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Blog: The big idea: what would culture look like without nightlife? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoLive music venues, clubs and bars feed creativity and drive social change. But they’re increasingly in dangerA few weeks ago, I decided to walk from London B […]
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Blog: CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71 from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThe creator of the highly successful crime series, set in Tudor England, was a private person who ‘preferred to be known through his novels’CJ Sansom, the bes […]
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Blog: A Day in the Life: Adam Ridgway, Director of The London Book Fair from
The Hub by The London Book Fair | Publishing News in the group The London Bookfair Hub Blog 8 months, 4 weeks agoWelcome to our ‘A Day in the Life’ blog series, where we’ll be interviewing members of the LBF team, industry professionals, and special guests attending our ne […]
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Blog: Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley review – a compelling sea view of civilisation from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThis provocative and engrossing history of marine life identifies its role in shaping us – and the future crisis we faceThe science fiction writer Arthur C C […]
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Blog: Enlightenment by Sarah Perry – a tale of cosmic beauty on the Essex marshes from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThe Essex Serpent author’s fourth novel, about a newspaper columnist who lives a double life, mixes themes of faith and physics to powerful effectSarah Perry’s thi […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic How long is a novel? in the forum A QnA for aspiring authors 8 months, 4 weeks ago
The short answer is that it depends. The long answer, is here:
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CSS as the entire WordPress theme, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 8 months, 4 weeks agoAh, the old days of coding in notepad. That takes me back a bit.
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Blog: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing review – an Eden project of her own from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoWhile a cast of literary heavyweights grace Laing’s account of her garden restoration, the real joys lie in her detailed description of the pruning and the p […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Buying back your soul one share at a time in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 8 months, 4 weeks agoBuying back your soul one share at a time
Due to a drunken deal you once made, your soul is not your own. Since that day you have had incredible good luck and an array of niche but potent […] -
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CSS as the entire WordPress theme in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 8 months, 4 weeks agoCSS as the entire WordPress theme
Does anyone remember CSS Zen Garden? An example of using only CSS to make visually striking designs for the exact same HTML. I love this idea as a fresh […] -
Blog: Hay Festival 2024: our guide to this year’s highlights from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoJudi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists a […]
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Blog: Moses McKenzie: ‘I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 8 months, 4 weeks agoThe award-winning Bristol-raised novelist on his new book about a teenage Rastafarian living in the city in volatile times, how he was influenced by The Catcher in […]
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Blog: Jilly Cooper recounts ‘terrifying’ attempted rape by a fellow author from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 9 months agoVeteran romance novelist did not name the man in question
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Blog: ‘My favourite stories are love stories’: Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoWith four million copies sold and three books in adaptation, the Beach Read author is riding high. She talks about hope, TikTok tropes and escapismA few weeks […]
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Blog: Safe haven or symbol of injustice? What our gardens tell us about the world we live in from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoFrom manicured, exclusive retreats built on slave money to common ground in which to seed utopian dreams, gardens occupy a fertile space in our lives and […]
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Blog: Tom Gauld on the two authors illusion – cartoon from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoContinue reading…
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Blog: England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines drawn from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoTwo teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debutThe perilous porousness between our online and offline worlds is […]
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Blog: Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoAn ungrammatical egg; a demystifying approach to death; 10 new poets to read aloud; and a stunning gothic mysteryMy Mother’s Tongues by Uma Menon, illustrated by R […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Dannie’s Rock’ by Tony Curtis from
Seren in the group Seren Books 9 months agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘Dannie’s Rock’ by Tony Curtis from his new collection ‘Leaving the Hills’.
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Blog: Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThe British-Ghanaian author on having his mind blown by Malorie Blackman as a child, the allure of John Williams’s Stoner and why Zadie Smith made him want to w […]
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Blog: Five of the best books about queer relationships from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoFrom James Baldwin to Sarah Waters, writers have been telling rich, nuanced LGBTQ+ tales for decades – here are some good titles to tryCinema listings seem to be s […]
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Blog: Real Americans by Rachel Khong – the lottery of life from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 9 months agoThis multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortuneIt’s often said that good luck is the result of good p […]
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What has your character sacrificed along the way? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 9 months agoWhat has your character sacrificed along the way?
What a character sacrifices and what they choose to leave behind in pursuit of their goals says a lot about them. What price has your character already paid? -
Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
How many words should a novel have? in the group Author Buzz HQ: 9 months agoHow many words should a novel have?
How many words should a novel have? That’s a question I’ve seen many times. Just recently, user Burty Burtman asked in the forums, “How long is a […]
