1. Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh review – teenage dreams

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   The tale of a 17-year-old Irish boy’s painful summer of romance and uncertain friendship captures the tenderness and menace of young menI wouldn’t wish the pains of being a 17-year-old boy on my worst enemy. The awkward longing, the spots, the insecurity: it’s en...

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1. A new chapter for publishing? Book subscription services launch their own titles

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   The book-posting operations have had a huge market impact, but will publishing their own titles cost them their serendipitous magic?Book subscription services are magic. A few clicks of a form and a bunch of new books , selected by talented curators, turn up at your door ...

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1. Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   ‘Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless’, author playfully wrote in note weeks after horror novel published in 1897He had just unleashed one of the most famed gothic horror books on the world, a blood-curdling classic that chilled readers and has inspired countless authors...

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1. Notes to John by Joan Didion review – an invasion of privacy

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   There’s a crude fascination in seeing the contents of a literary celebrity’s therapy sessions, but no one comes out of it wellMotherhood is a state of continuous loss that is meant to culminate when the dependent baby becomes an independent adult. Joan Didion survived thi...

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1. The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce review – portrait of a patriarch

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   The mysterious death of an artist causes havoc among siblings in a novel that astutely observes family dynamicsWhat would writers do without problematic patriarchs? From King Lear to ...

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1. Tom Gauld’s Easter extract from Dan Brown’s new novel – cartoon

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

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1. Celebrating the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books: Full coverage

   LA Times » 2 weeks ago

   Ahead of the festival's 30th edition, we look back on the books, authors, genres and organizations that have defined the last 30 years in literature....

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1. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane review – streams of consciousness

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   An impassioned plea to save our rivers combines poetry and adventureTracking a river through a cedar forest in Ecuador, Robert Macfarlane comes to a 30ft-high waterfall and, below it, a wide pool. It’s irresistible: he plunges in. The water under the falls is turbulent, a...

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1. James Gandolfini (and Tony Soprano) would have hated this biography

   LA Times » 1 day ago

   The tension between James Gandolfini, the actor, and Tony Soprano, the character, was often hard for the star to live with, Jason Bailey writes in his biography on the 'Sopranos' actor....

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1. Poem of the week: Gravel by Maurice Riordan

   The Guardian » 1 day ago

   There’s a wry smile underlying Riordan’s examination of the greatness and smallness of a heap of gravel For FrankI, too, will spend an hour playing with the gravel. Sorting and cleaning it. It does love the dirt....

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