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The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey review – a deft saga of Ireland’s evolution

A pregnancy leads to the unearthing of a mother and daughter’s secrets and struggles in this skilful debut novel

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‘This idle prig’: the truth about CS Lewis and John Betjeman’s long-lasting feud

At Oxford, Lewis complained repeatedly in his diary about his student Betjeman’s attitude to work. A newly discovered letter throws light on their mutual antipathy

The Guardian - UK

How to give kids autonomy? 'Anxious Generation' author says a license to roam helps

Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book The Anxious Generation argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.

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I’m F*cking Amazing by Anoushka Warden review – a filthily frank, funny and moving debut

The British playwright’s first novel is sweary and saucy but also tender and soulful once it reveals its true heart

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The Pull of the Stars review – Emma Donoghue adapts her Spanish flu novel for an all-female cast

Set in a 1918 maternity ward, the play offers moments of tenderness amid its commentary on political and social upheaval

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Scotland’s artists fear ‘cultural black hole’ after festival and film project cancelled

Calls for Scottish government to increase support grow, following funding cuts to public arts body

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In brief: The Illusionist; The Borrowed Hills; Second Self – review

A fascinating biography of a true British army maverick, an ambitious Cumbrian western and a nuanced novel about a classic modern dilemma

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Natalie Portman Turns to Books Not a Revenge Dress in the Aftermath of her Divorce

The actress has enjoyed a long relationship with the house of Christian Dior starting when she became the face of its Miss Dior Chérie fragrance.

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Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve always been in labour movements – but I’m critical of identity politics’

The Booker shortlisted novelist on writing his first significant non-working-class character, the literary critics who inspired him and why he’s not on Facebook

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie says his survival in knife attack was a miracle

Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’ on the day he was attacked

The Guardian - UK

Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Literary Festival

Running from April 17 - 21, the annual literary festival has something for everyone, says Mary Lussiana

Evening Standard

How to Make a Bomb by Rupert Thomson review – a stark study of male rage

The destructive desires of an inoffensive family man drive this subversive satire of existentialism

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John Barth obituary

American postmodernist novelist whose experimental approach challenged literary conventions

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Sir Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed on stage in 2022

He described the man appearing as ‘the last thing my right eye would ever see’

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Best memoirs of all time

Delve into fascinating, gut-wrenching and healing snippets of life

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Maryse Condé obituary

Writer whose novels trace the complexities of a globalised world and the fortunes of families across continents and generations

The Hindu

PM Modi supported demand to make Tamil official language of Madras High Court: Judge

Justice G. Jayachandran discusses the push for Tamil as the official language of the Madras High Court.

Marie Claire

Princess Diana Told Queen Elizabeth Through Tears That Her Then-Husband Prince Charles Was “A Nightmare” and That She “Hated” Him, Royal Author Claims

Ingrid Seward’s new book examines the relationship between mother and son, Her late Majesty and her heir, Charles.

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Latin American authors on rise in International Booker prize lists

Today’s boom in Latin American literature is spearheaded by women, from Fernanda Melchor, Mariana Enriquez to Samanta Schweblin, who engage with femicide, trauma and violence through horror and speculative fiction

Evening Standard

Impossible City by Simon Kuper review: The City of Light still has much to teach London

It is a given that any decent book about Paris will inevitably tell you just as much about London. Even those for whom the rivalry between the cities is a myth will admit that.

The Guardian - UK

‘So it’s you. Here you are’: Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed

In first TV interview since his stabbing, writer tells how knifeman was ‘last thing my right eye would ever see’

Evening Standard

OPINION - After the Cass Review, we must not push British trans youth into the internet's Wild West

Earlier this year, I was leafing through a book shop and happened upon a new memoir by the writer Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name. It ticked many of my boxes. Sante lived through Seventies and Eighties New York, my favourite place and time for non-fiction literature. She…

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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

Calypso by Oliver K Langmead; Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell; The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo; The Underhistory by Kaaron Warren; The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need by Adam Marek

The Hindu

When author André Aciman goes on holiday

André Aciman, renowned writer of "Call Me By Your Name," explores themes of migration and displacement in his work. His latest work is the novella The Gentleman from Peru.

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An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi review – an insider’s take

The journalist and broadcaster offers a refreshing corrective to narratives imposed on the continent by others

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