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Safe haven or symbol of injustice?  
What our gardens tell us about the world we live in
Olivia Laing
What our gardens tell us about the world we live in
Moses McKenzie  
Reading Ulysses my first thought was, man’s taken a lot of drugs
Reading Ulysses my first thought was, man’s taken a lot of drugs
‘My favourite stories are love stories’  
Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction
Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction
The books of my life  
Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’
Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’
‘The writer of Fifty Shades gave me tips’  
Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of You
Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of You
Audiobook of the week  
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy audiobook review – a thrillingly blunt take on new motherhood
Fiona Sturges
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy audiobook review – a thrillingly blunt take on new motherhood
 
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Books of the week
England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines are drawn
England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines are drawn
Two teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debut
Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review – an intimate account of how China is changing
A social and economic revolution observed through the lives of four women in their 30s
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes review – follow your own path
A woman searching for solitude runs into her sisters in this brilliant, brainy tale
Diaries by Franz Kafka review – caught in the act
His uncensored journals disclose a messier, more sexual, complex figure – and reveal much about the process of writing
Against Landlords by Nick Bano review – valuable ideas for how to solve Britain’s housing crisis
In this flawed but powerful book, a housing lawyer argues that an abundance of private landlords, not a dearth of homes, is to blame for the miseries of ‘generation rent’
Spotlight
Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link
Booker prize urged to consider name change over slavery link
Broadcaster Richie Brave, whose ancestors were enslaved, says organisers should be ‘asking themselves some questions’
Talking points and news
Liz Truss book enters bestseller list in 70th place with 2,228 copies sold
Liz Truss book enters bestseller list in 70th place with 2,228 copies sold
Former PM’s first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameron’s memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair book
French national library quarantines books believed to be laced with arsenic
Chemical thought to be in emerald green covers of four 19th-century books identified by Poison Book Project
Audible to turn all seven of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books into full-cast audiobooks
The books will be released sequentially, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with a full cast of yet-to-be-named actors and a ‘groundbreaking new soundscape’
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley set for film of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club
Chris Columbus will direct film adaptation of Pointless presenter’s bestselling mystery book about a group of septuagenarian sleuths
PEN America cancels 2024 awards after authors drop out over Gaza
Dozens of nominated writers had withdrawn from consideration by literary and free-expression organization
‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’: why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlist
From Sri Lanka to New South Wales and Shanghai, these wide-ranging stories are united by a compelling focus on women’s experience
From the archive
Was Jane Austen a feminist? The answer is in her stories
Was Jane Austen a feminist? The answer is in her stories
Curtis Sittenfeld
I updated Pride and Prejudice to show that for women today marriage is no longer the only version of ‘happily ever after’
 
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