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Jane Fallon: the books that have shaped my life

The author of Worst. Idea. Ever. on her favourite Dickens novel, the genius of Truman Capote and how a childhood full of pets influenced her writing.

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How bookshops helped queer spaces survive lockdown

The books everyone is talking about

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Where the Salt Path led next

A visit to Raynor Winn's farm as she prepares for her next epic adventure.
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‘My biggest fear? Not paying enough attention to people I love'

21 Questions with Sunjeev Sahota, Booker Prize-nominated author of China Room.
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How books help Lucy Dacus write music

The singer-songwriter has been a lifelong bookworm. Here, she reveals the titles she keeps going back to – and just how she manages to read six books at once.

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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Alison Bechdel’s life or death exercise memoir

Eight years ago, the cartoonist and author of graphic novel Fun Home set out to write a light-hearted exploration of her relationship to fitness.

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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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