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    Hilary Mantel’s next book will be a short story collection about her childhood.

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    Browse excerpts from The Book of Homelessness, a new graphic novel by unhoused creatives.

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    Here’s every winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and Nonfiction during the 21st century.

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    Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Booker Prize.

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    Reading Women

    Announcing Reading Women’s 2020 Nonfiction Award Shortlist

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    Companion Reading for This Truly Fraught Holiday Season

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    The Limitless Future of Queer Fiction

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    Keen On

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    The Literary Life

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    A ‘How to Write’ Craft Syllabus From Non-White, Non-Cis Writers

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    Tory-shaming Manchester United star Marcus Rashford is launching a children’s book club.

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    Watch the trailer for Modern Persuasion, a new Jane Austen-based romantic comedy.

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    The future is depressing: a new app distills books into 12-minute-long audio summaries.

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    Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

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    Attention: the principal from Buffy just wrote a novel. It’s called Illyria.

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    What do President Barack Obama and Rachel Bloom have in common?

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    Quentin Tarantino is publishing a novel based on . . . his own movie.

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