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The seaside town's seedy underbelly is vividly evoked in this timeless tale of murder, romance and revenge ...

'You could probably buy your books from cheaper places,' says startup that will allow shoppers to choose between eight different charities to receive a tithe ...

New Zealand's former prime minister is a refreshingly informal narrator of her remarkable rise and fall ...

'Timely' essay collection Namesake explores identity, religion and colonialism as Nathanael Lessore takes children's and young adult prize and Mimi Khalvati wins for poetry ...

After the news of White's death, here is a guide to a foundational writer of gay lives and elder statesman of American queer literary fiction ...

Colm Tóibín, Alan Hollinghurst, Adam Mars-Jones and more recall the high style and libidinous freedom of a writer who 'was not a gateway to gay literature but a main destination'