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Entering our crime writing competition? We want courage and audacity
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Entering our crime writing competition? We want courage and audacity

Alex T Smith’s top 5 books everyone should read before they’re 12
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Alex T Smith’s top 5 books everyone should read before they’re 12

‘It’s not just about DC and Marvel’: How comics are a literacy gateway drug
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‘It’s not just about DC and Marvel’: How comics are a literacy gateway drug

Tim Waterstone: ‘Even I buy books on Amazon’
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Tim Waterstone: ‘Even I buy books on Amazon’

Win a two-book publishing deal in our hunt for the next great crime writer
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Win a two-book publishing deal in our hunt for the next great crime writer

Ian Rankin and Val McDermid condemn plans to close 16 Aberdeen libraries
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Ian Rankin and Val McDermid condemn plans to close 16 Aberdeen libraries

Derek Owusu’s top 5 books by black British men
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Derek Owusu’s top 5 books by black British men

The Friend, Sigrid Nunez: The Rite of Spring, Gillian Moore
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The Friend, Sigrid Nunez: The Rite of Spring, Gillian Moore

Using more than one language matters now more than ever
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Using more than one language matters now more than ever

Mariam Khan’s top 5 books written by Muslim women
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Mariam Khan’s top 5 books written by Muslim women

Helen Lederer’s top 5 funny books written by women
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Helen Lederer’s top 5 funny books written by women

Ken Liu’s ‘Broken Stars’ is another big bang for Chinese sci-fi
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Ken Liu’s ‘Broken Stars’ is another big bang for Chinese sci-fi

How the world’s loneliest whale inspired a kids tale about human connection
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How the world’s loneliest whale inspired a kids tale about human connection

How the USSR’s identical housing blocks reflected each state’s own identity
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How the USSR’s identical housing blocks reflected each state’s own identity

Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff
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Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff

Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried answers some of the questions she’s often asked
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Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried answers some of the questions she’s often asked

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Listen to David Keenan reading an extract from upcoming ‘For the Good Times’
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Listen to David Keenan reading an extract from upcoming ‘For the Good Times’

Listen to David Tennant reading a very magical Wizards of Once bedtime story
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Listen to David Tennant reading a very magical Wizards of Once bedtime story

Watch Matt Haig and Andy Burrows looking on the bright side in a toxic world
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Watch Matt Haig and Andy Burrows looking on the bright side in a toxic world

Smombies, Schmoos and Parennials: These were 2018’s weirdest new words
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Smombies, Schmoos and Parennials: These were 2018’s weirdest new words