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Damon Galgut wins Booker prize with ‘spectacular’ novel The Promise theguardian.com/books/2021/n…
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After nearly two decades and close to a thousand issues, tomorrow sees the last Guardian Review
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.@NicolaSheppey - Pontianak
A young woman is placed in postpartum confinement and feels a malevolent presence threatening to invade.
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Sulaxana Hippisley - Cadaver
On the eve of a dinner party, a young woman encounters the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war.
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Gift Nyoni - The Ritual Seat of the King
The Rhodesian civil war ends and hope abounds in the new Zimbabwe, but when David’s father returns it becomes apparent that the more things change, the more they stay the same, and the young boy’s fascination soon turns into revulsion.
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Inigo Laguda (@SaveInigo) - Hopscotch
Unstuck in time, A Black boy raised in a homogeneously white commuter-town hurtles between libidinal incidents that have shaped him.
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Amaan Hyder (@hyder_amaan) - Postpositions
Thirty reflections by an unnamed narrator concerning inheritance, queerness and late nineties-early noughties television.
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.@LauraJBlake - Home Is Not Here
Aged seven, Birdie Brown left Jamaica with her parents to begin a new life in England. Now, at the age of seventy, she faces being deported back to a country she barely remembers.
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We are delighted to unveil the shortlist for the 2021 4thWrite Short Story Prize. 🎉
Huge congratulations to Laura Blake, Amaan Hyder, Inigo Laguda, Gift Nyoni, Sulaxana Hippisley and Nicola Sheppey.
Learn more about the stories here: 4thestate.co.uk/prize
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Missed bookshops in lockdown? Tell us about your favourite theguardian.com/books/2021/a…
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In this weekend's @guardianreview - Claudia Rankine talks about race and class with @afuahirsch, an interview with Sophie Mackintosh @fairfairisles and a look ahead to the biggest books coming out in the next few months.
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The lovely @ninastibbe will be answering your questions on this @GuardianBooks webchat from 11am BST today, if you'd like to leave a question now and/or join us then theguardian.com/books/live/2…
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Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina and Reasons to be Cheerful, is joining us to answer your questions next Tuesday 28 April at 11am BST! Leave your question in the comments now and join us then
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We're thrilled to share Suzanne Collins reading an extract from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as revealed by @guardian @guardianbooks #songbirdsandsnakes #TheHungerGames theguardian.com/books/audio/…
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To help you through UK lockdown, we're giving away a book a day this week
🌱Wednesday's pick is Spring by Ali Smith🌷
Enter our prize draw by midnight here: guardianbookshop.com/gb-book…
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If you're looking for a book to read and a lovely community to chat with, the Guardian's reading group is on as always. This month's book is Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison. All you need is a comment account. We update every Tuesday. theguardian.com/books/booksb…
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This is such a nice story. All hail indie booksellers @BurleyFisher @CategoryIsBooks @DogberryFinch @helentamblyn @CorfieldWalters @NOALIBISBOOKS @portybooks theguardian.com/books/2020/m…
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In this weekend's @guardianreview - interviews with six exciting novelists from around Europe, including Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (pictured). @arrroberts takes a look at plagues in scifi. And Sebastian Barry talks about his sequel to Days Without End, A Thousand Moons.
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In this weekend's @guardianreview - our cover has been illustrated by the one and only Quentin Blake, alongside a rare interview with him. Plus the best contemporary historical fiction to read after Mantel, and Anne Enright speaks about her new novel, Actress.
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In this week's @guardianreview -the first, world exclusive extract of The Mirror & The Light, Hilary Mantel's final Cromwell novel. Plus an interview with Mantel, and authors including @MargaretAtwood and Colm Toibin share their favourite Mantel books.
