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Poisoned legacy / Why the future of power can’t be nuclear
Why the future of power can’t be nuclear
William Brewer / The Red Arrow isn’t a drug book, but…
The Red Arrow isn’t a drug book, but…
The books of my life / Meg Mason: ‘Jane Austen taught me there really is such a thing as reading for pleasure’
Meg Mason: ‘Jane Austen taught me there really is such a thing as reading for pleasure’
‘The vehicle for my feelings’ / How sign language helped a deaf author find her voice
How sign language helped a deaf author find her voice
Once more with feeling / Why time loop stories keep coming back
Why time loop stories keep coming back
Audiobook of the week / On Connection by Kae Tempest review – inside the creative impulse
On Connection by Kae Tempest review – inside the creative impulse
Books of the week
Reward System by Jem Calder review – slaves to the algorithm
Reward System by Jem Calder review – slaves to the algorithm
Six interlinked stories from a superb new writer about young Londoners and their smartphone addictions
House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries by Alan Bennett review – typical Bennett on atypical times
The octogenarian playwright documents the baffling absurdities of lockdown with his usual flair
The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry review – Thomas Hardy in mourning
A remarkable portrait of the remorse that followed a difficult marriage, and gave birth to great poetry
Bold Ventures by Charlotte van den Broeck review – architects of their own demise
A poetic tale of 13 flawed buildings that spelled catastrophe for their designers
Exit Stage Left by Nick Duerden – what happens once the hits have dried up?
These profiles of ageing rockers ponder whether it’s better to burn out, fade away or buy a house in London
Spotlight
Why we need to rewrite the history of female bodies
The big idea / Why we need to rewrite the history of female bodies
Centuries of prejudice have led to bad science, physical suffering and missed potential
Talking points and news
Debut novelist wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for No One Is Talking About This
Debut novelist wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood follows acclaimed memoir Priestdaddy with book focusing on a life lived on social media
Writer’s essay on why she plagiarized her book removed for … plagiarism
Jumi Bello’s essay was briefly published on the Literary Hub website until it was revealed she had again lifted material
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to give books to refugee children
Singer’s global initiative to offer a book each month to 200 refugee children in London until they turn five
Bono to release memoir about ‘the people, places and possibilities’ of his life
Surrender, which will ‘draw in detail’ what he had previously only sketched in songs, will contain 40 chapters, each named after a U2 song, and include 40 original drawings by the singer
From the archive
There’s no shame in reading whatever books you want
Literary snobs be damned / There’s no shame in reading whatever books you want
After discovering most books of ‘literary value’ are written by dead white men, Emily Maguire asks, who gets to decide? And what’s the criteria?
How to write young adult fiction: A practical masterclass with Emily Barr
Thursday 19 May, 6.30pm-9pm BST
In this interactive masterclass, the award-winning author Emily Barr will guide and inspire you to plan, develop, write and publish your own novel for young adults.
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