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Derek Owusu's top 5 books by black British men
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Derek Owusu's top 5 books by black British men

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The Friend, Sigrid Nunez: The Rite of Spring, Gillian Moore

Threads of Life: A history of how sewing changed the world
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Threads of Life: A history of how sewing changed the world

Using more than one language matters now more than ever
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Using more than one language matters now more than ever

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Mariam Khan's top 5 books written by Muslim women

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Helen Lederer's top 5 funny books written by women

Ken Liu's 'Broken Stars' is another big bang for Chinese sci-fi
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Ken Liu's 'Broken Stars' is another big bang for Chinese sci-fi

How the world's loneliest whale inspired a kids tale about human connection
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How the world's loneliest whale inspired a kids tale about human connection

How the USSR's identical housing blocks reflected each state's own identity
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How the USSR's identical housing blocks reflected each state's own identity

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International Literacy Day
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Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff

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Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried answers some of the questions she's often asked

The Big Issue's best books to look forward to this spring
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The Big Issue's best books to look forward to this spring

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Listen to David Keenan reading an extract from upcoming 'For the Good Times'

Listen to David Tennant reading a very magical Wizards of Once bedtime story
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Listen to David Tennant reading a very magical Wizards of Once bedtime story

Watch Matt Haig and Andy Burrows looking on the bright side in a toxic world
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Watch Matt Haig and Andy Burrows looking on the bright side in a toxic world

Smombies, Schmoos and Parennials: These were 2018's weirdest new words
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Smombies, Schmoos and Parennials: These were 2018's weirdest new words

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The Big Issue best books of 2018
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The Big Issue best books of 2018

Here's how to take just 10 minutes a day to fight stress and anxiety
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Here's how to take just 10 minutes a day to fight stress and anxiety

Mark Hamill gets political with his 2018 Big Issue reading list
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Mark Hamill gets political with his 2018 Big Issue reading list

Why 'Friday Black' is The Big Issue's Book of the Year
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Why 'Friday Black' is The Big Issue's Book of the Year

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