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Time to DIY ...

From the drip catchers of German coffee pots to the typewriter she used for her first works, the International Booker prize-winning writer reflects on the hidden significance of everyday items ...

Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn?

Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night ...

The healing power of gardens; celebrating an abolitionist; hope in the toughest times; a gladiator romantasy and more ...

The actor on being called ugly, telling Johnny Rotten to F-off, and striking gold at Cannes ...

As the number of children reading for pleasure hits a record low, the new award highlights its importance for wellbeing, and will give away thousands of books ...

Children will help judge the new prize along with children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce ...

A law professor leaves his failing marriage and faltering career and hits the open road in this Booker-shortlisted novel of midlife turmoil ...

Life extensionists like Bryan Johnson want to live forever. But at what cost?