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‘When I read my sister’s stories I think, that’s not what it was like!’: Esther Freud on the perils of writing about family

silverguide.site – The Hideous Kinky author has always drawn inspiration from her own experiences. Now her sister Bella is writing her own version of their childhood. Does fact or fiction come closer to the truth, she asks…
‘When I read my sister’s stories I think, that’s not what it was like!’: Esther Freud on the perils of writing about family
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At 21, Madison Griffiths dated her university tutor. It was legal, consensual – and a messy grey area

silverguide.site – The author’s new book Sweet Nothings follows four women who, like her, dated their professors – and explores how even a consensual pedagogical relationship can result in ‘a unique harm’…
At 21, Madison Griffiths dated her university tutor. It was legal, consensual – and a messy grey area
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‘We need to reclaim these words’: Inside England’s first romance-only bookshop catering to record levels of popularity

silverguide.site – Saucy Books in London has become the go-to destination for romance readers – but fans say misogyny is stopping the genre getting the recognition it deserves…
‘We need to reclaim these words’: Inside England’s first romance-only bookshop catering to record levels of popularity
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Thomas Neurath obituary

silverguide.site – Publisher who led Thames & Hudson for half a century and developed its bestselling World of Art series…
Thomas Neurath obituary
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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

silverguide.site – Pebbles on the beach; adventures in evolution; a search for sea nomads; furious gods; a history of LGBTQ+ activism and more…
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
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Richard Flanagan: ‘When I reread Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop it had corked badly’

silverguide.site – The Booker-winning author on taking inspiration from Kafka, and a youthful passion for Jackie Collins…
Richard Flanagan: ‘When I reread Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop it had corked badly’
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Lessons for Young Artists by David Gentleman review – secrets from the studio

silverguide.site – The much-loved painter, designer of stamps and creator of anti-war posters shares tips from a 90-year career…
Lessons for Young Artists by David Gentleman review – secrets from the studio
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Beastly Britain by Karen R Jones review – how animals shaped British identity

silverguide.site – A revelatory cultural history of our relationship with native wildlife, from newts doing handstands to Mrs Tiggy-Winkle…
Beastly Britain by Karen R Jones review – how animals shaped British identity
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Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review – debut queer thriller dares to wade into the muck of modern desire

silverguide.site – Compelling and challenging, seductive and sickening, this screenwriter’s first novel grows increasingly unhinged as its pitiable protagonist risks it all for a crush…
Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review – debut queer thriller dares to wade into the muck of modern desire
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The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a puzzle waiting to be decoded

silverguide.site – Romance, sci-fi and family drama are thrillingly combined in this Booker-winning novel, shared between three narrators…
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a puzzle waiting to be decoded
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I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – makes most fiction feel timid

silverguide.site – This Catalonian tale of a botched pact with the devil has the demonic excess of a Hieronymus Bosch painting…
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – makes most fiction feel timid
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Three Revolutions by Simon Hall review – how Russia, China and Cuba changed forever

silverguide.site – A historian explores eyewitness accounts of the most dramatic political unpheavals of the 20th century…
Three Revolutions by Simon Hall review – how Russia, China and Cuba changed forever
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‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award

silverguide.site – Annie Bot by Sierra Greer wins £2,025 for ‘compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’…
‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award
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Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war

silverguide.site – Victoria Amelina wins with her unfinished book Looking at Women Looking at War while Donal Ryan takes the award for political fiction with an intimate portrait of an Irish town…
Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war
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Edmund White’s writing shone a light in dark times | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Aids crisis | Compulsory reading | Defence spending | Perfectly clear | Re-double…
Edmund White’s writing shone a light in dark times | Brief letters
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‘We think Princess Pearl is a feminist icon’: readers’ favourite Julia Donaldson books

silverguide.site – Characters who challenge stereotypes, stories that stimulate little ones’ vocabulary, endless laughter … and moments guaranteed to make any dad cry. Here are your takes on the work of a beloved children’s author…
‘We think Princess Pearl is a feminist icon’: readers’ favourite Julia Donaldson books
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It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema

silverguide.site – This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in film…
It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema
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The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians

silverguide.site – This flamboyant tale of fakers and forgery, straddling the turn of the 20th century, is a smart and witty investigation into love and authenticity…
The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians
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‘I’m so humbled’: western Sydney’s Winnie Dunn up for $60,000 Miles Franklin literary award for debut novel

silverguide.site – Dunn, the first Tongan novelist published in Australia, is up against two-time winner Michelle de Kretser, who just won the Stella prize…
‘I’m so humbled’: western Sydney’s Winnie Dunn up for $60,000 Miles Franklin literary award for debut novel
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New prize for translated poetry aims to tap into boom for international-language writing

silverguide.site – Award, to be shared between poet and translator, is a joint project by three publishers and will give a $5,000 advance for a new collection…
New prize for translated poetry aims to tap into boom for international-language writing
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