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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

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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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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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Talks 

The pop-up Book Bar is hosting a series of exciting events

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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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Theatre 

Zadie Smith's seminal novel White Teeth comes to life where it all began, in Kilburn

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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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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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Explore the world from up high with Scott Mead's ethereal portfolio of photographs taken from plane windows

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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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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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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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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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Don't miss Waterstones' Elena Ferrante evening - free and fascinating discussion with her translator and many others

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Catch up on your reading this autumn: we pick the best books of 2015 to curl up with or give as gifts

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Your essential holiday guide: what to read on the beach 2015,