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Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley
Books

Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley

Original and thought-provoking stories to inspire young minds
Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’

The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors
Books

The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors

Top Stories

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile
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Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz
Holocaust

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors
Books

The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile
Books

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction
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A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

Top 5 books

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Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley
Books

Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children’s author Sophie Kirtley

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 
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Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
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Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major

Author essays

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Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’

The sublime and awe-inspiring powers of nature are celebrated in Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places
Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz
Holocaust

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
Crafts

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts