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The Booker Foundation is adding a children's prize.

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Rooting for the Louvre thieves? Here are seven books to read if you love art crime.

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Here's the shortlist for the 2025 John Dos Passos prize.

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Bestsellers to Blockbusters: Stephen King Reflects on the Adaptations of His Work

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