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Graham Norton: ‘The Bell Jar changed how I felt about books’

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Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie review – the joy of the hatchet job

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Hark by Alice Vincent audiobook review – a search for silence

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Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner

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How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast review – Erica Jong’s daughter on the worst year of her life

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UK audiobook revenue up by almost a third last year

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The 10 best audiobooks for summer

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The Cuckoo’s Lea by Michael Warren review – a magical ornithological history of Britain

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Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin review – privilege and race intersect in a fine debut

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Waterstones debut fiction prize 2025 shortlist announced

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Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski review – some of the best sex scenes I’ve read this year

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Sanctuary by Marina Warner review – the power of stories in an age of migration

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‘Oh no! It’s a Gruffalo!’ Julia Donaldson’s 15 best books – ranked!

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Poem of the week: This Year Her Present by Victoria Melkovska

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The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis review – bright wrong things

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The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine review – a polyphonic portrait of class and trauma in Belfast

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Tom Gauld on an author’s visit to the lost property office – cartoon

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Should we embrace boredom?

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‘Odd things happened when she was around’: the unnerving vision of Muriel Spark

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Funny, weird … sexy? How to find your perfect wedding poem

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