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Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
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Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy is out now (Lake Union Publishing. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
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Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback
The Letter To My Younger Self paperback edition is out now.
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Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez
22nd June 1948: The ex-troopship 'Empire Windrush' arriving at Tilbury Docks from Jamaica, with 482 Jamaicans on board, emigrating to Britain. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas
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Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'
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Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'

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'

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

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

Filmmaker Paul Sng: 'My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger'
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Filmmaker Paul Sng: 'My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger'

Will 2021 see the return of the coach holiday?
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Will 2021 see the return of the coach holiday?

Wilbur Smith: From shooting lions to protecting them
Eight-year-old Wilbur Smith with his father and three slain lions
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Wilbur Smith: From shooting lions to protecting them

Master Craftsman by George Saunders: A writer's David Bowie or Lou Reed
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Master Craftsman by George Saunders: A writer's David Bowie or Lou Reed

Nikki Lilly knows how tough it is to be on the margins
Nikki Lilly
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Nikki Lilly knows how tough it is to be on the margins

Snow globe: Around the world in 50 words for snow
Snow on Alexandria Peak on Mount Stanley in 1906
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Snow globe: Around the world in 50 words for snow

Ernö Rubik: 'The Cube gives us hope'
Two hands hold a Rubik's Cube
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Ernö Rubik: 'The Cube gives us hope'

Covid-19 has changed city life - video game cities take us to a familiar past
video game city Half-Life 2 Maria Kallikaki
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Covid-19 has changed city life - video game cities take us to a familiar past

The ultimate Christmas 2020 gift guide for the book fans in your life
Illustration by Joseph Joyce
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The ultimate Christmas 2020 gift guide for the book fans in your life

Rhianna Pratchett: 'Fantasy is not as divorced from reality as we think'
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Rhianna Pratchett: 'Fantasy is not as divorced from reality as we think'

Gary Numan: (R)evolution in the head
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Gary Numan: (R)evolution in the head