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Cry When the Baby Cries by Becky Barnicoat review – the black and white truth about motherhood

Barnicoat’s memoir of early parenthood is funny, unflinching and a welcome corrective to the ceaseless pressures new mums face from social media

The Guardian - UK

Two slaps in the face from the Europeans

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A Town Without Time by Gay Talese review – New York by an old master

The colour and detail in this collection of nonfiction by the grandfather of New Journalism brings the city to gripping, dazzling life

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Israeli ambassador attacks London School of Economics over Hamas ‘propaganda’ book launch

Tzipi Hotovely claims students could be influenced by author’s whitewashing of Hamas’s October 7 attacks

Evening Standard

The Mouthless Dead by Anthony Quinn review – murder most unsolvable

The author’s haunting and highly readable fictionalisation of a high-profile killing in prewar Liverpool is rich in legal and procedural detail

The Guardian - UK

‘Something magical is happening’: sales boom for children’s comics creating young readers of the future

Publishers and analysts say popularity of genres like manga and superhero comics is a gateway into reading

The Guardian - UK

A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland review – a striking story of concealed love

This unforgettable tale of two men in late-80s Wales deals with the emotions and repercussions of their intimacy – and is one of the best debut novels in years

The Guardian - UK

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Crumble, cookies and madeleines – recipes of hope for Iran’s jailed women

Sepideh Gholian’s diary of prison life came out four years ago. Next month, she will publish a cookbook to honour her fellow inmates

The Guardian - UK

‘Will Trump give up the store?’ Edward Fishman on how US economic warfare works – and doesn’t

The Obama administration veteran’s Chokepoints looks at recent US sanctions policy regarding Iran, Russia and China

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The Grapevine by Kate Kemp review – slaughter in surburbia

In a quiet Australian backwater an unravelling cast of women make claustrophobic crime fiction out of a close-knit community

The Guardian - UK

“I lost the tips of two fingers in an accident when I was 17. Doctors told me that I had no hope of playing guitar again. I refused to accept that”: The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s indestructible dark lord

If it wasn’t for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, the world would sound very, very different

Metal Hammer

Silence please: how book clubs without the chat help focus the mind

A Silent Book Club is growing in popularity in Melbourne as an antidote to the social pressure of group discussions

The Guardian - AU

Xiaolu Guo: ‘Write less, in order to write stronger’

The author and film-maker on why she was inspired to reimagine Moby-Dick in her new novel, her love of Coleridge and returning to the ‘addictive power of fiction’

The Guardian - UK

Mao Zedong’s first Little Red Book had blue cover and less propaganda

Rare early editions of book by communist party chairman, who shunned the idea of wealth, set to go on sale for £1m

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‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

Despite winning a landmark legal battle, academic Alice Jolly believes it won’t benefit others

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‘The definition of a classic’: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go at 20

A Booker-winning author, a Nobel prize-winning scientist and the directors of the film and stage adaptations on why Ishiguro’s dystopian tale still speaks to us today

The Guardian - UK

‘What’s wrong with us?’ : Novelist Virginia Feito on our morbid obsession with true crime

Her debut, Mrs March, is being adapted by Elisabeth Moss, and her new novel has already been snapped up for the screen. Virginia Feito reveals the real-life inspiration for her shocking story of a psychopathic Victorian nanny

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Twist by Colum McCann review – globalism and a voyage into danger

A free-diving engineer repairs the undersea cables that carry data around our hyperconnected planet, in this intense maritime story with echoes of Heart of Darkness

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Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: a beautifully written triumph

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel since 2013’s Americanah is a winner

The Guardian - UK

What do women really want from men? I delved into romantasy and found a good few clues

In these novels, the heroes are – to borrow a term from the fandom – cinnamon rolls: soft-hearted, sweet and, yes, delicious, says writer Max Fletcher

The Guardian - AU

‘Taut’, ‘extraordinary delight’, ‘absolutely bonkers’: the best Australian books out in March

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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Call for restorative justice in sexual violence cases

The Lasting Harm, a book by author and journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley, details her experience covering Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial.

The Guardian - UK

Being a new mum was tough for my generation too

Letter: My children were born in the 80s and 90s, writes Jacky Pugh, and lots of us had to go back to work after three months

The Guardian - UK

A Squash and a Squeeze review – Donaldson and Scheffler favourite crammed with songs

Ingenious puppetry and jolly performances help animate the beloved story about an ever-expanding indoor menagerie

The Guardian - UK

Cora Kaplan obituary

Other lives: Literary critic and scholar who played a key role in ushering feminist readings of fiction and poetry into the mainstream

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