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A photo collage of Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney, Destiny's Child and Wham!, clockwise from top left..

What book to read, based on your favourite Christmas song

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Three books - Empowered, Four Thousand Weeks and On Tyranny Graphic Edition - scattered on white bedsheets

Empowering books for the New Year

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A photo of the book Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor on a wooden table surrounded by colouring pencils, lined paper, screws and cogs

Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt

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A flatlay of classic books set in prison

Must-read classic books set in prison

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A flatlay of classic books about dysfunctional families

Must-read classics about dysfunctional families

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Stack of books on a wooden shelf with We Can Do Better Than This standing upright on top, alongside a vase of white flowers.

Showing up for one another in 2022

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Creative ways to clear out your book collection

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A collage of five photographs of pub interiors, taken in pubs across London

5 London pubs with legendary literary histories

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Does it ever feel overwhelming trying to remember all the books you've read?

5 ways to remember everything you've ever read

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An illustration from The Abominable Snow Baby showing the snow baby chasing two of the characters

The Abominable Snow Baby by Terry Pratchett

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The Lit in Colour alternative reading guide to: An Inspector Calls

The Lit in Colour alternative reading guide to: An Inspector Calls

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12 must-read Christmas tales, as chosen by our readers

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The easy reading hack that completely changed my day

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A photo of the book The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher on a wooden background next to some presents and a candy cane

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher

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Amanda Gorman: read a poem from Call Us What We Carry

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Penguin Classics at 75: five landmark books that shaped the iconic series

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A flatlay of classic books

Classic books all teens should own

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What jobs exist in publishing?

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An illustration of people sitting on a stack of oversized books

How exam boards are changing to make English Literature more inclusive

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An illustration of a child with a small number of books, next to an adult surrounded by books

'The future is wide open': How trans literature came of age

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A photograph of Rose Tremain sitting on a white sofa, wearing a white blazer

How a brush with death helped inspire Rose Tremain's new novel