Author Buzz | The Guardian book reviews | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/the-guardian-book-reviews/ Activity feed for the group, The Guardian book reviews. Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:29:29 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 28433b548153d8622308bbc15935f4a4 Blog: Killing the Pope review – the truth behind the attempted murder of John Paul II from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/10/killing-the-pope-review-the-truth-behind-the-attempted-of-john-paul-ii Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:33 +0000 Was the failed assassination of the Polish pope a Soviet plot or simply the work of a deranged hitman?On the afternoon of Wednesday 13 May 1981, St Peter’s Square i […]

]]> 0 fd78d21ed18aaa635cb35b9315adf7da Blog: Lessons in Harmony by Jonathan Coe review – what can music tell us about national identity? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/10/lessons-in-harmony-by-jonathan-coe-review-what-can-music-tell-us-about-national-identity Tue, 10 Nov 2026 07:00:31 +0000 The unlikely friendship between French and English composers Maurice Ravel and Ralph Vaughan Williams has inspired a tender and generous novelIn 1907, composer […]

]]> 0 ff372c0d9f596d60bb19cee09d303887 Blog: M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything-wins-2026-booker-prize Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:00:20 +0000 The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 awardGuardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visi […]

]]> 0 4fa2da671306332e422e21c82f9fa919 Blog: Two Women by Jacqueline Rose review – a memorial to Gillian Rose from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/two-women-by-jacqueline-rose-review-a-memorial-to-gillian-rose Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:00:04 +0000 The connections between the author’s sister and the German Jewish philosopher Edith Stein are vividly imagined in alternating chapters of a fictional biographyIn a […]

]]> 0 806389a5f4b538ad200be871239aa4ef Blog: Look at Me by Dustin Hoffman review – an era-defining actor says his piece from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/look-at-me-by-dustin-hoffman-review-an-era-defining-actor-says-his-piece Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:00:02 +0000 At 89, the star of the Graduate and Rain Man demonstrates both brilliance and a startling lack of self-awarenessThe choice of title for an actor’s autobiography c […]

]]> 0 bbe9d6fdc0360144ec9eca1867528166 Blog: Tom Gauld on prompts for a cartoon about artificial intelligence and writing – cartoon from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/nov/08/tom-gauld-on-prompts-for-a-cartoon-about-artificial-intelligence-and-writing-cartoon Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:40 +0000 Continue reading…

]]> 0 07614486bec1fe68cb2cdf9653026116 Blog: ‘No tech, no texts, just childhood’: author Liz Pichon on the secrets behind her multi-million selling Tom Gates series from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/08/no-tech-no-texts-just-childhood-author-liz-pichon-on-the-secrets-behind-her-multi-million-selling-tom-gates-series Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:39 +0000 As her long-running children’s book series turns 15, Liz Pichon talks about overcoming dyslexia to become a bestselling authorIf you ever find yourself in an a […]

]]> 0 825380004e6369dab717e3af3a052c51 Blog: Narrative threads: How to write a Booker-shortlisted novel, by Marlon James, Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout and more from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/07/narrative-threads-how-to-write-a-booker-shortlisted-novel-by-marlon-james-douglas-stuart-elizabeth-strout-and-more Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:06 +0000 A trip to the Scottish islands, a psychological experiment, a chance encounter in a drugstore… the finalists for this year’s Booker prize reveal their ins […]

]]> 0 cec7e82c6375cee1284e8b672ea711d8 Blog: Russell Brand books withdrawn by UK publishers after his conviction for rape and sexual assault from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/russell-brand-books-withdrawn-uk-publishers-conviction-rape-sexual-assault Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:56:12 +0000 Pan Macmillan and Hodder & Stoughton have both confirmed that work by the comedian and writer will be pulled, and other publishers’ books are no longer a […]

]]> 0 264ca09aadb3dd1e2c0701d89fd7f76a Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:41 +0000 The Universe is an Animal by Jessica Mookherjee; Sleep Gate by Sylvia Legris; The Other Love by Henri Cole; Stay Winter by Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe The Universe Is an […]

]]> 0 e16921456faa1a12f5d96be454428b57 Blog: Nikita Gill: ‘I read Flowers in the Attic too young. Someone should have stopped me’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/nikita-gill-i-read-flowers-in-the-attic-too-young-someone-should-have-stopped-me Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:00:50 +0000 The Indian-Irish poet on the Mahabharata retelling that inspired her to write, Arundhati Roy’s courage, and the poetry of Lucille CliftonMy earliest r […]

]]> 0 f138e1b7a9274cbe0d04d486f3730375 Blog: True North by Paul Theroux review – an American’s view of Canada from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/06/true-north-by-paul-theroux-review-an-americans-view-of-canada Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:00:47 +0000 The veteran travel writer turns his eye for detail on his northern neighbour and its peoplePaul Theroux’s arrival in Canada doesn’t go well. An immigration off […]

