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Joe Gaminara’s narration pumps up the lyricism of Porter’s scuzzy odyssey of drugs, drink, youth violence and doomed romance

Melancholy is deftly evoked in this sentimental portrait of young love and precarity, from the author of My Name Is Yip

A sweeping study of Mitchell’s life and work that swerves familiar touchstones to create a vibrant, multi-faceted portrait

My seminar picks for 2024 (and every year since 2005).

His new politics book aimed at 6 - 9 year old is out today

This writer’s tantalising second novel is packed with marvellous characters, whose unfurling stories examine generational secrets

Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing numbers of fans and broadcasting potential. It’s a story of triumph despite enormous barriers – among them sexism, abuse, homophobia and religion. We asked its…

Here artists are celebrated by virtue of their nationality. Munro showed me I could escape those tropes

She was an MP and author with a formidable reputation, fighting for the rights of women and refugees, and opposing the appeasement of Hitler. Why isn’t she better known today?

This profound and riddling novel follows a young Indian woman’s quest through Mexico to find out more about her mother

Louis Poulsen: First House of Light, published by Phaidon, is a new design book delving into the Danish company's world of radiant lighting