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Blog: Truss at 10 by Anthony Seldon review – how not to be PM from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe historian turns Liz Truss’s 49-day tenure into a textbook on bad government, writes former Conservative MP Dominic GrieveI have to start this review by d […]
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Blog: Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs by Jordan Stephens review – not so chill from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe Rizzle Kicks star explores the fallout from fame in this candid portrait of the artist as a struggling young manJordan Stephens’ energetic and unguarded memoir < […]
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Blog: Bookshop.org launches buy-back scheme for secondhand books from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoBookloop will allow customers to trade books they own for credit to use on the online retailer’s website, with accumulated royalties being distributed to authorsA b […]
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Bob Bobson replied to the topic Is your MC you? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 year, 6 months ago
Always
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Toni McHadden replied to the topic What are yopu reading right now? in the forum General Chat 1 year, 6 months ago
Textbooks. Boring, but necessary.
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Blog: Becoming Earth by Ferris Jabr review – our planet: a living, breathing, mutating miracle from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe US-based journalist has fashioned a wide-ranging and thought-provoking study of how everything from microbes to mammoths transformed our world into a living […]
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Blog: Dogs and Monsters by Mark Haddon review – myth and legend refocused in deft short stories from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time gives fresh legs to the Minotaur, Actaeon, his hounds and moreThe human characters in Mark […]
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Blog: ‘I feel like when I’m 50 people will take me seriously’: novelists Eliza Clark and Julia Armfield in conversation from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe two authors, who became friends during lockdown, discuss their experiences in the UK publishing industry, the day job, and books they loveWhen Eliza Clark’s d […]
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Blog: The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer review – a not so smashing follow-up from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe comedian’s flights of fancy are again to the fore in this sequel to his award-winning crime caper, but sadly, momentum and intrigue are a little lackingIn 2 […]
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Blog: The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe biggest names are back in a stellar season for fiction, with rip-roaring feminist horror, revenge tales, family sagas, spy romps and more. Here’s our e […]
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Blog: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner review – double dealing in deepest France from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoLonglisted for this year’s Booker prize, Kushner’s cleverly paced tale of espionage, narrated by a ‘wild and boastful’ agent provocateur, juggles a killer plot wi […]
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Blog: Clare Chambers: Best and worst compliment? ‘My mum loves your books’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe ‘Shy Creatures’ author on what she learnt from Iris Murdoch, the best book she’s read this year, and the bookshop everyone should go to…
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Blog: Warhol idolised her, Thatcher copied her and Kingsley Amis had a deep fear of farting in her presence: but what was the Queen really like? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoFrom terrifying guests with invitations to ‘informal’ lunches to her relationship with the first female prime minister – Craig Brown looks for the woman behind the […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘First Job’ by Bryony Littlefair from
Seren in the group Seren Books 1 year, 6 months agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘First Job’ by Bryony Littlefair from her debut collection ‘Escape Room’.
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Blog: Novelist Francesca Segal: ‘Wuthering Heights did peculiar things to my romantic expectations’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThe author on reading Emily Brontë as a teenager, becoming consumed by the Patrick Melrose novels, and the magic of listening to the Midnight’s Children au […]
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Blog: Five of the best books about yearning from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoThese exceptional tales explore the sweet, infuriating agony of being overwhelmed by passion and desireTo yearn is to feel the pain and pleasure of being alive all […]
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Blog: Books I Read in July 2024 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 1 year, 6 months agoThe Bee Sting by Paul Murray was shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year and is even more impressive than his second novel Skippy Dies which I read last year. It […]
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Blog: The Waterstones Round Up: October's Best Children's Books from
Waterstones Blog in the group Waterstones’ blog headlines 1 year, 6 months agoFrom the return of Skandar and Bunny vs Monkey to wintry romance and enchanting picture books, discover what treats October has in store.
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Blog: How Tyrants Fall by Marcel Dirsus review – road to revolution from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoA ‘blueprint’ for bringing dictators down that could equally function as a Machiavellian manual for staying in powerJust when I thought I was out, they pull me bac […]
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Adam Bassman replied to the topic Writing courses? in the forum General Chat 1 year, 6 months ago
Ages ago, I signed up for the Writers’ Bureau. I wish I had not wasted my money. It was a total rip-off.
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Blog: Robert Harris’s Precipice, reviewed: it’s an injustice this great novelist hasn’t won more literary prizes from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 year, 6 months agoDuring the dawn of the First World War, HH Asquith sent more than 700 letters to an aristocratic young woman almost half his age – but did the Liberal PM actually h […]
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sophia gary replied to the topic Writing courses? in the forum General Chat 1 year, 6 months ago
writing course can really elevate your skills and spark creativity. MasterClass, Coursera, or local workshops are excellent choices to explore. You’ll definitely stay inspired!
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sophia gary became a registered member 1 year, 6 months ago
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Blog: TikToker sparks debate after asking why book ‘has so many words on the page’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 year, 6 months ago‘Why are the pages filled with so many words?’
