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Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'
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Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'

Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'
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Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'

Read this exclusive poem about homelessness by Ian McMillan
Tents in Butler Place in London, ont far from the houses of parliament
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Read this exclusive poem about homelessness by Ian McMillan

Top 5 dystopian novels, featuring Isaac Asimov and Iain M Banks
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Top 5 dystopian novels, featuring Isaac Asimov and Iain M Banks

Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships
Warren Ellis holds his violin on stage in 2009
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Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships

Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood.
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Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid's Tale

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper
Colson Whitehead gives the 2017 Black History Month lecture for the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper

I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi
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I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi

Book reviews: Something New Under The Sun and The Black Locomotive
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Book reviews: Something New Under The Sun and The Black Locomotive

Top 5 books on railways, featuring Terry Pratchett and a handbook from 1866
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Top 5 books on railways, featuring Terry Pratchett and a handbook from 1866

From 13th-century monks to Google, we're all index-linked
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From 13th-century monks to Google, we're all index-linked

Author Charles Foster: 'Unless we rediscover our stories we’re finished'
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Author Charles Foster: 'Unless we rediscover our stories we’re finished'

Reviews: The Liquid Land by Raphaela Edelbauer and No Touching by Ketty Rouf
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Reviews: The Liquid Land by Raphaela Edelbauer and No Touching by Ketty Rouf

1979 by Val McDermid: A novel as touching as it is gripping
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1979 by Val McDermid: A novel as touching as it is gripping

Lawyer turned author Abi Silver picks her top 5 courtroom dramas
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Lawyer turned author Abi Silver picks her top 5 courtroom dramas

Troubles in Northern Ireland teach us children could be pushed to war again
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Troubles in Northern Ireland teach us children could be pushed to war again

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes: Adventurous and original
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The Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes: Adventurous and original

The benefit of glasses for middle-aged eyes
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The benefit of glasses for middle-aged eyes

Borges and Me by Jay Parini: Caper-ish and laugh-out-loud funny
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Borges and Me by Jay Parini: Caper-ish and laugh-out-loud funny

Top 5 books about nature photography
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Top 5 books about nature photography

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