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I was immediately struck by the title of Curtis Sittenfeld’s new collection of 12 short stories, Show Don’t Tell. That’s because it’s also the name of a narrative technique that allows readers to experience a story through the characters’ actions, words, thoughts and feelings, rather than the author’s explanations. It…

The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick

The relationship between a predatory male comedian and a female producer rings true in this darkly funny debut

As research reveals children want to listen to books rather than read them, here are some of the best audiobooks to enjoy

London School of Economics defends decision to hold book launch describing Hamas as ‘vilified’ and ‘demonised’ by the West

The Nigerian-American author returns with an astute and moving exploration of female experience

My mother wrote about the meandering trails from the novelist’s cottage, through countryside loaded with literary references – now I’m following in her footsteps

This year’s ‘unconventional’ list also features the highest-ever number of independent publishers

Helen Fielding is among famous faces taking part in a BBC documentary about Jane Austen as the British novelist’s 250th birthday is marked this year.

An impressive collection of poems – largely set in industrial wastelands and musing on time and distance – makes the mundane magical

Two contrasting but equally impressive Asia-set coming-of-age novels explore gay teenagers navigating their nascent sexuality against the backdrop of personal and political upheavals