]]> 0 5100c578af30102379578ec438fc873a Blog: Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter audiobook review – an urgent call for collective action from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/05/feminism-for-a-world-on-fire-by-natasha-walter-audiobook-review-an-urgent-call-for-collective-action Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:00:26 +0000 The writer and activist finds galvanising energy in grassroots initiatives in the face of inequality and the climate crisis‘Throughout the world confidence in p […]

]]> 0 f4e8720a0812ece4413ed083bfa7e46b Blog: Where to start with: John Berger from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/05/where-to-start-with-john-berger Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:30:23 +0000 The influential British writer and critic was born 100 years ago today. Here’s a guide to his genre-bending writing on art, love, sex, mortality and moreJohn B […]

]]> 0 f22a7715e5b7ad6314b57993342f5d33 Blog: Philippa Gregory: ‘I read 100 of the best 18th century novels – the perfect author’s apprenticeship’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/philippa-gregory-i-read-100-of-the-best-18th-century-novels-the-perfect-authors-apprenticeship Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:50 +0000 The British novelist on discovering Molly Keane, coming to Dickens late, and the books that taught her the importance of writing about historyMy earliest […]

]]> 0 4db3a22057d4f4dfe43538c24b062f20 Blog: Attention Seeking Behaviour by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo review – a slippery liar’s tale from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/30/attention-seeking-behaviour-by-aea-varfis-van-warmelo-review-a-slippery-liars-tale Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:48 +0000 Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths prize, this compelling interrogation of memory, justice and truth offers no easy answersThe Goldsmiths prize-shortlisted debut from […]

]]> 0 5225f783e0722477e1944dc4b825bf73 Blog: Sarah Howe wins Forward poetry prize for best collection from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/sarah-howe-wins-forward-poetry-prize-for-best-collection Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:32:12 +0000 Howe’s ‘exceptional’ Foretokens took the main £10,000 award, while Nur Turkmani, Tara Bergin and Biff Smith swept up the remaining categoriesSarah Howe has won th […]

]]> 0 cb254a1f7768740eff0a3dc7be545fe0 Blog: Bram Stoker’s Dracula audiobook review – cinematic horror with an A-list cast from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/bram-stokers-dracula-audiobook-review-cinematic-horror-with-an-a-list-cast Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:47 +0000 Jonathan Bailey, Ella Purnell, Aimee-Lou Wood, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more bring shock and gore to an immersive retelling with real biteDo we really need another […]

]]> 0 2d2d5677cbb2316d20197e8bb23fb7aa Blog: If British Library reading rooms become ‘co-working spaces’, it’s all too easy to imagine what comes next | Andy Beckett from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/29/british-library-reading-rooms-co-working-space-national-library Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:27 +0000 The plan to generate revenue from areas currently used by the public is causing bitter dispute, and raises fundamental questions In a crowded country that is short […]

]]> 0 1f2205364349d6691f2924900ece634c Blog: Are You With Me Now? by Hanif Kureishi review – a novelist unleashed from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/29/are-you-with-me-now-by-hanif-kureishi-review-back-to-basics Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:26 +0000 The constraints of Kureishi’s life after a devastating accident infuse his writing with a new and thrilling immediacySome months after returning home, after a g […]

]]> 0 da887f486ad33d0e51cac7b5931ceb3f Blog: ‘We sold out tickets within 13 minutes’: new novel from romantasy author Sarah J Maas sparks fan mania from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/28/we-sold-out-tickets-within-13-minutes-new-novel-from-romantasy-author-sarah-j-maas-sparks-fan-mania Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:21:54 +0000 Move over Oasis – 6,000 people tried to buy 220 tickets to a masquerade ball to celebrate the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony, while specialist bookshops c […]

]]> 0 22b61475bf14727680305f88f48cc925 Blog: Time Being by Jude Cook review – a smart existential tale of midlife from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/27/time-being-by-jude-cook-review-a-smart-existential-tale-of-midlife Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:07 +0000 A fatal mistake sparks this juicy melodrama, in which a philosophy professor navigates the guilt of being a survivorWhat if, battered by cancer and cancer […]

]]> 0 213b1094cb6c266150de2d76c0765856 Blog: War Is Interested in You by Gideon Rachman review – are we on the brink of world war three? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/war-is-interested-in-you-by-gideon-rachman-review-how-close-is-world-war-three Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:26 +0000 A foreign affairs expert’s bleak assessment of the state of global securityAre we on the brink of a new world war? This bleak subject is increasingly invoked by l […]

