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A snap decision to step away has become a lifestyle shift for Philippa Moore. Though keeping up with friends can be tricky, she has no regrets

PEN, Random House and parents file lawsuit after rightwing groups seek to ban books that address racism or sexual identity

A powerful new book on Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has just been published. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is at once a double biography of South Africa’s two famous liberation leaders and a historical love story about their personal lives. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during…

National security adviser confronted apparently intoxicated man at 3am then told his protectors what happened, report says

A selection of 'titillating' naked photographs from Madonna's Sex book, taken by renowned photographer Steve Meisel, will be sold for as much as £240,000 at auction

Winners of the Ockham book awards revealed

Parents urged the woman to reconsider her stance after she explained why she hoped her husband's friend would return a present they gifted her before she had a miscarriage

The chaos and horrors of early motherhood are vividly, remorselessly evoked in a woman’s monologue to her son

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson and The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir by Victoria Belim.