Books
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The novelists discuss using real life in fiction, email style, and the art of writing sex scenes
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The story of the clergymen, soldiers, architects, actors and apothecaries forced to rub shoulders during desperate times
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Infused with magic and black humour, these fables of women affected by Russian aggression have accrued an unsettling timeliness
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Quiet by Victoria Adukwei Bulley; More Fiya, edited by Kayo Chingonyi; The Lascaux Notebooks by Jean-Luc Champerret, edited and translated by Philip Terry; and Continuous Creation by Les Murray
What to read
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From Ukrainian history to Putin’s kleptocracy and Gogol’s stories, author and former Russia correspondent Oliver Bullough chooses the best titles
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Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some exciting new paperbacks, from brilliant non-fiction about sex and gender to acclaimed novels
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The writer’s affable misanthropy and self-deprecation are on display in a new set of reflections on life and death
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Three different viewpoints on the UK’s system of incarceration – by Jacob Dunne, Angela Kirwin and Andy West – examine the human cost of our investment in punishment rather than rehabilitation
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A scrupulously researched attempt to explain fabled Vogue editor Anna Wintour fails to probe deeply enough
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Half of humanity disappears in this disturbing study of loss, grief and moral sacrifice
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This chilling tale of power and corruption, based on a true crime involving brutality in the Oakland police department, announces a bold new voice
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A paean to people and nature in a fictional moorland village, from prehistory to 2099
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A spirited and anarchic novel about 80s outsiders on a quest to bring magic to the landscape
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A call to embrace wildness, a guide to shells, a tall tree tale, wishing candles, paper spirits, and a tough apology to make
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As a child star, the actor suffered trauma and neglect. Now an acclaimed director, she is confronting the ghosts of her past with a frank new book
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The author on pranking JM Coetzee, his huge debt to Labour, and his new book about the twilight of careers for artists, writers and sportsmen
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As an adaptation of her bestselling novel comes to screens, Sarah Perry describes the joys of being on set – and how the production restored her faith in storytelling
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The American author on feminist utopias, surviving the apocalypse and who is really responsible for the scourge of electric bikes on the pavement
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