The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Castillo’s ambitious second novel, set in the worlds of social media and VR, considers labour and storytelling in a world veering rightElaine Castillo’s second novel is set within the rotten heart of the US tech industry, where “Girlie was, by every conceivable metric, on...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
This wild ride of a novel is remarkable for the honesty of its treatment of both mental illness and adolescenceThe narrator of American nonfiction author Michael Clune’s first novel is the 15-year-old Nicholas, who lives with his father in a housing development so&nbs...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Judges praised the Sudanese author for centring Muslim women, describing her writing as “a balm, a shelter, and an inspiration”Leila Aboulela has won this year’s PEN Pinter prize for her writing on migration, faith and the lives of women.The prize is aw...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
A mysterious illness sweeps through an isolated girls’ boarding school, in a work brimming with horror, humour and hysteriaEven if it wasn’t perched on a cliff on the south coast, the position of St Anne’s, Eastbourne – the decaying girls’ school that is the setting for R...
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LA Times » 4 weeks ago
Jennifer Aniston will star in the series adaptation of Jennette McCurdy's bestselling memoir, "I'm Glad My Mom Died."...
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LA Times » 4 weeks ago
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 6, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction....
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, tooMoney can buy comfort, but energy makes comfort possible in the first place. Energy is the great enabler of the modern world. It connects the globe by moving people ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Having made waves as part of the alt-lit movement, the US author is poised to go mainstream with The Stalker, her most exhilarating work yetWhen I arrive at Paula Bomer’s apartment building in south Brooklyn I am briefly disoriented in the lobby...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
This blackly comic debut is an astute and funny examination of the pain and pleasure of first loveThe heart is a peculiar organ. It wants what it wants, as Emily Dickinson wrote. Especially when you’re young and have no previous experience of love and desire, or the delet...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deac...
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