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Blog: Post your questions for Richard Osman and Mick Herron from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoThe bestselling authors of The Thursday Murder Club and the Slough House series will take on your questionsRichard Osman and Mick Herron have cracked the code to […]
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Blog: From shocking short stories to a talking foetus: Ian McEwan’s 10 best books – ranked! from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoAs the author’s future-set novel, What We Can Know, hits shelves, we assesses his top 10 works – from chilling short stories to Booker prize-winning satireTwo old […]
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Blog: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 3 months agoSam Vimes is one of Terry Pratchett’s most enduring characters in the Discworld series. First appearing in Guards! Guards! as a washed up Captain of the ineffectual […]
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Blog: Poem of the week: The Butcher of Eden by Pádraig Ó Tuama from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoWhat counts as grace is intriguingly rethought in a sly retelling of humankind’s biblical FallThe Butcher of EdenNow God made Adam and Eve coats of skins and d […]
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Blog: We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad review – a delicious follow-up to Bunny from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoScabrous satire drives this camp, goofy sequel about a cabal of writing students at an Ivy league university – its hot-boyfriend golems are adorableWe Love You, B […]
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Blog: Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang review – a daughter of China speaks again from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoThe bestselling author returns with an account of how her homeland has changed – and the personal costs of fameRemarkable success notoriously brings its own p […]
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Blog: ‘I was writing at my lowest ebb’: Scottish author Len Pennie on domestic abuse and the power of poetry from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoLen Pennie won praise and faced criticism for exploring domestic abuse in her award-winning debut. She talks about partying sober, writing in Scots, and why she’s r […]
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Blog: The Marquis Who Mustn't, Courtney Milan from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 3 months ago2023 Victorian romance. Naomi Kwan is registering for an "ambulance"
(first aid) class, and finds she needs a fiancé to be taken seriously.
Liu Ji Kai turns up at […] -
Blog: ‘I’ve seen so many people go down rabbit holes’: Patricia Lockwood on losing touch with reality from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoThe Priestdaddy author on quitting social media, Maga conspiracies and how her second novel grew out of a period of post-Covid maniaThere is a thing Patricia […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Wrong number in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 months agoWrong number
Each day at around 6 pm, you receive a call from someone who dialled the wrong number. It is always a different person. Over time, the callers […] -
Blog: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoThe Naked Light by Bridget Collins; Exiles by Mason Coile; Alchemised by SenLinYu; Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei; Big Time by Jordan ProsserThe Naked Light by Bridget […]
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Blog: Autumn 2025 Events from
Daunt Books Publishing in the group Daunt Books 3 months agoVictoria Donovan at the Festival of Ukrainian Culture and Cuisine Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury – 27 September, 1:00pm Buy tickets here. Alice Chadwick at the […]
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Blog: A Litter of Bones, J D Kirk from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 3 months ago2010 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, first in the Jack Logan
series. Fifteen years ago the murderer the press called Mister Whisper
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Blog: Clearing the Air by Hannah Ritchie review – practical climate optimism from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 months agoA data scientist rebuts 50 arguments against green technology with lively pragmatism and authorityWhat are we going to do about the climate crisis? As extreme […]
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Burty Burtman replied to the topic
The best advice in the forum Aspiring Authors 3 months agoSolid advice.
Get it down on paper, make it pretty later!
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Blog: The flaw with Charlie Sheen’s memoir is the tragedy of his own life from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 3 months agoThe now-sober actor tells all in ‘The Book of Sheen’, an autobiography that covers his childhood, early stardom and tumultuous adulthood. It’s a compelling story […]
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Blog: I’ve listened to hundreds of audiobooks – here are my 21 favourites from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 3 months agoImmerse yourself in these great reads narrated by well-known voices
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Blog: The Romance Edit: September from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 3 months agoWelcome to the September issue of The Romance Edit. It’s finally cosy season, and from historical romances to haunted love … Continued
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Blog: Spring 2026 Preview from
Daunt Books Publishing in the group Daunt Books 3 months agoJANUARY Called By the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya by Anuradha Roy | Non-fiction | £11.99 | 15 January 2026 When novelist Anuradha Roy and her husband stumble […]
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Blog: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, Mike Brown from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 3 months ago2023 non-fiction, astronomy and autobiography. Mike Brown recounts his
role in the discovery of Quaoar, Eris, Sedna, Haumea, and other minor
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Blog: Toes from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 3 months, 1 week agoQ. What has five toes and isn’t your foot? A. My foot.
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Blog: Resolve, Jenny Schwartz from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 3 months, 1 week ago2022 SF, fifth and last in its series. The expedition to the black
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Matthew Brown posted an update 3 months, 1 week ago
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Blog: Brother Dusty-Feet, Rosemary Sutcliff from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 3 months, 1 week ago1952 historical fiction for young people. Hugh Copplestone is orphaned
and living with his aunt and uncle; one of his few joys is his dog
Argos. When his nasty aunt […]
