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  • Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 09/12/2023<br>Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Adjei Brenyah) 09/12/2023 © Basso Cannarsa/opale.photo / eyevine For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com

    Books interview
    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’

  • Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

    Interview
    ‘You can write anything about sex, but you cannot talk about money’: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on life after Fleishman

    Her bestselling debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, became a hit TV series. Now Taffy Brodesser-Akner is taking on the American dream
  • Akwaeke Emezi

    Book of the day
    Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi review – a wild weekend in New Lagos

    Sana Goyal
    Dirty secrets abound in a feverish novel exposing the seedy underbelly of a Nigerian city
  • Potholes In The Middle Of A Mountain Road<br>Pothole Britain for G2

    Politics books
    Great Britain? by Torsten Bell – why Labour must move fast and fix things

    Jonathan Portes
  • Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York, 2005.

    Society books
    The Lasting Harm by Lucia Osborne-Crowley review – legacy of abuse

  • Garth Risk Hallberg (c) Michael Lionstar

    The books of my life
    Garth Risk Hallberg: ‘David Foster Wallace convinced me to change the way I was living’

  • Joni Mitchell photographed for Vogue in 1968.

    Book of the day
    Travelling by Ann Powers review – a dazzling life of Joni Mitchell

    Owen Myers
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What to read

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Non-fiction reviews

  • Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma in 2010.

    Autobiography and memoir
    All the Worst Humans by Phil Elwood review – confessions of a cleanup man

    Charlie English
  • Chelsea fans at the Women’s FA Cup final 2023.

    Science and nature books
    Inheritance by Harvey Whitehouse review – the power of unity

    Sophie McBain
    A thought provoking look at social forces, and the ways ordinary people can change the world
  • A patient's couch belonging to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud at the Freud Museum, London.

    Essays
    On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud review – the shrink’s shrink engagingly examined by Siri Hustvedt, Susie Boyt and others

    Stuart Jeffries
    Authors reassess the legacy of the father of psychotherapy in a lovely grab bag of essays
  • FILE PHOTO: Ghislaine Maxwell trial in New York<br>FILE PHOTO: Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell sits as the guilty verdict in her sex abuse trial is read in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S., December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo

    Society books
    The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley review – a voice for the powerless

    Stephanie Merritt
  • Oleksandr Mykhed: ‘Every warm memory of home is destroyed’.

    Politics books
    The Language of War by Oleksandr Mykhed review – what role for the artist in times of catastrophe?

    Luke Harding
  • From the series Zwischen den Jahren ( Between the Years) by Valentin Goppel. Published by Gost books £40 https://gostbooks.com/products/zwischen-den-jahren

    Health, mind and body books
    Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mind

    Kate Womersley
  • Josephine Butler fought for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts of the 1860s.

    Society books
    Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

    Yvonne Roberts
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Fiction & poetry reviews

  • Silhouette of Man Walking Cross the Big Window with Cityscape Landscape in Background<br>S1CAF9 Silhouette of Man Walking Cross the Big Window with Cityscape Landscape in Background

    Poetry book of the month
    Why Are You Shouting? by James Womack review – tales of the metropolis

    Kadish Morris
  • Mariel Franklin (credit Maxim Vinciguerra)

    Fiction
    Bonding by Mariel Franklin review – a comprehensive vision of a devastated society

    Rob Doyle
    Populated by tech and pharma hustlers, this bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life
  • Rebecca Watson

    Fiction
    I Will Crash by Rebecca Watson review – a unique take on sibling torment

    Nina Allan
    A woman is haunted by her abusive relationship with her brother in this experimental novel of family trauma and memory
  • Belgrade: a city of competing historical narratives.

    Fiction
    Monumenta by Lara Haworth review – Serbian house of horrors

    Lucy Popescu
  • A house on Long Island, with a large US flag hanging in the front porch.

    Fiction
    Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner review – an old-fashioned maximalist rush of storytelling

    John Self
  • Biyi Bándélé

    Fiction
    Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé review – a historic hero

    Helon Habila
  • A large seagull

    Fiction
    Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands review – growing up with ADHD

    Sarah Crown
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Children's and YA books

  • Grotti by Leonie Lord

    Children's book roundup
    Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • Hot Dog by Doug Salati

    Children's books
    Picture books for children – reviews

    Imogen Carter
    From the tale of a dog taking a much-needed beach break to a fact-filled dive into the monsters of the deep – and an ode to the skies above
  • Adiba Jaigar author photo to be used with collab with Faridah credit Aleksandria Rudenko

    Children's book reviews round-up
    Young adult books roundup – reviews

    Fiona Noble
    A teen romance centred on Eid, an exploration of toxic masculinity and a thriller from the queen of YA crime are among this month’s highlights
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Interviews

  • Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

    Children’s laureate
    ‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi

  • Anita Desai

    Interview
    Anita Desai: ‘After I left India, I had to train myself to express my opinions’

    Emma Brockes
    At 87, the Indian author has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times, and has written her first novel in a decade. She talks about leaving India to teach and write around the world – and feeling like a stranger everywhere
  • Author Maggie Nelson in Cindy’s diner in Eagle Rock California on 4th May 2017. Please credit Cindy’s diner in caption if used. Pic © Dan Tuffs dan@dantuffs.com +1 310 774 1780

    Interview
    Maggie Nelson: ‘I was overwhelmed with grief when Prince died’

    Alex Clark
    The American author of The Argonauts on her latest collection of essays, how the Purple Rain star shaped her sexual development and the risks she takes in her writing
  • Jeremy Cooper, author, photographed at his home near Taunton, Somerset

    Interview
    Jeremy Cooper: 'My agent strongly advised me against writing fiction'

  • Sulaiman Adonnia<br>20240530 Brussels, Belgium: Author Sulaiman Adonnia in his home

    Sulaiman Addonia
    I’m taking writing back to the rock’n’roll era!

  • Naomi Klein.

    Naomi Klein
    Nobody’s perfect – but that’s not an excuse for doing nothing

  • VV Ganeshananthan: she is pictured standing outdoors in a park with trees in the background; she is in her mid-40s and has shoulder-length dark, wavy hair; she wears a black dress with a lighter pattern plus a gold pendant necklace.

    ‘Don’t read just one book about Sri Lanka’
    VV Ganeshananthan on her civil war novel

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Regulars

  • Garth Risk Hallberg (c) Michael Lionstar

    The books of my life
    Garth Risk Hallberg: ‘David Foster Wallace convinced me to change the way I was living’

  • A woman wearing a necklace with a camera instead of a pendant

    Big idea
    The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?

    The science of epigenetics suggests we can pass on trauma – but trust and compassion too
  • Rachel Cusk.

    Where to start with
    Where to start with: Rachel Cusk

    From a novel sequence that dispenses with much of what we expect from fiction to fearlessly honest memoirs of motherhood and divorce, Cusk is a challenging writer. But also a genius
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