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In the centenary of his birth year, the author’s voice is as necessary, human and sharp as ever in a reprinted short story collection and memoir from the 1960s and 70s

A glorious debut about a Senegalese singer’s rise to stardom and the woman he meets in New York

The writer, who would have turned 100 this week, spoke to, and from, America’s moral conscience

With the bestselling Other Minds, the philosopher dramatically changed our view of octopuses. Now, concluding his trilogy about the evolution of intelligence, he shows how animal life has shaped the planet itself

After writing a bestselling mystery novel, Kate Weinberg found herself in a plotless place with no neat, obvious ending: suffering the torturous, confusing ordeal of long Covid. Now she’s turned the experience into a funny, philosophical novel – one that, as Jessie Thompson knows from experience, perfectly captures the surreal…

IN 2022, the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) Act came into force in Scotland.

The new comic is drawn by Diego Olortegui

Ahead of new books by both, the two English novelists discuss their friendship, the baggage that comes with being labelled ‘northern writers’ and why the Krankies’ memoir is a must-read

The author on a musical tribute to Andy Warhol, the book that made her swear out loud, and an exciting new restaurant in Peckham

Jahnoy Lindsay will draw the new series

Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.