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Why ‘best books’ round-ups provide seasonal score-keeping fun — and a timely reminder of the benefits of venturing outside your usual genres
Seamus Heaney’s touching acts of kindness, Jane Austen’s hangovers — an author’s correspondence reveals things that literature cannot
The best travel writers help us see faraway places — and the world around us — in a fresh light, especially post-pandemic
A fresh wave of historical studies shows that the ancient and medieval worlds were more closely linked than we used to think
Some emerge naturally but others need a nudge, with bookshops, festivals and more, to welcome readers and writers
In the uncertain business of publishing, there is nothing more powerful than a reader who truly loves a book
The impact from last year’s ransomware incident has spread to scholars, readers and writers across the globe
As the centenary of the writer’s death approaches, is our world looking more Kafkaesque than he could ever have imagined?
Enjoying a book at a leisurely pace teaches you to sharpen your attention and improves your understanding
Memoirs of the socialites and swells of an earlier era offer perfect festive reading — without today’s celebrity spin
No tale of ghosts and scares is complete without the spooky presence of a feared familiar
Her colourful books and intrepid reporting sidestepped stereotypes of India in favour of a more nuanced portrait
The short stories in the writer’s third collection are quiet, subtle and often agonisingly wrenching
Many authors are discovering that their writing has been fed into the AI blender — and I am among them
Fiction goes where news falls short, bringing depth and nuance to the lives of people crudely labelled by politics or religion
Younger people seem more open to reading in translation — or in a second language — and it’s changing their world view
Reading in public can be a surprisingly social activity
Two writers from China’s Uyghur minority show how easy it is to forget the repressed and silenced
The black humour of the 1961 classic that spurred one of the most memorable catchphrases of the century remains timeless
A compulsive portrait of plagiarism, literary envy and the pressures on young writers in the social media age
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Never mind online recipes — I buy food books for their storytelling and culinary lore
Tired of endless books on time management? An artist and a watchmaker, no less, share wisdom about this most precious resource in modern life
A new translation brings to life the astonishing voice of the Sumerian princess who was a poet, a priestess — and the world’s first named author
A bold generation of novelists, journalists and academics is demanding sweeping structural changes and access to resources, land and capital
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