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Essential
Books
With publishers usually releasing their most promising debuts at the start of the year, look forward to promising new voices alongside works from literary heavyweights
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Books
Listen up: consume great literature on the go with our guide to getting into audiobooks. From how to download them for free, to the best titles and most inspiring narrators
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Books
In Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney delves into the complex relationships between a new set of friends and lovers
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In The Know
Books
Contributing editor Chinasa Chukwu speaks candidly with Otegha Uwagba about her new essay Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods
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Books
We meet the pair behind TfL’s poetic noticeboards and find out about their new book: All On The Board: Inspiring Quotes from the TfL Underground Duo
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Cook
This season’s crop of food-focused books captures our reflective mood, with essays and anthologies making a strong appearance alongside traditional recipe books
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Books
Combining today’s most urgent themes with a dash of escapism, our pick of the best new book titles should see you through to January
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Shopping
'Books choose their readers, not the other way around. I believe that booksellers are the matchmakers,' said Cecelia Ahern. Well, we've tracked down the matchmakers
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Books
From Elena Ferrante’s follow-up to her internationally acclaimed Naples trilogy to a new memoir by Caitlin Moran, here’s what we’ve read this month
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Kids
Lockdown has made us appreciate a really good book - for us and the kids. Here are the new releases for the season to get excited about...
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Cinema
The loosely autobiographical novel by Caitlin Moran finds its way to Amazon Prime Video, telling the story of a headstrong teen girl (Beanie Feldstein) looking for a bigger future
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Kids
We chat to YA author and publisher Abiola Bello about diversity in children's books and the publishing industry
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Tried and Tested
TV
Adam Kay's bestselling memoir is heading to the small screen in a BBC-AMC co-production – and Ben Whishaw will be playing the author himself
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Kids
The Barnes Children's Literature Festival is packed with brilliant author talks and thrilling new books to discover with the kiddos - from the comfort of your sofa
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TV
We've watched four episodes of Normal People, based on Sally Rooney's second novel, and we're already in love with it. Here's why you need to watch the upcoming BBC adaptation
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Immersive
With the closure of schools, celebrity storytimes and author-led workshops are popping up online - and they're brilliant
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Wellbeing
Reading can provide a great source of comfort in unsettling times. Feeling anxious? We've rounded up the best books to calm the mind and restore inner peace
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Kids
Reading opens up a world of possibility for kids... but it's tough for a paperback to compete with an iPad. We've rounded up some exciting ways to encourage reading.
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Tried and Tested
Cinema
Photographer Autumn de Wilde makes her directorial debut with a new take on Jane Austen's Emma with Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy and more
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Talks
Daunt Books' 2020 Spring Festival is full of fascinating talks, with guests including Caroline Criado Perez, Max Porter and Olivia Laing
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Kids
From memoirs of motherhood to our favourite fiction about parenting, these are the books all mums need to read - and the new releases in 2020 that you can't miss
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Shopping
Like a really good book, London's independent children's bookshops can transport us to another world. Here are the ones to visit now.
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Essential
Kids
A book is an adventure, a treasure, a whole new world to discover. These children's books are beautifully bound, illustrated and designed to enjoy for years to come.
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Themes
Fashion books to ensure your coffee table is as well dressed as you
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Talks
Phoebe Waller-Bridge discusses her new book Fleabag: The Scriptures, on stage at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
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Preview
Talks
Book now to see Three Women author Lisa Taddeo discuss love, sex and desire
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Netflix
From Martin Scorsese returning to his gangster roots in The Irishman to Steven Soderburgh tackling the Panama Papers in The Laundromat, Netflix have loads of exciting adaptations on the way
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Lifestyle
Not only are these libraries open to the public, they’re feats of architecture housing swoon-worthy interiors. Better still, many of the most beautiful libraries are in Europe
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Lifestyle
Whether you're attending Paris Fashion Week or enjoying it via Instagram, these fabulous fashion books will bring catwalk magic to your coffee table
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Design
On the lookout for the best design books of all time? These covetable hardbacks need to adorn the coffee tables of every design lover.
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Cinema
From a Pulitzer Prize winner to yet another Little Women remake, books being made to movies are coming thick and fast in 2019
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Lifestyle
Still deciding on holiday plans this summer? These beguiling coffee table books are packed with jaw photography which capture some of the most beautiful locations around the world
