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Digested week: Climate warning provides more fuel for Brits to talk about weather

Heatwave and an invitation to name storms created record-breaking opportunities to indulge nation’s favourite pastime

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in January

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Frank Tallis’s cultural highlights

The author and psychologist on an intimate performance of MR James’s ghost stories, a brilliant debut novel and an impossibly good pianist

The Guardian - UK

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Best books to spark queer joy in 2024

From queer cannon classics to coffee table crowd-pleasers, these books speak to the beauty of queer love in all its forms

Evening Standard

Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2024

Our annual pick of the most exciting debut fiction has previously tipped Sally Rooney and Louise Kennedy, Tom Crewe and Douglas Stuart. Here the class of 2024 tell us their stories

The Guardian - UK

Paul Murray and Fern Brady shortlisted for inaugural Nero awards

The prizes, which have picked up from the abruptly cancelled Costa awards, cover fiction, debut fiction, children’s fiction and non-fiction

The Guardian - UK

Did Oscar Wilde set back the cause of gay rights? Author Tom Crewe on why the great playwright is no hero

The author of award-winning alternative history novel ‘The New Life’ tells Louis Chilton how Wilde’s trial set back a moment of optimism

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Henley Literary Festival 2023 preview: Theresa May, Sebastian Faulks and what else to see

Louis Chilton rounds up some of the highlights of the 10-day festival, including events featuring poets, authors, sportspeople, musicians, journalists and chefs

The Independent UK

Orwell Prizes 2023 won by first-time authors Tom Crewe and Peter Apps

The two first-time authors collected the prestigious gongs for their ‘magnificent’ political books

Evening Standard

Two debut books win Orwell prizes for political writing

Peter Apps’ magnificent account of the Grenfell fire tragedy and Tom Crewe’s historical novel about pioneering Victorian gay rights advocates will each receive £3,000

The Guardian - UK

Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists – meet the class of 23

From Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith, Granta’s list has been spotlighting future stars since 1983. Four decades on, what does its evolution says about our literary landscape?

The Guardian - UK

Granta reveals its pick of future star British novelists

The journal’s once-in-a-decade selection of the best fiction writers under 40 has broadened its selection of 20 to include authors who ‘regard the UK as their home’

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Spare – and other new books reviewed this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Spare by The Duke of Sussex and Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey.

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Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2023

Our annual pick of the best debut authors has previously included Sally Rooney and Douglas Stuart. Here we talk to this year’s hottest prospects

The Guardian - UK

The New Life by Tom Crewe review – desire on trial

Inspired by the fight to change the law and social mores in Victorian England, this excellent debut dramatises physical intensity and moral dilemmas

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