The inimitable Geoff Dyer reflects on his Cheltenham childhood; Anne Carson listens to what sound can tell us about gender; Bee Wilson discovers extraordinary resonance in everyday kitchen utensils; poet Seán Hewitt explores first love in his first novel; Robert Macfarlane dives into rivers; and Adam Nicolson rediscovers the joy of birdwatching. Best of all though, a riotous new book from Nell Zink, one of the finest and funniest writers in the language.
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One wild, exhilarating night in Berlin: a brilliant new novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of our timeAs a Berlin night draws in around the pristine glass exterior of the Hotel Interconti, a ragtag group of friends, family, and…
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The first memoir from Geoff Dyer, author of Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, recollecting his childhood and coming of age in postwar Britain‘Moving, atmospheric, truthful, perceptive and hilariously funny…
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Human history is filled with unacceptable sounds: high-pitched voices, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts. Who makes them? Those deviant from or deficient in the masculine ideal of self-control: women, catamites,…
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Set in the English countryside, Open, Heaven unfolds over the course of one year as two teenage boys meet and transform each other’s lives.TWO BOYS MEET. EVERYTHING CHANGES.* A Guardian, Irish…
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**A 2025 book to look out for by the Guardian and Sunday Times**'Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book' CHRIS VAN TULLEKENThis strikingly original account from award-winning food writer Bee Wilson…
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A Beginner in the Wood – a profound and philosophical exploration of the birds all around us by bestselling and prize-winning author of the natural world‘A feast for mind and soul, a treasure trove of insights into the enigmatic…
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From the climate crisis and the pandemic to trends in masculinity, a stellar collection of Rebecca Solnit's most recent thinking exploring the power of activism.This book's title, No Straight Road Takes You There, is an evocation and a…
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From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not…
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