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The big idea: could the English language die?
2+ hour, 54+ min ago —...Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.... ..., and linguist Kofi Yakpo of the University of Hong Kong predicts... ...But English will still be spoken in Europe, North America, Australia...
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Given up on reading? Elif Shafak on why we still need novels
5+ hour, 54+ min ago —...“The literary era has come to an end,” Philip Roth prophesied in... ...“The literary era has come to an end,” Philip Roth prophesied in... ...Talk to any publisher or bookseller and they will confirm it: the... ...In the poem, King Gilgamesh emerges as a restless spirit, burdened...
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‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong
1+ day, 7+ hour ago —...‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong On... ...and poet Ocean Vuong.... ...at Brooklyn College that set the course for his life as a writer.... ...used to work in two fast food restaurants in his home town of East Hartford...
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Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal write poems for Canadian musician Mustafa’s book
1+ day, 23+ hour ago —..., Max Porter and Hanif Abdurraqib.... ..., loss and worshipActors Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal have written... ...Daniel Caesar and Dev Hynes among others.... ...writer’s Booker prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo to “kids...
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Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom...
2+ day, 6+ hour ago —...award-winning Butter by Asako Yuzuki, and Tom Robinson, owner of... ...Robinson, owner of Gloucester Road Books, which is organising the... ...Jean-Claude Awono and another with Hassan Blasim, who writes in...
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Emma Jane Unsworth: ‘I blush when I think of Miranda July’s All Fours. I became a changed woman’...
2+ day, 6+ hour ago —...The author of Slags on Patricia Highsmith, Judy Blume and her lifelong... ...My comfort read Anything by Carrie Fisher, Katherine Heiny or Nora... ...Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth is published by Borough....
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The best science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup
2+ day, 7+ hour ago —...The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; The Incandescent by Emily Tesh; Land... ...of Hope by Cate Baum; A Line You Have Traced by Roisin DunnettThe... ...of Hope by Cate Baum (Indigo Press, £12.99)... ...You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett The Devils by Joe Abercrombie...
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Gunk by Saba Sams review – boozy nights and baby love
2+ day, 9+ hour ago —...Saba Sams had already been named a rising star for her short-story... ...started young, Gwendoline Riley, whose 2002 debut, Cold Water, centred... ...Indeed, Sams’s choice of setting brought to mind another writer who...
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You Might Need A Fainting Couch After Trying This Romance Novel Simulator
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The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff audiobook review – a fugitive’s fight for survival
3+ day, 5+ hour ago —...The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff audiobook review – a fugitive’s... ...on the run from a disease-ridden English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia... ...Our narrator is seasoned voice actor January LaVoy, whose reading... ...Lauren Groff’s vivid and visceral story of survival – think Man vs...