The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The unearthing of a woman’s body in a peat bog during the first world war is the catalyst for a gritty tale of secrets, guilt and desireWhen the preserved body of a woman is found in a peat bog in the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire, it causes a stir in the isolated Scottish commu...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The author of bestseller The Ministry of Time on how lockdown telly, Terry Pratchett and her Cambodian heritage shaped her Arctic time travel taleKaliane Bradley, 36, lives in east London and works as an editor at Penguin Classics. Her debut novel, ...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
Rereading the epic in January, I found that the quarrelsome and dysfunctional principals had become an oddly familiar cast of characters....
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
In mapping the Palestinian history and culture that persists despite Israeli suppression, Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson display a strength of purpose and a promise of hopeRaja Shehadeh – lawyer, activist and Palestine’s greatest prose writer – has long been a voice of s...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
The journalist’s second book offers positivity in the face of the obstacles confronting disabled girls and womenWhen Frances Ryan began writing her second book she could hardly have guessed that it would acquire a supercharged degree of relevance by being published in the...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
The year the L.A. Times Festival of Books debuted was also a landmark year in American letters, shaping literary culture in ways that remain with us nearly three decades on....
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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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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
Author Charlie Jane Anders reflects on reading and writing young adult literature in an era of explosive popularity that may now be coming to an end. ...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
When Caroline Darian learned what her father Dominique Pelicot had done, to her and her mother, one part of her life ended. In her first memoir, she describes her trauma and her determination to fight. ...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated....
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