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Iran and the Revolution by Homa Katouzian review – how the Islamic Republic was born

silverguide.site – A landmark new account of the 1979 revolution sets current events in context…
Iran and the Revolution by Homa Katouzian review – how the Islamic Republic was born
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‘I wanted it to feel both Shakespearean and like Jay-Z’: debut author Sufiyaan Salam on masculinity, rap and meeting Stormzy

silverguide.site – Bringing Manchester’s Curry Mile to vibrant life, the #Merky prize-winning author’s cross-genre work focuses on the lives and language of young British men. He discusses identity and inspiration…
‘I wanted it to feel both Shakespearean and like Jay-Z’: debut author Sufiyaan Salam on masculinity, rap and meeting Stormzy
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Shaken staff and an author exodus: how a picture book plunged an acclaimed Australian publisher into a crisis over antisemitism

silverguide.site – The cancellation of Jazz Money’s children’s book Bila, A River Cycle over comments by the book’s illustrator, Matt Chun, has led to the publisher’s potential collapse…
Shaken staff and an author exodus: how a picture book plunged an acclaimed Australian publisher into a crisis over antisemitism
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‘One of the most profound encounters of my life’: could existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen change the way you think?

silverguide.site – Her philosophical approach to therapy has become a global phenomenon, and inspired a new book. Could a session with her change Sophie McBain’s life?…
‘One of the most profound encounters of my life’: could existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen change the way you think?
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Homebound by Portia Elan review – a Cloud Atlas-like puzzle-box novel

silverguide.site – From 1980s Cincinnati into the interstellar darkness, the stories of four women interconnect across the centuries in a gentle hymn to found families…
Homebound by Portia Elan review – a Cloud Atlas-like puzzle-box novel
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A Rising of the Lights by Steve Toltz review – a darkly funny take on the male loneliness epidemic

silverguide.site – A miserable misogynist is on a quest for redemption in Toltz’s fourth novel, which fizzes with dynamic prose but struggles to engender empathy for its protagonist…
A Rising of the Lights by Steve Toltz review – a darkly funny take on the male loneliness epidemic
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Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams audiobook review – the insider story that Meta tried to stifle

silverguide.site – The author reads her account of her time as a senior executive at Facebook with a mixture of dark humour and astonishment at the working culture in which she finds herself…
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams audiobook review – the insider story that Meta tried to stifle
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Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review – a hit in Germany that falls flat in English

silverguide.site – The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great – but the story feels overwritten and underfelt…
Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review – a hit in Germany that falls flat in English
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From Life Itself by Suzy Hansen review – Turkey in the age of Erdoğan

silverguide.site – This portrait of everyday life in an Istanbul neighbourhood buffeted by change has far wider relevance…
From Life Itself by Suzy Hansen review – Turkey in the age of Erdoğan
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What If Reform Wins? by Peter Chappell review – a massive wake-up call

silverguide.site – This ‘nonfiction thriller’ takes us through exactly what would happen if Nigel Farage won his dreamed-of majority…
What If Reform Wins? by Peter Chappell review – a massive wake-up call
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Devotions by Lucy Caldwell review – short stories that are frightening, passionate and comforting too

silverguide.site – The Northern Irish writer explores music and family, memory and duty in this stunning collection of sharply observed tales…
Devotions by Lucy Caldwell review – short stories that are frightening, passionate and comforting too
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Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library

silverguide.site – Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder…
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
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‘It’s not a story that’s over’: inside the battle against hatred in America

silverguide.site – In The Secret War Against Hate, Pulitzer-prize finalist Steven J Ross looks back at those who infiltrated and prevented hate groups in the US…
‘It’s not a story that’s over’: inside the battle against hatred in America
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‘This is so taboo’: Kimberley Nixon on the hell of perinatal OCD – and how she survived it

silverguide.site – After the birth of her son during lockdown, the Welsh actor was flooded by disturbing thoughts she couldn’t shake, a plunge into darkness and isolation. She discusses how it changed her and what helped her recover…
‘This is so taboo’: Kimberley Nixon on the hell of perinatal OCD – and how she survived it
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This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz review – an illuminating window on Emily Brontë’s world

silverguide.site – Vivid, tactile details make Lutz’s biography a beautifully textured and convincing read…
This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz review – an illuminating window on Emily Brontë’s world
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Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’

silverguide.site – At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner…
Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’
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The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic books

silverguide.site – After Donald Trump’s second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over my life. So I turned to something I’d loved in childhood to better occupy my attention…
The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic books
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Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects

silverguide.site – The Girls creator has endured brickbats and breakdowns – but she doesn’t always make it easy to feel sorry for her…
Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects
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The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters

silverguide.site – The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by trauma…
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters
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‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’

silverguide.site – The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains why…
‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’
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