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Blog: Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo review – a gender-swapped Moby-Dick from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoA runaway orphan from coastal Kent is the protagonist in this tightly plotted reimagining of Herman Melville’s whaling classic“‘And now here I was, an accid […]
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Blog: The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 shortlist is here – these are my must-reads in the running from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoFrom coming-of-age stories to sexual awakenings, these six titles have been recognised as future classics
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Blog: Scandal-hit creative writing website NaNoWriMo to close after 20 years from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoThe US nonprofit, whose online community encouraged members to write a novel in a month, has been rocked by controversy in recent yearsNaNoWriMo, the US-based […]
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Blog: Yoko by David Sheff review – a queasily one-sided defence from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoThe artist and musician is a brilliant subject for an epic, in-depth biography, but this is merely hagiographyIn 1966 a woman sat down at the Destruction in Art […]
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Blog: This month’s best paperbacks: Elif Shafak, Richard Ayoade and more from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoLooking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from an engrossing study of Chinese women to a fun, loveable novel Continue reading…
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Blog: The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker review – an impossible tale from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoA New York librarian is discovered unconscious in a park with no memory, in a mystery that challenges consensual realityWe first meet Jane O in the consulting room […]
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Blog: Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoAmerican authors of All Fours and Tell Me Everything are competing for the 30th award alongside four other novels highlighting ‘the importance of human c […]
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Blog: Women’s Prize for Fiction unveils 2025 shortlist featuring four debut novelists tackling identity, history and self-discovery from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoThe category is dominated by new voices, joined by previous nominees Miranda July and Elizabeth Stout
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Blog: Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review: the real Cora Crippen from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoThe author of The Five, about the Ripper murders, turns her attention to another tragically misunderstood victimIn the canon of British true crime, the case of Dr […]
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Blog: Bullaun Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘rollicking picaresque’ novel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoIrish publisher receives award for small presses for Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the DoorIrish publisher Bullaun Press has won the Republic of Consc […]
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Blog: What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoAuthors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsWhen HHhH by Laurent Binet came out in […]
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Blog: The big idea: should you trust your gut? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks ago‘Follow your instincts’ has become a modern mantra. But what if they lead you astray? ‘What should I do?” Whether openly stated or implicit, this is the questio […]
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Blog: Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler – Jay’s eternal hold from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 10 months, 3 weeks agoTwo enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pac […]
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Semicolons in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 10 months, 4 weeks agoSemicolons
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘On Mother’s Day’ by Vanessa Lampert from
Seren in the group Seren Books 10 months, 4 weeks agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘On Mother’s Day’ by Vanessa Lampert from her collection ‘Say It With Me’.
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Blog: The Romance Edit: March from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 11 months agoWelcome to the March issue of The Romance Edit. Spring has sprung 🌼 and from sweeping historical romance to slow … Continued
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Blog: Summer 2025 Preview from
Daunt Books Publishing in the group Daunt Books 11 months agoJULY I Remember by Joe Brainard | With a new foreword by Olivia Laing | Introduction by Paul Auster | Non-Fiction | £7.99 | 3 July 2025 An enduring gem, I Remember […]
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Alen Jake became a registered member 11 months ago
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Stand by for news in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 11 months agoStand by for news
I shall shortly be announcing some news. This news will be political in nature and may restrict what I can post for a few months. I’ll still be doing my admin stuff on Author Buzz and elsewhere. I just might not post as much. Don’tContinue reading“Stand by for news” -
Blog: Books I Read in February 2025 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 11 months agoShow Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld is a collection of 12 short stories by the author of American Wife, Rodham and Romantic Comedy. White Women LOL is a s […]
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WishList: A proposed extension of OpenGraph in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 11 months agoWishList: A proposed extension of OpenGraph
I’d like to propose an extension of the OpenGraph protocol for easy wishlist creation. A select few might be aware that I maintain a wishlist. Currently, I […] -
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This makes a lot of sense to me – how not to tell boring stories in the forum Aspiring Authors 11 months ago
