Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill
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Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill

Author and activist Naomi Klein: 'My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world'
Letter To My Younger Self

Author and activist Naomi Klein: 'My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world'

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
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5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
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Nature

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda
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Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda

Top 5 books about love, selected by 'QI elf' Edward Brooke-Hitching
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Love

Top 5 books about love, selected by 'QI elf' Edward Brooke-Hitching

'It was time to change the narrative': How I created the Black British Book Festival
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'It was time to change the narrative': How I created the Black British Book Festival

Children's author Oliver Jeffers: 'Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have'
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Children's author Oliver Jeffers: 'Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have'

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
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A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback
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Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody
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Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 
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Children's books

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it
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Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma
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Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir
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Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir

How a life-long obsession with lighthouses led to a book of beauty and adventure
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How a life-long obsession with lighthouses led to a book of beauty and adventure

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'
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Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling
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The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
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Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds