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Blog: Martin Amis memorial to be held in London from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoFriends, family and colleagues will celebrate the author with tributes and readings at St Martin-in-the-Fields church with limited tickets available for members of […]
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Blog: Poem of the Week: Rejection by Rudyard Kipling from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoA 21st-century reader might find a parable in this disturbing Kipling poem, in which a drowned man is dehumanised and has become a displaced […]
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Burty Burtman wrote a new blog post
Your imaginary friend has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand a strange ransom… in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 5 months, 2 weeks ago -
Blog: Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – the Booker winner’s beautiful, unclassifiable memoir-cum-novel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoIn seeking to understand his parents and his life, Flanagan merges memory and fiction to ponder the random nature of existence, resulting in a masterpiece of […]
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Blog: Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby review – the Red army’s advance into history from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoA fresh take on Operation Bagration, the colossal eastern front offensive in the second world war, is the author and broadcaster’s best book yet – and shows how […]
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Blog: Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review – the women who tried to carve a path in a new China from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoIn this intimate study of a period of upheaval, a Chinese-born writer uncovers the stories of four young citizens whose lives were transformed by Deng Xiaoping’s r […]
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Blog: Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century by Simon Kuper review – chronicle of a French revelation from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoThis revealing memoir about the author’s 20 years in the City of Light identifies the complex codes of behaviour that newcomers are obliged to masterIn 1990 the S […]
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Blog: What a Fool Believes by Michael McDonald review – the nicest dude in soul takes centre stage from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoFrom falling foul of Ray Charles to writing with Burt Bacharach and singing with Steely Dan, McDonald has led a fascinating, if addiction-fuelled, life, but his […]
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Blog: One Ukrainian Summer by Viv Groskop review – young love in the birthplace of Zelenskiy from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoIn this evocative, amusing memoir, the author and podcaster recounts her 1990s fling with a guitarist – and considers whether the Russia-Ukraine conflict could h […]
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Blog: Parade by Rachel Cusk review – a brilliant and unsettling feat from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoWith this freewheeling examination of creation, gender and art, the bold and original Cusk is ever more determined to write about life precisely as she finds itOne […]
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Burty Burtman replied to the topic Any one for Manga? in the forum General Chat 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Oh, oh! Me, me! I do. What’s your favourite?
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Blog: Bridget Jones 4 has started filming – here’s how to read the books in order from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoRenee Zellweger and Hugh Grant are returning in ‘Mad About The Boy’ alongside newcomer Leo Woodall
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Sun, Earth and Moon scale model (Oxford Natural History Museum)’ by Glyn Edwards from
Seren in the group Seren Books 5 months, 2 weeks agoTo celebrate ‘In Orbit’ by Glyn Edwards making the shortlist for Wales Book of the Year 2024, this week’s Friday Poem is Glyn’s poem ‘Sun, Earth and Moon scale mod […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
What secret or forgotten aspect ties your character to the history of your setting? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 5 months, 2 weeks agoWhat secret or forgotten aspect ties your character to the history of your setting?
This could be an ancestor involved in a historic event, a similarity to a person of legend, or something else that you have invented. Even if this […] -
Blog: The Sandman Season 2 Announced from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 5 months, 2 weeks agoI’m utterly stoked that Sandman season 2 has been announced. The first one was excellent and the comic was amazing. Netflix has also announced which members of The […]
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Blog: Sally Rooney unveils cover of new novel Intermezzo and plot that explores ‘ethical complexity’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 5 months, 2 weeks agoThe author’s new book will hit UK shelves in SeptemberÂ
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Blog: Crawley Heroics Can’t Stop Somerset from
Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters' writing 5 months, 2 weeks agoWhile the seventh round of the Vitality County Championship may have produced many close-fought, tense outcomes, that was not the case at The Oval, where […]
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Blog: Train your AI on this from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 5 months, 2 weeks agoJust for fun, I created a lovely website full of truthy “facts” that are definitely good for training LLMs. It is full of “good” articles about Boffo. Boffo, as we […]
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Blog: Job opportunity: Desk Editor / Golygydd Desg from
Seren in the group Seren Books 5 months, 2 weeks agoWe’re looking for a Desk Editor to join our team. Applications are open until the 17th June 2024. Check this post for full details including how to apply.
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Jason Latnar started the topic Any one for Manga? in the forum General Chat 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Who here reads Manga?
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Blog: Nathan Munday shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize from
Seren in the group Seren Books 5 months, 2 weeks agoCongratulations to Nathan Munday whose debut novel ‘Whaling’ has been shortlisted for the Society of Authors Betty Trask Prize.
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