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Books
A mysterious billboard signals Hilary Mantel's long-awaited end to the Tudor trilogy. The Mirror and the Light publication date has been confirmed.
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From the finale that’s been 10 years in the making to the bright young writers causing a buzz, these are the nine books we are most excited about in 2019
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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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Kids
From memoirs of motherhood to our favourite fiction about parenting, these are the books all mums need to read
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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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If reading has become a chore or a distant memory, get back into the groove with the most irresistible and compelling new books
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Everyone's favourite 13-and-three-quarters-year-old sings out his innermost thoughts in this charming musical adaptation of Sue Townsend's novel
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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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Kids
The Langham's children's afternoon tea with Daunt Books is a pleasure for kids and adults alike.
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Kids
Back for its fifth year, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival features brilliant authors (hello, Lauren Child and Francesca Simon!), new performances and even baby-friendly and SEND-focused events
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Kids
World Book Day has become one of the highlights of the school calendar. Here's how to enjoy World Book Day with costumes, ideas and – of course – books
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Talks
Daunt Books' 2019 Spring Festival is full of fascinating talks, with guests including Xinran, Charlotte Bingham and Fatima Bhutto
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Visual Arts
The British Library's new exhibitions reveals how friends were collected and displayed before an age of ‘likes’
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The best new books to add to your basket now
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Best of
Discover the best spots to eat, drink, read and explore in London for book-lovers
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Leïla Slimani, Marlon James and Max Porter lead the star writers appearing in the Southbank Centre Literature Festival 2019
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Lifestyle
Jog On author Bella Mackie speaks to Culture Whisper about running, mental health and being offered a book deal out of the blue
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Keep your mind healthy and everything else will follow. These four new books about mental health will help you find happiness and hope – without the January clichés
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Books
The Culture Whisper team put our heads together to compile a list of the best books of 2018
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Kids
We've selected the best new books for kids that are gorgeous, inspiring and can work for kids across a range of ages.
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Look out for these debut novelists and rising stars of the literary world in the coming months
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Talks
There's another chance to see Michelle Obama talk in London. The former First Lady comes to the O2 Arena to discuss her memoir: Becoming
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Think a book is a dull gift? You just haven't found the right title yet. Here are this year's most giftable tomes, and the people who'll really appreciate them
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Theatre
Zadie Smith's seminal novel White Teeth comes to life where it all began, in Kilburn
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Theatre
Immersive Shakespeare and two literatry adaptations make for a stellar 2019 season at the Bridge Theatre
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Travel for miles in someone else's shoes with our selection of the best new memoirs to inspire and enlighten
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Books
From a wildcard Booker winner to a mythical mystery, these are the four books to make a beeline for this month
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Theatre
Laura Linney's stunning sililoquy on loneliness returns to the Bridge Theatre after a sellout premiere last summer
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Lifestyle
Proceeds from Meghan Markle's book Together will be donated to the Hubb Community Kitchen and other Grenfell-related projects
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Lifestyle
Culture Whisper speaks to Charly Cox about her journey into poetry, writing as a form of therapy and the success of her first book
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Banish notions of preachy self-help books and find solace in a new wave of inspiring literature - because self-improvement and learning doesn't stop with school
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Fill your suitcase with the more manageable and most readable highlights from the Man Booker longlist