Books
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Space marshalls at the door, librarians behind perspex screens ... book borrowing may never be the same again
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A pleasingly sceptical investigation into the innovations that could change the way we eat, have sex and die
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Matthew Dooley’s Flake wins the annual award for comedic fiction ‘in the spirit’ of the Jeeves and Wooster creator PG Wodehouse
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There is compassion and quiet humour to be found in this tale of a putative virgin birth in postwar Britain
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 dazzling, anecdote-rich study of what, in the past, has been reused, and what discarded
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This nuanced study argues that far from being an unwelcome threat to global stability, migration and mixing are essential to human survival
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This knowing rewrite of Mary McCarthy’s classic novel plays on bourgeois white female neuroses
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A new strain of rabies makes the jump to human transmission and Bigfoot attacks … two prophetic visions of crisis and isolation offer terror, resilience - and hope
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A light-skinned twin sister constructs a new identity as a white woman in a clever novel that confounds expectations
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The rich memories of an elderly German woman are brought vividly to life
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Tales from the Inner City wins illustration prize, while Anthony McGowan takes the Carnegie medal for his novel Lark
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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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Leading black British poets including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Grace Nichol and Raymond Antrobus share their thoughts on protest, change and the trailblazers who inspired them
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Jack Reacher, VI Warshawski, Harry Hole ... Leading crime writers reveal how they came up with their most famous creations, what it’s like to live with them over decades and if they’ll last the distance
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The rapper and radio presenter on the problem with online activism, the power of protest, and the moment Oprah squeezed her hand
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Four years ago, the author predicted that Trump would transform the US into an autocracy. Now, Gessen believes the country is in a revolutionary moment
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After the global success of his flamboyant debut, the Singaporean novelist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about growing up with old money, living next to Bob Dylan in New York, and why publishing’s problems with diversity are no surprise
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Continuing our series of cross-generational conversations between black British artists, poets Roger Robinson and Rachel Long discuss the prejudices of the white publishing world and the power of today’s youth
What to read
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The journalist and author on Leo Tolstoy, Toni Morrison and a clear view of Blair’s Britain
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From a practical guide to an escapist novel, Alice O’Keeffe picks her favourite reads for those locked down with kids
You may have missed
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Jack Reacher, VI Warshawski, Harry Hole ... Leading crime writers reveal how they came up with their most famous creations, what it’s like to live with them over decades and if they’ll last the distance
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I was a successful magazine editor, working my dream job in New York. But alcohol, and the ghosts of my childhood, took me to breaking point
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His life partly inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin. He was entertained at both Windsor Castle and the White House. He rescued more than 100 enslaved people. But barely anyone has heard of him
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As Black Lives Matter protests take place across the world, the publishing world is rushing to support those ‘ignored by the mainstream’. Who is the mainstream, then?
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