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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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In the Know
Kids
Here's some thrilling lockdown news for youngsters: JK Rowling's new book, The Ickabog, is released in instalments online from now until July
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In the Know
Kids
There are a wealth of online reading resources that children and parents can access to keep kids reading while schools are closed. Even better? Many are free.
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Essential
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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In The Know
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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Essential
Books
A mysterious billboard signals Hilary Mantel's long-awaited end to the Tudor trilogy. The Mirror and the Light is published this March
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Books
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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Books
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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Best of
Discover the best spots to eat, drink, read and explore in London for book-lovers
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Essential
Books
Leïla Slimani, Marlon James and Max Porter lead the star writers appearing in the Southbank Centre Literature Festival 2019
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Essential
Books
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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Essential
Theatre
Zadie Smith's seminal novel White Teeth comes to life where it all began, in Kilburn
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Essential
Books
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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Books
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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Books
Fill your suitcase with the more manageable and most readable highlights from the Man Booker longlist
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Lifestyle
Immerse yourself in the golden light and gorgeous landscapes of Ibiza, Myknonos and more with this series of covetable coffee table books from Maison Assouline
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Books
We’ve read our way through 2018’s new books to find those that definitely deserve some space in your suitcase (or kindle!) this summer
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Essential
Talks
The pop-up Book Bar is hosting a series of exciting events
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Essential
Books
As days get longer, so does our reading list. These are the new books to make a beeline for this spring
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Lifestyle
Fall in love with a new book this February. From the millennial’s Bridget Jones to a mouth-watering manifesto on food and appetite, here are the 10 best new books
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Books
Explore the world from up high with Scott Mead's ethereal portfolio of photographs taken from plane windows
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Books
January's drizzle, sobriety and hibernation call for a pile of new books to get lost in
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Festival
Early bird booking opens for 2018 Hay Festival, featuring Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Bridget Christie and more
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Book Now
Theatre
The first novel of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy comes to the stage in a hi-tech new adaptation by Duncan Macmillan and 59 Productions
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Shopping
Academic books and dusty paperbacks, antique textbooks and leather-bound tomes: here’s our pick of the best London second hand bookshops
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Book Now
Talks
Paul Auster will be reading from and talking about 4 3 2 1, his first novel in 7 years which explores the four divergent paths of an individual boy's life
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In the Know
Theatre
From page to screen to stage: Room the play brings Emma Donoghue's captivating tale of kidnap to Theatre Royal Stratford East
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What will you fuel up on in January to inspire your new year? Pick books to change how you think, eat, read - and even how you create
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Curl up and get an early night of literary escapism with Culture Whisper's favourite new autumn and winter reads 2016
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Talks
Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty director and author, to deliver to the fourth annual Reading Agency Lecture
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Talks
Don't miss Waterstones' Elena Ferrante evening - free and fascinating discussion with her translator and many others
