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Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma – how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

silverguide.site – An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism…
Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma – how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland

silverguide.site – The 85-year-old magazine will return to the city for which it was named after a successful bid by Queensland University of Technology…
‘A cultural icon’: axed Australian literary journal Meanjin finds new life in Queensland

‘A white man’s war, a Black man’s fight’: the eye-opening story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

silverguide.site – At a time when Black military history is being rewritten under Trump officials, new book The War Within a War provides a vital reminder…
‘A white man’s war, a Black man’s fight’: the eye-opening story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

Your Life Without Me by James Meek review – angel of destruction haunts a domestic drama

silverguide.site – A plot to blow up St Paul’s Cathedral is seen through the lens of family tragedy …
Your Life Without Me by James Meek review – angel of destruction haunts a domestic drama

Frank O’Gorman obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Manchester University historian who wrote books on 18th- and 19th-century society…
Frank O’Gorman obituary

Polari book prize cancelled after row over gender-critical novelist

silverguide.site – Organisers of the award for LGBTQ+ writers have paused the prize this year, after controversy over the longlisting of John Boyne meant it was ‘overshadowed by hurt and anger’…
Polari book prize cancelled after row over gender-critical novelist

A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo review – the dark side of collecting

silverguide.site – From jewellery to the Parthenon marbles, why do people collect things? And what happens when interest tips into obsession?…
A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo review – the dark side of collecting

Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion

silverguide.site – A Cumbrian wind is the central character in this hugely ambitious, millennia-spanning novel, which was 20 years in the making…
Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion

Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action

silverguide.site – The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government…
Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action

Ending Isolation review – a takedown of solitary confinement by incarcerated co-authors

silverguide.site – New book looks back at the history of the controversial prison practice while pushing for its dismantling…
Ending Isolation review – a takedown of solitary confinement by incarcerated co-authors

Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

silverguide.site – Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?…
Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!

silverguide.site – With fans eagerly awaiting the reclusive author’s first book in more than a decade, the noir caper Shadow Ticket, we assess his best fiction of the past 60 years…
From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!

Poem of the week: Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border by Suji Kwock Kim

silverguide.site – Kim’s meditation on the disruptions experienced by family members during the Korean war and North Korean dictatorship explores absence, searching and separation…
Poem of the week: Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border by Suji Kwock Kim

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – surreal workplace satire

silverguide.site – A father searches for his missing daughter at a business park, only to become a living ghost in a corporate nightmare…
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – surreal workplace satire

Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – last words of a literary giant

silverguide.site – An exhilarating collection distills the late writer’s thinking on power, exile and the importance of the mother tongue…
Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – last words of a literary giant

‘Skibidi’, ‘delulu’ and ‘tradwife’ among words added to Cambridge Dictionary

silverguide.site – Lexicographers give nod to TikTok generation’s enduring influence on English language with latest additions…
‘Skibidi’, ‘delulu’ and ‘tradwife’ among words added to Cambridge Dictionary

Letter: Thomas Neurath obituary

silverguide.site – Colin Ridler writes: His charm, enthusiasm and imaginative drive were an inspiration to me and to so many others…
Letter: Thomas Neurath obituary

A poem by Justin Heazlewood: ‘This is an ode to hanging out by yourself – and the magic of flavoured milk’

silverguide.site – Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here the writer, comedian and Bedroom Philosopher reflects on his childhood…
A poem by Justin Heazlewood: ‘This is an ode to hanging out by yourself – and the magic of flavoured milk’

Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels

silverguide.site – They helped create the modern world but are dangerously overused. How can we harness them sustainably?…
Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

silverguide.site – Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok…
Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading
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