The Names by Florence Knapp audiobook review – a Sliding Doors-style debut | Fiction
How influential is a name? This is the question underpinning The Names, which opens with Cora taking her…
The novels conservatives want you to read
ON A RAINY summer’s morning, eight students and a professor sat around a table at Thomas Aquinas College,…
Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir | India
The government in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has banned 25 books, including works by the Booker-prize winning author…
ONE to publish poet Rebecca Tamás’ first full-length work of non-fiction
RightsAug 7, 2025by Maia Snow Rebecca Tamás © Sophie Davidson ONE, an imprint of Pushkin Press, is set to…
‘Vulture’ review: Blistering satire about misery merchants in Gaza
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How Springsteen Created ‘Born to Run’
The darkness was still there, along with the doubt and fear. “I was a romantic at heart, you…
See Paige Toon’s ‘Don’t Fall in Love With Me’ Cover Reveal
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‘Astonishingly rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for nearly €50,000 – The Irish Times
A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance has sold…
Sharon King-Chai dazzles and delights with Mirror Magic children’s books
She’s won illustration awards, she’s collaborated with A-list children’s author Julia Donaldson, and now London-based artist Sharon King-Chai…
Great Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi review – a panoramic view of India in flux | Fiction
The observation by architect Louis Kahn that you “can only really see a building … once the building…
‘Wouldn’t overblow it’ – Education Minister on maths book errors
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How Springsteen Created ‘Born to Run’
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