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Golden Oldies: Atonement (2007)

Golden Oldies: Atonement (2007)

As part of the Golden Oldies series, Sophie Hicks looks back on Atonement
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A novel for the Anthropocene: Richard Powers’ The Overstory

A novel for the Anthropocene: Richard Powers’ The Overstory

Will Stonier considers how Richard Powers interacts with the anthropecene in his book of short stories
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Review: We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

Review: We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

Robert Boddy reviews Frances Liardet’s We Must Be Brave, a decade-spanning story of an orphaned evacuee and the woman who takes her into her family
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Review: Godsend by John Wray

Review: Godsend by John Wray

John Wray’s Godsend works best on a big picture level, and because of that, doesn’t fall flat like most American fiction about the ‘War on Terror’
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Review: ‘Swan Song’ by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

Review: ‘Swan Song’ by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott’s novel is a brilliant representation of a literary icon, Truman Capote, and an incredible debut novel, writes Robert Boddy
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Review: Revolt

Books Editor Yasmin Mannan reviews Qaisra Shahraz’s third and most recent novel Revolt, which is a triumphant exploration of everything that is it to be human
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WWI novels: A retrospective

To mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War, Books Editor Esmé Clifford Astbury encourages readers to tuck into one of these novels
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Surprise and delight at The Castle Hotel

Bad Language’s spoken word event takes an evening in the pub into a realm of uncertainty and suprise
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The Fault in Our Stars (John Green) – Review

The latest release from New York Times bestselling author John Green takes an affectionate and affecting look at teens suffering with cancer
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