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The writer on bingeing Henry James, his friendship with Benjamin Zephaniah and a confidence-boosting classic ...

Unabashed and morally generous, the Booker winner writes like a sharp, funny, fallen angel ...

My book, which draws on my upbringing on a diverse and deprived Luton council estate, has been used as a GCSE text. But one man objected to its profane language and depictions of violence and sexual behaviour ...

Three young people step boldly into their adult lives in this elegantly narrated novel from the Nobel laureate ...

A companion novel to the brilliant Writers & Lovers, this delightfully witty tale of college romance matures into midlife poignancy ...

The novelist and poet, who died a year ago, left a huge body of work distinguished by its melancholy wit and warmth. These are some of the highlights ...

This wildly atmospheric tale of a reunion of dying people in a crumbling seaside hotel borrows tropes from cosy crime, but is truly chilling ...

From cultural appropriation to gender, Smith nails the politics of creativity. But on actual politics, she is less assured ...

BBBF organiser Selina Brown announced the new project, focusing on undiscovered authors, following a decline in the publication of Black literature ...

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