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Indie bookshops are bucking high street trends
Telling Tales bookshop on a boat
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Indie bookshops are bucking high street trends

The Big Issue's Books of the Year
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The Big Issue's Books of the Year

The Big Issue Book of the Year 2019: Constellations by Sinead Gleeson
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The Big Issue Book of the Year 2019: Constellations by Sinead Gleeson

Kids' Books Of The Year 2019 – the definitive list by our books editor
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Kids' Books Of The Year 2019 – the definitive list by our books editor

There's now a children's book about foodbanks. How has it come to this?
Kate Milner foodbanks book
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There's now a children's book about foodbanks. How has it come to this?

Why books matter: More than 380,000 UK kids don’t own a book
Child reading in library
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Why books matter: More than 380,000 UK kids don’t own a book

REVIEW: New translations of Hanne Ørstavik and Balla are a delight
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REVIEW: New translations of Hanne Ørstavik and Balla are a delight

REVIEW: Catherine Chung's entertaining, provocative new feminist novel
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REVIEW: Catherine Chung's entertaining, provocative new feminist novel

Over the Rainbow: Sheldon Baverstock looks back to South Africa's rebirth
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Over the Rainbow: Sheldon Baverstock looks back to South Africa's rebirth

Richard Humphreys: The life subaquatic
CREDIT: Joseph Joyce
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Richard Humphreys: The life subaquatic

REVIEW: Michael Langan's ambitious debut and Doug Johnstone's new trilogy
CREDIT: Rachael Presky
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REVIEW: Michael Langan's ambitious debut and Doug Johnstone's new trilogy

Get a sneak peek at our new Letter To My Younger Self book
LTMYS book
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Get a sneak peek at our new Letter To My Younger Self book

Campaigners want you to vote for libraries in this general election
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Campaigners want you to vote for libraries in this general election

The first graphic novel created by homeless people is being crowdfunded
Accumulate homeless graphic novel
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The first graphic novel created by homeless people is being crowdfunded

How Thought Bubble draws on comics as a vehicle for good
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How Thought Bubble draws on comics as a vehicle for good

The children’s bookshop that has swapped the high street for a boat
Telling Tales bookshop on a boat
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The children’s bookshop that has swapped the high street for a boat

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 book antidotes to our miserable times
Independent Bookshops Alliance
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Top 5 book antidotes to our miserable times

How the Big Issue steered Tracy Beaker's story
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How the Big Issue steered Tracy Beaker's story

REVIEW: Terrific new crime novels by James Sallis and Lilja Sigurðardóttir
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REVIEW: Terrific new crime novels by James Sallis and Lilja Sigurðardóttir

Get your copy of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self book today
LTMYS book Letter To My Younger Self
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Get your copy of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self book today

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