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Top 5 poetry collections on climate change, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
Climate change: Arid landscape beside a field of flowers
tackling crisis

Top 5 poetry collections on climate change, chosen by Rishi Dastidar

The Imposters by Tom Rachman review: Dark humour and a flair for invention
The Imposters
Books

The Imposters by Tom Rachman review: Dark humour and a flair for invention

Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon review: Both insane and insanely brilliant
Sleepwalk
dystopia

Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon review: Both insane and insanely brilliant

Pitch perfect? ChatGPT does book blurbs
Illustration of a robot and some books
ChatGPT

Pitch perfect? ChatGPT does book blurbs

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser
map of Australia with a pin in it
Migrant stories

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: 'A dreamy and promising debut'
Never Was cover
Fiction

Never Was by H Gareth Gavin review: 'A dreamy and promising debut'

Biography of X review by Catherine Lacey: 'A stroke of genius'
Biography of X cover
Fiction

Biography of X review by Catherine Lacey: 'A stroke of genius'

The new Big 5 project shoots wildlife 'with a camera, not a gun'
Polar Bear by Graeme Green
Wildlife photography

The new Big 5 project shoots wildlife 'with a camera, not a gun'

Top 5 romcoms with cons, chosen by PJ Ellis
Barbed wire heart
Fiction

Top 5 romcoms with cons, chosen by PJ Ellis

Shy review: Max Porter's spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity
Shy by Max Porter
Fiction

Shy review: Max Porter's spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language
Greek Lessons cover
Fiction

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language

I couldn't find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one
Frances Mensah Williams illustration in green and gold
Black British fiction

I couldn't find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains
Robin Ince's bookmarks
In memoriam

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
A chopping board with vegetables, herbs and a knife
recommended

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

What can human creators learn from grasses, the 'sleeping beauties' of our natural world?
A hand grasping some grasses
Evolution

What can human creators learn from grasses, the 'sleeping beauties' of our natural world?

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
The Long Form book cover
review

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire
Historical fiction

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future 'impeccably depicted'
Thirsty Animals
Dystopian fiction

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future 'impeccably depicted'

I thought Noël Coward was dated. How wrong I was
Noel Coward
Biography

I thought Noël Coward was dated. How wrong I was

Death Watch review: Killer timepieces and the emptiness of consumerism
Death Watch
Dark satire

Death Watch review: Killer timepieces and the emptiness of consumerism

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