Never knowingly unknowing, Ali Smith pre-empts the most likely criticism of her latest novel, Glyph, when a character says: “I’m just not sure that books that are novels and fiction and so on... Read more »
Cancer is a subject the poet laureate Simon Armitage has always shied away from. “I find it very daunting,” he said. “I’ve lost friends and family to cancer.” But when he was... Read more »
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A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month. The post On Our Nightstands: July 2020 appeared first on Public Books. Source link Read more »
When Sunwoo and Hana met on Twitter, they were in their 40s and committed bachelorettes. Both raised by the sea in Busan, they studied in Seoul before entering the city’s famously brutal rat... Read more »
The Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has called for renewed efforts to diversify the school curriculum in England, warning that young people are growing up in a society where “doors are closing”... Read more »
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month. The post On Our Nightstands: September 2020 appeared first on Public Books. Source link Read more »
Eric Huntley, who has died aged 96, was the co-founder with his wife, Jessica, of the radical publishing house Bogle L’Ouverture, set up in London in 1968 to showcase black writing talent.... Read more »
Move over bird of the year: voting is now open in the Guardian’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture book of all time. In December, more than 3,000 Guardian readers shared... Read more »