]]> 0 8df137c23a4815d01879aa9d96497ec9 Blog: Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li review – a virtuosic interrogation of the power of art from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/music-against-the-night-by-yiyun-li-review-a-virtuosic-interrogation-of-the-power-of-art Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:26 +0000 What does it cost, to live your life in the hope of immortality? Li examines the gulf between talent and genius through the marriage of two real-life musiciansIn […]

]]> 0 0b05cd8f3802f265210c44aef738933c Blog: Helen Fielding launches Bridget Jones prize for northern comedy writing from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/helen-fielding-launches-bridget-jones-prize-for-northern-comedy-writing Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:39 +0100 The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hilarious’Bridget Jones author Helen Fie […]

]]> 0 85a6e6ecdca83d7390487c39ef6d2104 Blog: Female Life on Planet Earth by Laleh Khadivi review – a mother’s secret past in the Iranian revolution from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/22/female-life-on-planet-earth-by-laleh-khadivi-review-a-mothers-secret-past-in-the-iranian-revolution Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:09 +0100 A woman living in California discovers her mother may have been a merciless enforcer of the Islamic revolution, in an intriguing novel of inheritance and […]

]]> 0 810b25b0f59766cbb29b007d5eff3a9b Blog: Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/22/canadian-publisher-boreal-ends-relationship-author-thelyson-orelien-over-ai Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:13:01 +0100 Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novelThe publisher of top-selling Haitian C […]

]]> 0 2deda7e1ec6718bd4da29c6eb275f80e Blog: ‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/it-feels-quite-frightening-readers-rush-to-snap-up-sally-rooney-books-as-stocks-dwindle-amid-palestine-action-ban Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:26:22 +0100 Booksellers have reported selling out of the Irish novelist’s works after it was announced that her books would be withdrawn from sale in the UKBooksellers have r […]

]]> 0 ae92e68330450993f84ce3308110fab0 Blog: New prize launches for books co-written with AI from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/new-prize-launches-books-co-written-with-ai-france Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:59:34 +0100 After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the […]

]]> 0 59bd3b80905ea5c5dfb036a6bf21aa53 Blog: The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch by Thure Erik Lund review – is this the greatest living Norwegian writer? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/the-mystery-of-what-befell-in-the-ditch-by-thure-erik-lund-review-is-this-the-greatest-living-norwegian-writer Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:04 +0100 Translated into English at last, this portrait of a man appalled by modernity and desperate to get back to nature is brimming with Nordic weltschmerzT-O-M. The […]

]]> 0 3e030468d6d832df29343b9116cba2cd Blog: On Another Planet They Can Save Me by Lieke Marsman review – an astonishing memoir of terminal illness from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/on-another-planet-they-can-save-me-by-lieke-marsman-review-an-astonishing-memoir-of-terminal-illness Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:04 +0100 Published four months after her death, the poet’s reflections on mortality are both agonising and profoundly life-affirmingThere are no atheists in foxholes, goes t […]

]]> 0 8390b3c0d6ecb0f3f980ccc7a5f40a21 Blog: Alone With a Book by Tessa Hadley review – an acclaimed writer’s cultural prescription from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/20/alone-with-a-book-by-tessa-hadley-review-an-acclaimed-writers-cultural-prescription Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:10:57 +0100 This collection of essays from the beloved novelist is full of gem-like insights on art and booksWhen Tessa Hadley was a child, someone gave her a copy of Lois […]

]]> 0 a39f2922c42d1402a095dbdc693cfab1 Blog: Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger review – does this sequel measure up to The Time Traveler’s Wife? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/life-out-of-order-by-audrey-niffenegger-review-does-this-sequel-measure-up-to-the-time-travelers-wife Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:14:29 +0100 More than two decades on, the passion that ignited Niffenegger’s debut has all but evaporated from this confused follow-upI run a reading workshop which begins w […]

]]> 0 555e6b7c2456a78ae448c3f3db820309 Blog: Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History by Benjamin Moser review – the deep roots of a contemporary movement from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/19/anti-zionism-a-jewish-history-by-benjamin-moser-review-the-deep-roots-of-a-contemporary-movement Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:02 +0100 A biographer’s affecting account of prominent critics of Zionism, from Hannah Arendt to Nan Goldin“Everyone in America – at least as far as I knew – was a Zionist […]

]]> 0 ddab2b9d76d3a57f8e9d1abd6784d61e Blog: Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/isabel-allende-wins-premio-planeta-spanish-literary-prize-pseudonym Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:01:51 +0100 Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the SpiritsThe Chilean-American author Isabel Allende has won […]

]]> 0 9032172c0aba81ddf254ebb2678c0251 Blog: ‘Is there any value in writing a story in a time of chaos?’: novelist Elif Shafak on her creative crisis from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/is-there-any-value-in-writing-a-story-in-a-time-of-chaos-novelist-elif-shafak-on-her-creative-crisis Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:25 +0100 The author talks about her nomadic childhood, being targeted by the Turkish government and overcoming depression to write her latest novelFor a long time Elif […]

