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Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoSo Far So Good by Ursula K Le Guin; Thrums by Thomas A Clark; Sculling by Sophie Dumont; Magadh by Shrikant VermaSo Far So Good by Ursula K Le Guin (Spiral House, […]
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Blog: On Friendship by Andrew O’Hagan review – ties that bind from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoThe novelist on the relationships that shaped his life, from schoolmates to the Stone Roses and Edna O’Brien Continue reading…
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Blog: Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoThe £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fictionSarah Hall, Charlie Porter and Yrsa Daley-Ward are amon […]
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Blog: What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoWriters and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI am really excited by Namanlagh, the first […]
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Blog: Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, according to report from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoDuring the 2024-2025 school year, there were more then 6,800 instances of books being pulled, led by the horror authorA new report on book bans in US schools finds […]
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Blog: I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally audiobook review – the life of a hospitality legend from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoRichard E Grant narrates the restaurateur’s candid memoir about his life’s highs, lows and biggest regrets – including barring James CordenThe memoir from Keith […]
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Blog: Mistworld, Simon R. Green from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 2 months, 2 weeks ago1992 SF, first of its series. Mistworld is a marginally-habitable
planet, but it’s the one place Imperial Outlaws can go without being
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Blog: The fanfiction written on a notes app that’s become a bestseller – with a seven-figure film deal from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoSenLinYu’s debut started life as Harry Potter fanfiction. The Alchemised author shares why they were drawn to a war-torn love story, how a conservative upbringing s […]
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World Boxed: A story of sorts in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 2 months, 2 weeks agoWorld Boxed: A story of sorts
The first five chapters of World Boxed is available to read on my website, now. World boxed charts the narrative in my head as I play World Box. -
Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 2 months, 2 weeks ago
And lo, the god did look and hell had two villages. This was good and as it should be and not in any way a set-up for a worldwide invasion later. And then it was that the humans form Eden did see the island […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 2 months, 2 weeks ago
A new age dawned, and this made it significantly easier to see. And the people took this as a sign that it was time to hop across the water with their boats and start a new village where they could chop […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 2 months, 2 weeks ago
And, lo, darkness did cover the world and the god thought to himself, “I’m no fan of night cycles”. So the god went and checked out the heavens he had made. He beheld that they were still kind of nice to […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The god said to himself, “If these fools are going to grow crops, I’d better send rain or something.” And thus the first rains did fall, and the people elected a weather forecaster because getting soaked is not […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 2 months, 2 weeks ago
East of Eden, the god made a new land with lots of stuff that an empire might need. He filled this island with trees and cool animals. West of Eden, he made another land which was basic. Onto the basic […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 2 months, 2 weeks ago
In the beginning, the world box was without form and void. That’s because god hit pause while he figured out what to make. The god made hell, heaven, and a bit of land in the middle. He saw what he […]
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Blog: A Murderous Relation, Deanna Raybourn from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 2 months, 2 weeks ago2020 historical thriller, fifth of its series. As London panics over
the Ripper murders, Veronica and Stoker are asked to get Albert Victor
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Blog: Amity by Nathan Harris review – perceptive portrait of slavery’s aftermath from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoThis follow-up to the Booker-listed The Sweetness of Water charts the perilous journeys of a brother and sister in the Reconstruction era, from the deep south to […]
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Blog: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker review – communication breakdown from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoUnwritten rules, social contracts, shared logic – and what happens when they fall apartKnots, RD Laing’s 1970 book, was a collection of short dialogues ill […]
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Blog: Judy Murray: ‘I’ve seen a lot of toxic behaviour when people believe their own hype’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 2 months, 2 weeks agoThe veteran tennis coach and mum to champions Andy and Jamie speaks to Katie Rosseinsky about her latest foray into novel writing and the power of sporting role models
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Blog: Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 3 weeks agoHarrison’s poetry and plays made an electrifying connection with readers and audiences through his use of Leeds dialect, and his ear for rhyme. Writers remember h […]
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Blog: Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 3 weeks agoMy vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting forI was 34 years old when I first had the idea for the world wide web. […]
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Blog: ‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 3 weeks agoFrom Rebecca to The Birds and scores of creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro‘Last night I dreamt I went to M […]
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Blog: Of Dice and Men by David M. Ewalt from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 2 months, 3 weeks agoPeople have always played games, going back to the very earliest days of civilisation. Conflict of various sorts has been a popular theme, with chess being the […]
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Blog: NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 months, 3 weeks agoThe Zimbabwean writer – who has been twice nominated for the Booker – won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, with her story Hitting BudapestZimbabwean wri […]
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