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‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic

silverguide.site – Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get published…
‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
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Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels

silverguide.site – Environmental fiction is booming – but can it move beyond dystopia to a brighter vision of the future?…
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels
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Look up: five hopeful novels about the climate crisis

silverguide.site – Can fiction make us more optimistic about tackling Earth’s environmental emergency? These eco-focused books have hope at their core…
Look up: five hopeful novels about the climate crisis
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Lucina Prestige obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Founder of Renaissance Press, publishing work of leading poets George Bruce and Alan Spence…
Lucina Prestige obituary
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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

silverguide.site – A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay; Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman; The Final Vow by MW Craven; The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine…
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
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In the Green Heart by Richard Lloyd Parry review – neocolonial jungle fever

silverguide.site – An intensely political story of a new father’s escape with his baby through a rainforest during wartime…
In the Green Heart by Richard Lloyd Parry review – neocolonial jungle fever
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Martin Cruz Smith’s road to Wigan pie | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Obituary | Justin Welby’s successor | Kemi Badenoch | Word Wheel | Robert Jenrick…
Martin Cruz Smith’s road to Wigan pie | Brief letters
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Hawke PM by David Day review – a portrait of a vicious drunk and womaniser who mostly mended his wicked ways

silverguide.site – The Making of a Legend details the rise of the peacemaker and king of consensus who made remarkable gains for ordinary Australians…
Hawke PM by David Day review – a portrait of a vicious drunk and womaniser who mostly mended his wicked ways
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Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé audiobook review – from enslaved teenager to celebrated preacher

silverguide.site – The novelist’s final work tells a remarkable tale of resilience, based on the life of Samuel Àjàyí Crowther, who was kidnapped by slavers but won his freedom…
Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé audiobook review – from enslaved teenager to celebrated preacher
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Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia

silverguide.site – The bestselling author’s sixth novel is far from perfect, but this journey into the underworld is delivered with heretical glee…
Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia
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Next manuscript by Amitav Ghosh to be kept sealed for 89 years

silverguide.site – The Indian author is the next Future Library writer, set to submit a secret work to be locked in a library until 2114…
Next manuscript by Amitav Ghosh to be kept sealed for 89 years
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The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar review – whimsical fantasy in a kingdom long, long ago

silverguide.site – In this first adult novel from the acclaimed children’s author, an immortal magician returns to tell the story of a royal court where he cast his spells some 500 years before…
The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar review – whimsical fantasy in a kingdom long, long ago
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Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell review – the original ghostbuster

silverguide.site – An entrancing biography of Tony Cornell, who displayed a scientist’s commitment to impartiality as he investigated the paranormal…
Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell review – the original ghostbuster
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‘Trump is a horror story, isn’t he?’ Stephen King on villains, dark secrets and dreams

silverguide.site – One of the world’s most successful authors answers readers’ questions on his sources of inspiration, the colour of fear, knowing when to quit – and why manual labour is invaluable for writers…
‘Trump is a horror story, isn’t he?’ Stephen King on villains, dark secrets and dreams
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Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon review – the ex-first minister opens up

silverguide.site – Scotland’s former leader addresses conflict with Salmond and rumours of a lesbian affair, but stops short of full disclosure…
Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon review – the ex-first minister opens up
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‘Looming over the city like gods’: the men who changed New York for better and worse

silverguide.site – Jonathan Mahler’s new book looks back at the tumultuous period when figures like Trump, Koch and Giuliani forever affected the city…
‘Looming over the city like gods’: the men who changed New York for better and worse
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The Benson Diary by AC Benson review – musings of an Edwardian elitist

silverguide.site – At four million words he beats Pepys, but the daily jottings of a judgmental don fail to transcend his rather stuffy millieu…
The Benson Diary by AC Benson review – musings of an Edwardian elitist
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Polari prize nominees and judges withdraw after inclusion of John Boyne over gender identity views

silverguide.site – 800 writers and publishing workers have signed a statement objecting to the LGBTQ+ book prize’s nomination of Boyne, who described himself as a ‘terf’…
Polari prize nominees and judges withdraw after inclusion of John Boyne over gender identity views
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Where to start with: John Burnside

silverguide.site – Seán Hewitt, who introduces a new edition of the Scottish author’s final memoir, guides readers through his landmark works a year on from his death…
Where to start with: John Burnside
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‘Once again, the west turns away’: a new book recounts the fall and rise of the Taliban

silverguide.site – Esteemed foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson’s new book offers a full accounting of life in Afghanistan from before 9/11 to now…
‘Once again, the west turns away’: a new book recounts the fall and rise of the Taliban
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