]]> 0 62ee4e4f206d9513e41fdd370d00314f Blog: ‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/17/as-byatt-british-library-literary-papers-archive Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:24:40 +0100 The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library […]

]]> 0 1750b02672ac53899a8ff0512688296c Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:48 +0100 The Heights by Ian Rankin; The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier; Murder Most Cryptic by Alys Cummings; The Deadly Inheritance of Everest […]

]]> 0 297412566b94a2868eb1641472cfc9ef Blog: John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/john-green-i-devoured-the-sweet-valley-high-books-in-the-1980s Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:57 +0100 The American author on being inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, coming late to Jane Austen, and the brilliance of Robert Penn WarrenMy earliest reading memory

I remember […]

]]> 0 870ce78dcdcebd4bd744868cbecaabdd Blog: Make Me Well by Xand van Tulleken – an eye-opening takedown of wellness myths from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/make-me-well-by-xand-van-tulleken-an-eye-opening-takedown-of-wellness-myths Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:53 +0100 The engaging TV doctor dismantles the spurious science behind modern day snake oils, from collagen to turmericWhen Xand van Tulleken set off on a journey into the […]

]]> 0 e7d10875d6d0e96be0818c518e2c6596 Blog: Lee Child backs launch of reading scheme to send prisons half a million books from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/16/lee-child-backs-launch-of-reading-scheme-to-send-prisons-half-a-million-books Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:01:44 +0100 The Jack Reacher author, the UK’s first prison reading laureate, said drive to improve literacy skills was a practical way to address reoffending and support r […]

]]> 0 eba4d71057fc856abd8b33e54ff9da28 Blog: Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/vermeer-by-andrew-graham-dixon-audiobook-review-a-sharp-and-authoritative-guide Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:00:14 +0100 The author offers intriguing insights into the way this Dutch artist worked, including fresh perspectives on The Girl With the Pearl EarringIn the decades after the […]

]]> 0 af5d54a23d8eca055e1cce6e606b1a39 Blog: The best books to read in October: new paperbacks from Zadie Smith, Thomas Pynchon and Francis Spufford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/the-best-books-to-read-in-october-new-paperbacks-from-zadie-smith-thomas-pynchon-and-francis-spufford Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:32:23 +0100 Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from a time-travelling fantasy novel to an eclectic essay collection. Discuss what […]

]]> 0 55e3c5f6e9fb158b38a7f10b51b4683c Blog: Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/14/ply-by-hernan-diaz-review-pulitzer-winners-dry-vision-of-far-future-america Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0100 There are shades of JG Ballard in this tale of survival in a decaying metropolis, but big ideas and lengthy exposition crowd out the human dramaHernan Diaz’s last n […]

]]> 0 46070d1c473a4637d9184c0fa16d2564 Blog: Stories shortlisted for 4thWrite prize offer ‘a whole world in a few pages’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/shortlist-4thwrite-prize-revealed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:18 +0100 The six stories on the shortlist for the 10th year of the writing award run by 4th Estate and the Guardian and open to unpublished writers of colour are […]

]]> 0 3c4ad919f4bd77031443a18c86d499dd Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:17 +0100 Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn […]

]]> 0 80cbc8a8b99f635273bd4a26fe2d03f9 Blog: Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review – a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/02/rhapsody-a-manifesto-by-alice-oswald-review-a-history-of-the-spoken-word-from-homer-to-ted-hughes Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:11 +0100 A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural worldThe poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to […]

]]> 0 f4a43ae7975f2bc5c82de7cd4dd8c17b Blog: The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson audiobook review – a Caribbean child’s-eye view of 60s Bradford from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson-audiobook-review-a-caribbean-childs-eye-view-of-60s-bradford Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:52 +0100 The author captures the comedy and cruelty in this tenderly written coming-of-age taleThis Women’s prize-nominated novel from Marcia Hutchinson is told from the p […]

]]> 0 9bcae217c35c31087961d0b304022007 Blog: What we’re reading: China Miéville, Sebastian Barry, Derek Owusu and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in September from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/what-were-reading-sebastian-barry-china-mieville-readers-and-derek-owusu-on-the-books-they-enjoyed-in-september Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:48:27 +0100 Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI was sideswiped by Giada Scodellaro’s Ruins […]

]]> 0 7f032a606c2e189aa6595b5febd3d407 Blog: Dodge City by Patrick deWitt review – a wild draft-dodging road trip from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/01/dodge-city-by-patrick-dewitt-review-a-wild-draft-dodging-road-trip Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:29 +0100 This tale of a 60s college dropout driving across the US to avoid being sent to Vietnam is committed to both readerly pleasure and literary artificeCanadian author […]

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