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Maggie O’Farrell and fellow judges award inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction

silverguide.site – Anna Dempsey’s This Is About an Alligator and Nothing Else, a coming-of-age story set in Florida, took the award, which aims to support unpublished and un-agented writers…
Maggie O’Farrell and fellow judges award inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction
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Enough Said by Alan Bennett review – a man for all seasons

silverguide.site – Nostalgia, shame and gossip from Alan Bennett in the fourth instalment of his diaries…
Enough Said by Alan Bennett review – a man for all seasons
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The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín review – subtle short stories about being far from home

silverguide.site – Grief, betrayal and moral complications are explored across nine tales of quiet power that take us from Argentina to County Wexford…
The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín review – subtle short stories about being far from home
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Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor review – portrait of a working-class artist in New York

silverguide.site – This novel is stacked with ideas about Black art and aesthetics – but its language is too clumsy and academic to bring them to life…
Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor review – portrait of a working-class artist in New York
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We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware

silverguide.site – Criminals extorting money online have created huge businesses, complete with branding and HR…
We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware
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Dan Simmons obituary

silverguide.site – Multi-award-winning writer best known for his speculative fiction, but whose novels and novellas also spanned genres from crime to historical…
Dan Simmons obituary
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‘I’ve learned first-hand how evil is tolerated’: Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump

silverguide.site – The Brooklyn author on immigration and the inspiration behind his latest collection of stories…
‘I’ve learned first-hand how evil is tolerated’: Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump
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I spy the wisecracking master of the thriller | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Henry Sherman and Phil Coughlin celebrate the wit and skill of Len Deighton…
I spy the wisecracking master of the thriller | Letters
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Hachette pulls horror novel Shy Girl after suspected AI use

silverguide.site – The publisher has cancelled the US release of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and withdrawn the UK edition after weeks of online speculation about the novel’s origins…
Hachette pulls horror novel Shy Girl after suspected AI use
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The Salt Path author published earlier book under alias, despite debut claims

silverguide.site – Raynor Winn’s lawyers have confirmed she published a previous book in 2012, years before the memoir that won a £10,000 prize for debut writers…
The Salt Path author published earlier book under alias, despite debut claims
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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

silverguide.site – Whidbey by T Kira Madden; Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan; Killing Me Softly by Christie Watson; The Dangerous Stranger by Simon Mason; Astronaut! by Oana Aristide…
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
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Ted Booth obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Lecturer in creative writing for 26 years at Hornsey College of Art in London…
Ted Booth obituary
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Chain of Ideas by Ibram X Kendi review – anatomy of a conspiracy theory

silverguide.site – This careful analysis of so-called ‘great replacement theory’ offers a lens through which to view our broken politics…
Chain of Ideas by Ibram X Kendi review – anatomy of a conspiracy theory
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University of Liverpool acquires entire archive of poet Roger McGough

silverguide.site – Archivist Jo Klett says the 40 boxes of material will provide ‘a full picture of Roger’s entire working career’…
University of Liverpool acquires entire archive of poet Roger McGough
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PEN America announce 2026 World Voices festival with Judith Butler and Bill McKibben

silverguide.site – The 2024 festival was cancelled after multiple authors pulled out over the non-profit’s stance on the Israel-Gaza war…
PEN America announce 2026 World Voices festival with Judith Butler and Bill McKibben
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The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey audiobook review – secrets and lies in suburbia

silverguide.site – Gemma Whelan and Stephen Mangan are among the cast in this multi-voiced tale of family tensions and trauma, set during the 1985 Live Aid charity concert …
The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey audiobook review – secrets and lies in suburbia
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The Minstrels by Eva Hornung review – an audacious, confronting epic

silverguide.site – The award-winning Australian author is at her most ambitious with this sweeping rural drama, tackling difficult topics with dazzling prose…
The Minstrels by Eva Hornung review – an audacious, confronting epic
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Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth review – profound story of a woman’s love for a horse

silverguide.site – Where does it come from, this passion for an animal that isn’t even hers? An astonishing debut delves into deep truths about love, motherhood and care…
Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth review – profound story of a woman’s love for a horse
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Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize

silverguide.site – Six writers are now finalists for the prestigious annual prize, which awards £20,000 to a writer aged 39 or under…
Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize
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Future of William Wordsworth’s Lake District home secured for the public

silverguide.site – Romantic poet’s Rydal Mount and Gardens, marketed for over £2.5m, will remain open under Wordsworth Trust…
Future of William Wordsworth’s Lake District home secured for the public
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