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Mary Beard  
We’re not the first generation to wonder how genuine our leaders are
We’re not the first generation to wonder how genuine our leaders are
Susie Dent  
English has always evolved by mistake
English has always evolved by mistake
The books of my life  
Jo Nesbø: ‘Tom Sawyer was my first murder mystery’
Jo Nesbø: ‘Tom Sawyer was my first murder mystery’
Audiobook of the week  
Tiger Work by Ben Okri audiobook review – dispatches on a post-apocalyptic world
Tiger Work by Ben Okri audiobook review – dispatches on a post-apocalyptic world
The big idea  
Could we use music like medicine?
Could we use music like medicine?
Carol Rumens's poem of the week  
To Toussaint Louverture by William Wordsworth
To Toussaint Louverture by William Wordsworth
 

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Books of the week
The Glutton by AK Blakemore review – the man who ate everything
The Glutton by AK Blakemore review – the man who ate everything
Based on the real-life story of a peasant in revolutionary France, this hallucinatory tale is set to be one of the most remarkable novels of the year
Great-Uncle Harry by Michael Palin review – a soldier’s life
The actor and comedian reconstructs the story of a relative who died at the Somme to quietly devastating effect
The Variations by Patrick Langley review – hearing the voices of the dead
There’s a Nabokovian intrigue to this thrilling tale of a composer and her grandson with the same mysterious gift
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – a ringside seat for mayhem
The life of a minister is described with flair and frustration by the former Tory MP and cabinet member
The New Leviathans by John Gray review – should we abandon hope and prepare for anarchy?
The philosopher falls back on generalities and sketches of oddballs in his latest, sometimes frenzied assault on liberalism and humanity
Spotlight
How we chose the 2023 Booker prize shortlist
‘Portraits of what it means to be alive today’  
How we chose the 2023 Booker prize shortlist
From Sarah Bernstein’s absurdist novel to Jonathan Escoffery’s astonishingly assured debut, this year’s novels offered a full range of lived experience and made for an exciting shortlist
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Talking points and news
‘Eating away at democracy’: book bans in US public schools rise by a third in a year
‘Eating away at democracy’: book bans in US public schools rise by a third in a year
According to a new study by Pen America, there were 3,362 instances of book bans in school classrooms and libraries – with more than 40% of all cases occurring in Florida
Northern Ireland libraries can no longer afford to buy books
A funding shortfall means the country’s library service will operate with reduced hours, and is ‘unable to purchase new books or take requests at present’
‘Chilling’: Ariana Grande, Amanda Gorman and others sign letter against book bans
Letter, spearheaded by Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton, includes 175 signatories calling on Hollywood to fight bans in US schools
Russell Brand publisher pauses all future books with comedian
Bluebird, who were due to publish Brand’s new self-help book in December, took the decision in light of ‘very serious allegations’
Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist
Chetna Maroo’s ‘mesmerising’ Western Lane has been chosen for inclusion on a male-dominated list
Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns
The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ publishers will be affected
From the archive
From the archive, 19 October 1984: Booker Prize awarded to a 6-1 outsider
From the archive, 19 October 1984: Booker Prize awarded to a 6-1 outsider

Originally published in the Guardian on 19 October 1984: Anita Brookner, a Cambridge University art historian, was the surprise winner of the £15,000 Booker Prize for fiction last night

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