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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (367+ words) A bunny who loves to bake, illustrated poems about amazing animals and a YA verse novel of dancefloor salvation Ban Ban’s Bakery by Elena Hiroko Magee, Do Re Mi, £12.99 Ban Ban the bunny loves baking with Grandma – but will she…...
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1326+ words) The Guardian Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius Among the many great pleasures of Daniel Okrent’s…...
Solace House by Will Maclean review – immensely fun gothic horror with a psychedelic twist
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (913+ words) A dead poet’s cluttered mansion is the setting for a heady brew of magic, mystery and mushrooms“Man,” says one of Will Maclean’s characters on catching sight for the first time of the titular Solace House. “Gothic always tries too…...
‘Serve, smile, procreate’: Yesteryear author Caro Claire Burke on the rise of the tradwife
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (368+ words) As her dark debut about a tradwife who wakes up in the past is made into a film by Anne Hathaway, the novelist explores the sinister truth behind the barefoot influencers Gingham dresses, linen aprons; toddlers smiling toothily out from…...
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke review – the downfall of an all‑American tradwife
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1032+ words) The premise – Instagram influencer is confronted by pioneer reality – is genius. But does this high-concept debut live up to the hype?Could Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear be the first great tradwife novel? This was my hope: finally, a literary response…...
The best books to read in April: new paperbacks from Katie Kitamura, Benjamin Wood and Mick Herron
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (673+ words) Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some great new paperbacks, from Booker-listed novels to reportage from Ukraine The opening pages of Katie Kitamura’s fifth novel establish a nervy, fraught physicality. The narrator is meeting a man at a…...
See You on the Other Side by Jay McInerney review – the clumsy finale of a classic New York series
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (206+ words) The bright young things of 1992’s Brightness Falls are now in their 60s in this verbose, clunky novel that seems more interested in lifestyle than inner lives At its best, See You on the Other Side offers the reader the chatty,…...
The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1147+ words) The Guardian The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work The writer JG…...
‘Every time I write, I doubt myself’: Michael Rosen at 80 on deep grief, self-belief and chocolate cake
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (339+ words) The children’s author answers questions from readers, friends and writers on losing his son Eddie, surviving Covid, who he’d invite to his perfect birthday dinner and where he goes for inspiration Whether you know him from reading his classic picture…...
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (446+ words) The Keeper by Tana French; The Kindness of Strangers by Emma Garman; Mrs Shim Is a Killer by Kang Jiyoung; A Killer in the Family by Amin Ahmad; The Drowning Place by Sarah HilaryThe Keeper by Tana French (Viking, £16.99) The…...