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A life in quotes: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

silverguide.site – The Kenyan author and political dissident, a giant of African literature and champion of indigenous African languages, died aged 87.…
A life in quotes: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

silverguide.site – Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
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‘Infused with the fire born of resistance’: the magic of the Calabash literary festival

silverguide.site – Marlon James, Ian McEwan and Sheryl Lee Ralph lit up the Jamaican book event, celebrating the small island’s gargantuan cultural footprint with readings, discussions and DJs…
‘Infused with the fire born of resistance’: the magic of the Calabash literary festival
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Lost Boys by James Bloodworth review – journey into the manosphere

silverguide.site – A journalist goes undercover to investigate a reactionary movement that is becoming increasingly mainstream…
Lost Boys by James Bloodworth review – journey into the manosphere
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Spent by Alison Bechdel review – the graphic novelist faces up to midlife

silverguide.site – In this playfully fictionalised memoir, Alison runs a pygmy goat sanctuary while making a name for herself on stage and screen…
Spent by Alison Bechdel review – the graphic novelist faces up to midlife
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‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war

silverguide.site – The tragedy in Gaza has loomed over the festival, with chair Robert Watkins promising ‘a plurality of voices’…
‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war
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‘Not everybody spoke posh’ in Jane Austen’s era, says top producer

silverguide.site – Jane Tranter’s The Other Bennet Sister will ditch the ‘fetishisation’ of period drama to draw viewers into the novelist’s world…
‘Not everybody spoke posh’ in Jane Austen’s era, says top producer
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Paul Durcan obituary

silverguide.site – Irish poet whose work dealt with misogyny, cruelty and bigotry, but could also be caustically hilarious…
Paul Durcan obituary
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Letter: Peter Lovesey obituary

silverguide.site – Trevor James writes: I knew Peter Lovesey as an inspirational figure from this parallel universe…
Letter: Peter Lovesey obituary
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Homework by Geoff Dyer review – coming of age in 70s England

silverguide.site – Dyer conjures conker fights, saturday jobs and teenage rampages as he charts his journey from a two-up two-down in Gloucestershire to Oxford…
Homework by Geoff Dyer review – coming of age in 70s England
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Ripeness by Sarah Moss – a beautifully written novel of place and identity

silverguide.site – An English woman’s tale of migration, alternating between mid-60s Italy and present-day Ireland, considers family heritage and the treatment of refugees…
Ripeness by Sarah Moss – a beautifully written novel of place and identity
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The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz review – jazz age mystery packed with corpses and charisma

silverguide.site – The actor’s first novel, set on (and sometimes narrated by) a luxury boat in 1925, swerves from cosy Christie homage into something far more brutal…
The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz review – jazz age mystery packed with corpses and charisma
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Poem of the week: Selling Watermelons by Andrei Voznesensky, translated by Edwin Morgan

silverguide.site – The Russian poet’s playful verse about a Moscow market stall explores ideas of abundance and freedom…
Poem of the week: Selling Watermelons by Andrei Voznesensky, translated by Edwin Morgan
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Gertrude Stein: an Afterlife by Francesca Wade – how a literary legend was made

silverguide.site – A thoughtful biography attempts to restore the Alice B Toklas author’s posthumous reputation as a founder of modernism…
Gertrude Stein: an Afterlife by Francesca Wade – how a literary legend was made
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The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos review – inside the world of the ultrarich

silverguide.site – An eye-opening account of superyachts, the billionaires who buy them, and what it all means for the rest of us…
The Haves and Have-Yachts by Evan Osnos review – inside the world of the ultrarich
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Alasdair MacIntyre obituary

silverguide.site – Provocative philosopher who argued that current morality has been cut off from its roots ‘largely thanks to the Enlightenment’…
Alasdair MacIntyre obituary
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American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins: ‘I didn’t need to justify my right to write that book’

silverguide.site – Five years after being vilified for exploiting the migrant experience in her bestseller, the author reveals how the backlash inspired her latest novel…
American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins: ‘I didn’t need to justify my right to write that book’
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Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late

silverguide.site – Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 election…
Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late
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Challenge use of ‘nefarious’ news sources, says environmentalist

silverguide.site – Mike Berners-Lee tells Hay festival audience to make spread of political deceit more socially embarrassing…
Challenge use of ‘nefarious’ news sources, says environmentalist
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‘My legal work sows the seeds of my stories’: International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq

silverguide.site – The author and activist, who was subject to a fatwa in 2000, has won the prestigious prize for translated fiction with her translator Deepa Bhasthi for her collection of short stories about the lives of Muslim women. They explain why Heart Lamp’s themes ‘are universal’…
‘My legal work sows the seeds of my stories’: International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq
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