70 brilliant books for the summer | Books

70 brilliant books for the summer | Books

Fiction Fiction Ben Lerner A middle-aged writer returns to his college town to record the final interview with his 90-year-old intellectual mentor. But he’s broken his phone, and doesn’t seem able to... Read more »
What to read this summer by Mark Haddon, Samantha Harvey, Zadie Smith and more | Books

What to read this summer by Mark Haddon, Samantha Harvey, Zadie Smith and more | Books

Zadie SmithMargaret Busby’s Part of the Story: Writings from Half a Century is the record of one woman’s lifelong passion for the literature and life of Africa and its diaspora, wherever she... Read more »
‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success | Women’s prize for fiction

‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success | Women’s prize for fiction

Just as I am about to interview this year’s Women’s prize winner, debut American novelist Virginia Evans, at the party on a drizzly evening in a leafy London square, we are interrupted... Read more »
What to read this summer by Mark Haddon, Samantha Harvey, Zadie Smith and more | Books

Daily Cartoon: Friday, June 12th

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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup | Books

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup | Books

Not With a Bang by Temi Oh (Solstice, £20)The four daughters of a doomsday prepper were trained what to do in an emergency: grab their bags and head for the well-stocked bunker... Read more »
Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’ | Books

Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’ | Books

Sales of the whistleblowing memoir Careless People increased by more than 300% in the UK the week after its author was “silenced” during an appearance at Hay festival following legal action by... Read more »
The Artist by Lucy Steeds audiobook review – a sensory feast in Provence | Books

The Artist by Lucy Steeds audiobook review – a sensory feast in Provence | Books

When a British journalist named Joseph Adelaide tracks down a reclusive artist to his remote farmhouse in the south of France, his plan is to interview him for a magazine profile. Edouard... Read more »
Women’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfiction | Books

Women’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfiction | Books

Debut novelist Virginia Evans has won this year’s Women’s prize for fiction, while the BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet took home the nonfiction award, also for her debut. Evans’s The Correspondent... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, June 11th

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, June 11th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. Source link Read more »
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