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Novelist Jesmyn Ward  
Losing my partner almost made me stop writing
Losing my partner almost made me stop writing
John le Carré biographer Adam Sisman  
He wanted to make me love him
He wanted to make me love him
‘She exposed the fragility of so-called civilised life’  
Why Shirley Jackson’s horror speaks to our times
Why Shirley Jackson’s horror speaks to our times
‘I thought it was me alone’  
How the Black British book festival has grown
How the Black British book festival has grown
The books of my life  
Natalie Haynes: ‘I couldn’t stop reading Stephen King - even at the top of the Eiffel Tower’
Natalie Haynes: ‘I couldn’t stop reading Stephen King - even at the top of the Eiffel Tower’
Audiobook of the week  
Liberation Day by George Saunders audiobook review – funny, poignant and surreal short stories
Liberation Day by George Saunders audiobook review – funny, poignant and surreal short stories
 

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Books of the week
You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty by Jane Martinson review – succession saga
You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty by Jane Martinson review – succession saga
A meticulously reported story of power, politics and feuding at the heart of a British media empire
Tremor by Teju Cole review – art, history and violence
Cole’s second novel packs in centuries of artworks and continents of human experiences, in a dazzling reflection on colonialism, aesthetics and contemporary life
Every Man for Himself and God Against All by Werner Herzog review – magical thinking
A bracing dive into the film-maker’s darkly beguiling mind
Julia by Sandra Newman review – a new Nineteen Eighty-Four
This ambitious retelling from Julia’s point of view gives Winston Smith’s lover the agency she lacked
I Love Russia by Elena Kostyuchenko review – reportage at its best
The Novaya Gazeta journalist offers brilliant, immersive bulletins from her homeland but doesn’t explain its return to totalitarian rule
Spotlight
A poet who never shied away from silence, pain or fear
Louise Glück  
A poet who never shied away from silence, pain or fear
Her work included long periods in which she wrote nothing – and when she did write, she had little sense that it was hers
Talking points and news
‘The potential to undermine democracy’: European publishing trade bodies call for action on generative AI
‘The potential to undermine democracy’: European publishing trade bodies call for action on generative AI
Three organisations argue that more transparency is needed after research found AI models have been trained using pirated works by authors such as Zadie Smith and Stephen King
Malaysia pulls out of Frankfurt book fair, blaming organisation’s pro-Israel stance
Representatives of the south-east Asian country stated that the event, the world’s largest, has allied itself with Israel in its war with Hamas, after an award due to be presented to a Palestinian writer was cancelled
Most libraries to provide ‘warm banks’ again this winter
Library service schemes to offer free, heated space, which began last year in response to the cost of living crisis, will resume at the end of October
Serena Williams to publish memoir about life ‘on and off the court’
The tennis champion has signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House, saying it will be the first time she has paused and reflected on her remarkable career
Bohdan Piasecki wins best performed poem in new Forward prize category
Piasecki’s ‘electric’ performance of Almost Certainly wins new award that recognises spoken word artists, while Malika Booker, Jason Allen-Paisant and Momtaza Mehri also scoop up prizes
From the archive
Ghost stories
Hilary Mantel  
Ghost stories
In a crowded field, Hilary Mantel's memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, shines with virtuosity
Carlo Rovelli meets Dara Ó Briain
Monday 30 October, 7pm–8.30pm GMT
Join the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics in conversation with Dara O'Briain, live in London and online.
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