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Spring cleaning: Books are trash too

I used to hold on to books as if they were cash, before realizing that all books are not created equally

Salon

Lynne Reid Banks obituary

Bestselling author of the 1960 novel The L-Shaped Room and the children’s classic The Indian in the Cupboard

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh international book festival announces ‘relaunch’ as sponsor row remains unresolved

New director Jenny Niven calls controversy over lead sponsor Baillie Gifford’s fossil fuel links ‘the nature of the beast’, but activists are still calling for authors to boycott the event

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Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan review: a thrilling, picaresque tale of London life

Few things in life are as daunting as the doorstop novel that comes complete with a glossary of the characters featured within. Over the 650 pages of Andrew O’Hagan’s latest, it warns us, we will have 59 different people to keep track of, ranging from gang members and drill rappers…

Evening Standard

Greg James apologises for suggestion a glass eye would make Roald Dahl Twit disgusting

Promotional video for a Twits spin-off book by broadcaster and his colleague Chris Smith is criticised by charity for the blind

The Guardian - UK

Lord Of The Flies: cast, plot, locations, filming news and everything you need to know

Lord Of The Flies, based on the classic William Golding novel, is coming to BBC1 and Stan.

WhatToWatch

Dune director Denis Villeneuve is making a movie about nuclear war – and it sounds chilling

It will be based off a terrifying non-fiction book

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje; The Silence by Gillian Clarke; Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon; May Day by Jackie Kay; I Cannot Be Good Until You Say It by Sanah Ahsan; Grief’s Alphabet by Carrie Etter

The Guardian - UK

Denis Villeneuve In Talks For 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' Adaptation

Director Denis Villeneuve considers adapting 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' while working on a third 'Dune' film with Legendary. Exciting developments in the wo...

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Best books about books from Little Women and The Book Thief to Fahrenheit 451

Metafictional literature for mega bookworms

Evening Standard

Nadia Lee Cohen's My London: From Trisha's to F Cooke's old pie and mash shop

The artist, photographer and Beyoncé collaborator Nadia Lee Cohen dines at St John’s Wood’s time capsule Oslo Court, takes first dates to Trisha’s and adores Pat Butcher

Evening Standard

Scoop on Netflix review: Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper offer note-perfect performances

This dramatisation of the infamous Prince Andrew Newsnight interview is beautifully tense - watch between your fingers

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Woman & Home

Is Ripley in Netflix all shot in black and white?

Here's why Ripley, Netflix's new series starring Andrew Scott, is shot in black and white...

The Guardian - AU

How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson review – a remarkable memoir of psychosis

After undergoing electroconvulsive treatment, the author powerfully documents how art helped her recover her memory, autonomy and sense of self

The Guardian - UK

Horror novel sales boomed during year of real-world anxieties

The genre has departed from classic themes, with new books dealing with war, politics and powerlessness – and sales have risen 54% year-on-year

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best psychological thrillers by women

These electrifying novels that dig into the peculiar, dark depths of the human psyche will have you questioning who to trust

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The Hindu

Frontline Schools in Tirupur celebrate 25th anniversary with a record-breaking feat

Frontline Schools in Tirupur ring in their 25th anniversary by setting 25 new records by students. In one of the feats, 135 students turn young authors simultaneously

Evening Standard

Do phones ruin childhoods? Academic Jonathan Haidt on why he thinks so

The bestselling author and professor thinks the combination of smartphones and a loss of unsupervised play is creating an anxious generation

The Guardian - UK

Another England by Caroline Lucas review – seeing green

A progressive vision of the country’s literary and cultural history from the trailblazing MP

The Guardian - UK

Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan review – state-of-the-nation burlesque

This Dickensian yarn of a celebrity writer heading for a fall combines the bling of an airport bestseller with an insider’s grasp on high culture

The Guardian - AU

Alexis Wright nominated for $60,000 Stella prize for second time

Judges have described the Waanyi writer’s fourth novel Praiseworthy as ‘a canon-crushing Australian novel for the ages’

Evening Standard

Rebel Wilson autobiography delayed in the UK and Australia

The Hollywood star’s publisher said the delays were to coincide with their press tours

Evening Standard

25 of the best poetry books to read in 2025

Delve into the hypnotic world of lyrical literature

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