Books
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Gerry Conway, co-creator of the popular Marvel outlaw, has been appalled to see his iconography appropriated by white supremacists - and aims to turn the tables
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The heritage site where she wrote all her novels says it could be forced to close for ever because all of its operational budget comes from visitors
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Through colliding storylines, this debut collection touchingly evokes the interconnectedness of fractured lives
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From absurdity to horror, interlinked short stories explore life in a police state for the inhabitants of a block of flats in 1980s Ukraine
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Author reveals experiences in essay after facing criticism over her comments on trans issues
Lockdown reading
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If you currently feel confined, reading can open up new worlds. Authors and thinkers at this year’s Hay Festival Digital recommend books to take you on a journey
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A superbly written account of coming to terms with childhood bereavement and a father’s addiction to sex and drugs
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From a painful childhood to the LA high life with Jack Nicholson, Audrey Hepburn and Warren Beatty … darkness is never far from the surface of this entertaining memoir
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A forgotten black modernist poet is the spark for a debut novel that acts as a rallying cry against Eurocentrism
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A quest to master the dark art of levitation: this sly echo of The Secret History is entertaining but underpowered
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Touched by Alan Buckley; Passport to Here and There by Grace Nichols; Tongues of Fire by Seán Hewitt; Later Emperors Evan Jones
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With horror and unsettling humour, these concise short stories explore a world of human failure – and take the breath away
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It’s never too early to learn that racism is wrong and we should be doing something about it. These books will help show our kids how
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An anti-plastic struggle, spooky seances, what happened after Noah’s ark anchored ashore and more
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Fraught teenage love and plenty of violence – everything you’d expect of Suzanne Collins is here in the backstory of the ruthless President Snow
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The World War Z author talks about how science fiction turned him into a disaster expert, Donald Trump, and growing up with parents Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
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The Shooting Party’s author on the reissue of her Orlando trilogy, her obsession with class and why she loves a ‘nice fat’ history
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The award-winning novelist on his debt to ‘kitchen-sink’ dramas, why the family is everyone’s first taste of politics, and the paranoia of the nuclear age
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Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman spent years touring America in an orchestra of gifted players who mimed to CDs. She relives their bizarre performances – and her eventual collapse
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Her book Braiding Sweetgrass has been a surprise bestseller. The nature writer talks about her fight for plant rights, and why she hopes the pandemic will increase human compassion for the natural world
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The US journalist talks about being hacked by intelligence services, his dealings with whistleblower Edward Snowden, and why he loves detective fiction
What to read
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The We Need to Talk About Kevin author on the Pulitzer winner she couldn’t finish and the Elizabeth Taylor novel that made her laugh
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What will happen after this news cycle is over and social media posts about diversity die down? Layla F Saad chooses books to fortify a long-term struggle
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After the plague, death became a silent companion for Renaissance artists. Hisham Matar recalls a month in Siena, exploring love, loss, mortality and art
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Moving back in with parents, drinking too much, the loneliness of Zoom calls and feelings of detachment ... two writers in very different stages of life reflect on their circumstances
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Written 100 years ago, Yeats’s poem has been absorbed into the cultural bloodstream from Chinua Achebe to The Sopranos, Joan Didion to Gordon Gecko. Why is it such a touchstone in times of chaos?
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As a young Asian female travel writer, Jini Reddy entered a genre that was mostly white and male. But new and emerging voices give her hope for a different future
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