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Simon Trewin obituary
silverguide.site – Literary agent who established the Garage Press and a volunteer-run community education centre…
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Romantasy star Stacey McEwan: ‘You’re not going to recommend Fifty Shades of Grey to your Catholic grandma’
silverguide.site – The author and BookTok luminary on the nightmare trope, how to convert a straight man into loving fantasy romance, and words that should never be used in a sex scene…
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The perfect books for the beach … picked by Freida McFadden, Mick Herron, Robert Harris and more
silverguide.site – From a transporting historical saga to a tale of small-town betrayal, the authors of our favourite page-turners reveal the books they take on holiday – introduced by Jenny Colgan…
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Shahrnush Parsipur obituary
silverguide.site – Author of Women Without Men, who paid a high price for shining a light on gender repression in her native Iran…
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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
silverguide.site – Dogs v bears from Max Porter; a baby adventure; an Irish boarding school murder mystery; and an unsettling YA folk horror…
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Unsayable by Michael Cunningham review – The Hours author on the insecurities that powered his creative life
silverguide.site – The American novelist and screenwriter’s memoir covers sex work, Virginia Woolf and Hollywood success…
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I Made This Just For You by Chris Ames review – absurd satirical takes on the bleak absurdity of modern life
silverguide.site – These playful and experimental short stories are set in a distorted but plausible version of our deeply online world – but tenderness is never far…
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Raymond Briggs’s library goes on sale at his local Oxfam shop
silverguide.site – Books belonging to the beloved creator of The Snowman and When the Wind Blows were donated by his estate after his death…
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The Midnight Train by Matt Haig audiobook review – a cosy, feelgood journey
silverguide.site – Actor James Norton brings a sense of gentle longing to this tale of an octogenarian looking back on the life he’s departed…
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Air by Christian Kracht review – a metaphysical jigsaw puzzle
silverguide.site – A portal opens from our modern world of data centres and interior design into a medieval fantasy realm, in this playfully surreal tale from the author of Eurotrash…
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Salman Rushdie attacker faces US terrorism trial
silverguide.site – Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence…
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The rise of the ‘hot literati’: how reading became sexy
silverguide.site – Celebrities are hosting literary clubs and designers are launching products emblazoned with the classics – but does reading’s trendy turn have a darker side?…
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Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell review – art, desire and the rise of the Third Reich
silverguide.site – This portrait of a Jewish painter in bohemian Berlin is filled with insightful observations…
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On Thin Ice by Charlie Walker review – a Siberian adventure goes off the rails
silverguide.site – Moments of beauty and horror punctuate this account of an ill-timed sub-zero camping trip…
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Letter: JH Prynne obituary
silverguide.site – Stephen Moss writes: Verse by verse, then line by line, and word by word, he unravelled the hidden meanings within this deceptively simple poem…
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Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
silverguide.site – Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel…
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These Wild English by Nicola Wilding review – explaining a mother’s drift to the far right
silverguide.site – A documentary-maker probes family history and the darker corners of the internet to solve an urgent political puzzle…
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Yellow Pine by Claire Vaye Watkins review – messy portrait of protest subculture
silverguide.site – Watkins should have been the ideal writer for this sympathetic take on new age spirituality and desert eco-activism – but the results are confusing…
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A Sudden Flicker of Light by David Thomson review – a brilliantly eccentric history of the movies
silverguide.site – From the golden age of Hollywood to harder times today, this is a rapturous account of more than a century of cinema…
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Hagitude author Sharon Blackie: ‘At 60 I wasn’t ready to give up, I was just starting’
silverguide.site – The writer of cult hit If Women Rose Rooted is on a mission to bring folklore to modern readers. She talks about confronting her fears, communing with nature – and the power that comes with age…
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