this love story fresh is the precise attention to the contemporary environment: the way characters live both in and out of the physical worldThe opening section of I…
May 20, 2026
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Photography
From Hong Kong to Cairo, New York to Kyiv, the world is caught up in confrontations with authoritarian power. Matthew Connors’ new photo book tells the story Continue reading...
May 20, 2026
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Fiction
Sharp’s deadpan debut reads like a gen Z update on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, playfully skewering modern literary tropesThe unnamed 28-year-old narrator of Avigayl Sharp’s debut novel teaches…
May 19, 2026
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Literary criticism
Is Hamlet still Hamlet when every word has changed? A superbly diverting book about language and creativityThe great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, who translated William Faulkner, André Gide, Franz…
May 19, 2026
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Fiction
In this warm and tender debut, the family of Barbados-born Lucinda must try to document her decades in Britain after the Home Office threatens her with deportationThere is a particular…
May 18, 2026
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Women's health
People want my life with premenstrual dysphoric disorder to be told as a neat arc. But chronic illnesses are more like messy, looping spirals – and realising that gave me…
May 17, 2026
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History books
The acclaimed author and poet talks about her new book, telling the true stories of patients at a derelict Victorian psychiatric hospital – a place in which she might have…
May 16, 2026
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Books
Honey by Imani Thompson; Quite Ugly One Evening by Chris Brookmyre; The Final Chapter by CB Everett; The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani; Shrink Solves Murder by Philippa PerryHoney by…
May 15, 2026
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Autobiography and memoir
The inspiring life of the Black American activist and legal scholar who changed the way the world thinks about raceKimberlé Crenshaw’s memoir describes a life shadowed by Jim Crow segregation…
May 15, 2026
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Books
This moving work about an irascible woman in her 70s who conducts her most intimate relationships through letters has been shortlisted for the Women’s prize Epistolary novels were once all…
May 14, 2026
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History books
It was the birthplace of the liberal tradition, but also the incubator for Nazism – what can this historic city tell us about democracy?‘Weimar is Germany in a nutshell,” 1990s…
May 14, 2026
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Music books
From Édith Piaf to Charli xcx, a moving study of the ways women express themselves – and the obstacles they faceWhen Lauren Elkin was a child, she took lessons with…
May 13, 2026
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Fiction
Radical hope and rage combine in this tale of ecological precarity and resistance among sex workers on a brothel island ‘Yes, you will leave this place,” the chorus of child…
May 13, 2026
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Science and nature books
An extraordinary exploration of wilderness and its meaning that takes us from the ocean floor to volcanic peaksOff the coast of California, two miles down, there exist geothermal nurseries: gatherings…
May 12, 2026
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Fiction
His first story collection, Reward System, was a cult hit. Now comes a novel that’s a bleakly funny appraisal of millennial relationships, technology and ennui. He talks about love, precarity…
May 10, 2026
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Language
A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stakeWe are lucky to know anything at all about the…
May 10, 2026
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Poetry
Rumens, whose column ran for nearly 20 years and developed a loyal readership, died this week aged 81Carol was an excellent commentator on poetry, shrewd and deep-thinking but able to…
May 8, 2026
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Books
The Women’s prize-shortlisted author on being obsessed with Judy Blume, hating Jane Austen at first, and the joys of Tove JanssonMy earliest reading memory The Little Engine That Could. My mom…
May 8, 2026
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Fiction
Bringing Manchester’s Curry Mile to vibrant life, the #Merky prize-winning author’s cross-genre work focuses on the lives and language of young British men. He discusses identity and inspirationOn a stretch…
May 3, 2026
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Books
Luke Kennard, Sophie Ratcliffe and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsThis is a really good year for new…
April 30, 2026
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Books
An imposter monkey, an underworld princess, art’s female trailblazers, and YA tales of fear, family and friendshipOur World: Nigeria by Bunmi Emenanjo and Diana Ejaita, Barefoot Books, £7.99Part of a…
April 24, 2026
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Arts, Culture and Entertainment
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President Kais Saied inaugurated the 40th edition of the Tunis International Book Fair on Thursday at the Kram Exhibition Centre. The event runs until May…
April 24, 2026
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Arts, Culture and Entertainment
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President of the Republic Kais Saied inaugurated, on Thursday, the 40th edition of the Tunis International Book Fair (FILT), held from April 23 to May…
April 23, 2026
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Children and teenagers
A mission to grow plants in the desert; a potato’s adventures; a film-maker’s dreams; wartime bravery; a feminist fantasy and moreThe Wonder by Tom Percival, Simon & Schuster, £12.99Daniel’s wet…
February 27, 2026
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Children and teenagers
Caring canines; daring donuts; a golden monkey; a boy from another planet; a dark take on Little Women and moreThe Good Deed Dogs by Emma Chichester Clark, Walker, £12.99Three very…
January 23, 2026
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Teen books
The return of Charlie and Lola; the second lives of trees; the dangers of time travel; a YA Bluebeard retelling and moreThe Street Where Santa Lives by Harriet Howe and…
November 21, 2025
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