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A series of creative workshops packed with practical exercises, designed to help you flex your writing muscles – led, this month, by the poet Ella Frears

The London novelist on reading Dickens at 11 years old, being inspired by Nick Hornby and why she never reads the same book twice

A man returns to his African country of origin in a brilliantly surreal story of exile and homecoming

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For three years, K.K. Venugopal has been digitising his extensive collection of antiquarian books, now with nearly 1,900 titles, including Francois Bernier's 1676 travelogue and Dean Mahomed's 1794 English book. These books offer fascinating glimpses of India through the colonial lens, from the Ganges' fish to the Golden Temple. They…

From print-out character masks to ‘the most delightful witch’, literature aficionados share their suggestions for the Children’s Book Week costume parade

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart episode 3 sees young Alice trying to find her voice.

A Georgia teacher is trying to reverse her firing after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class