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Brilliant debut novels you won't want to miss this summer

This week we're celebrating our first-time writers, from historical tales to modern life dramas, love stories to fiendish thrillers.

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Get to know some of our 2021 debut authors
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Must-read debut novels, as chosen by our readers
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Cover story: behind the design of Conversations on Love

Natasha Lunn’s collection of interviews with thinkers and writers is set to be the non-fiction read of the summer. We find out how its cover came to be.
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Jane Fallon: the books that have shaped my life

The bestselling author of Worst. Idea. Ever. on her favourite Dickens novel and the genius of Truman Capote.
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How queer spaces survived lockdown, from clubs to bookshops and beyond

How the LGBTQIA+ community stayed together while the world was blown apart.

Celebrating Pride

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Exciting must-reads for 2021

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The book I wish I'd read at school

Bernardine Evaristo, Diana Evans, Avni Doshi and more on the literature they wished they'd found in the classroom.
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Who decides which books you study in school?

How the creation of the English Literature syllabus really works, from schools to exam boards to pupils.
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Which countries already have the most inclusive curriculums?

We look at inspiration from across the globe including New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.

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Paris Lees is dancing on her own

After eight years composing her memoir What It Feels Like For A Girl about a tough adolescence, the writer tells Alice Vincent why revisiting her trauma was worth it.
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‘Write what terrifies you’

21 Questions with Rivers Solomon, the author of genre-bending novel Sorrowland.
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Where the Salt Path led next

We spend a day on bestselling author Raynor Winn's new farm in Cornwall.

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Caitlin Moran: More Than A Woman LIVE!, 4 - 13 July 2021

Don’t miss this opportunity to join Caitlin for a joyous and hilarious evening filled with uplifting tales of mothers, daughters, female friendship, and life in and beyond your thirties.
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An Evening with Dolly Alderton, 19 July 2021

Join Dolly Alderton, award-winning, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love, journalist, and podcaster, for a frank and funny evening to celebrate the paperback publication of her debut novel Ghosts.
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A Slow Fire Burning: Paula Hawkins in Conversation, 31 August 2021

An evening with Paula Hawkins as she discusses her new thriller, A Slow Fire Burning.

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