Brian Jacques’ tale of valiant mice and no-good rats introduced me to fantasy fiction. My daughters love it too, and here are some reasons why everyone should

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Haruki Murakami's new T-shirt line proves it: he's no recluse | Haruki Murakami | The Guardian

The notoriously private author’s latest project, a stylish clothing collaboration with Uniqlo, marks the latest step in his opening up to the world

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Have you been using the pandemic to catch up on long classic novels? | Books | The Guardian

Sales of War and Peace, Don Quixote and Middlemarch are booming, and the appeal of a seriously long read has never been more alluring

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Good Omens is going beyond the book? That’s not a bad sign | Books | The Guardian

While Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett never wrote a sequel, they did sketch out a plot that will now form a second season. If they wanted to continue the story, I want to watch it

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Bookshops are a precious shelter from the storms of life | Booksellers | The Guardian

Whether you’re a child discovering new worlds of adventure or Faye Dunaway losing herself in the philosophy section, they are a sanctuary for all

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Stuart Dybek: bungee jumping through the trapdoors of time | Short stories | The Guardian

Unaccountably little-known outside the US, his stories take the reader from a carefully observed midwest into a past that is very much alive

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

The sexiest moments in literature that aren't sex scenes | Books | The Guardian

With the Bad sex in fiction award cancelled this year, we celebrate authors from Jeanette Winterson to Jane Austen who can charge the dryest scenes with sensuality

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Stacey Abrams: Georgia's political heroine … and romance author | Romance books | The Guardian

Writing under the name Selena Montgomery, Abrams has penned eight romantic thrillers, all the while fighting for voters’ rights

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? | Books | The Guardian

Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Bookshop.org is what the publishing world has been waiting for | Books | The Guardian

Following its success in the US, the ethical platform Bookshop.org has arrived in the UK, marking an exciting new chapter for independent stores online

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Off with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online? | Lewis Carroll | The Guardian

Following a recent similar Royal Mint slip-up, the Westminster Collection’s new 50p coins have sent Carroll experts down an internet rabbit hole to source false quotes

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

A Brief History of Seven Killings: unwieldy, occasionally tedious – and magnificent | Marlon James | The Guardian

A book about Bob Marley, told by everyone but Bob Marley – in the vein of Gay Talese or James Ellroy, Marlon James’s Booker winner brings in a dozen competing voices

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Lionel Shriver v Cynthia Ozick: hurrah for the new literary beef | Books | The Guardian

The books world was growing worryingly well-mannered, but Ozick’s response – in verse – to a bad review by Shriver has revived the fine art of feuding

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Call for new writers of colour as entries open for 4thWrite short story prize | 4thWrite short story prize | The Guardian

The Guardian and publisher 4th Estate’s annual award for unpublished writers of colour offers £1,000 to the winner, and publication on theguardian.com

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Why I am deleting Goodreads and maybe you should, too | Books | The Guardian

There’s a buzz to sharing your reading life, but for me it turned it into a kind of competition that distracts from what I love about books

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

George Orwell is out of copyright. What happens now? | George Orwell | The Guardian

Much of the author’s work may have fallen into public ownership in the UK, but there are more restrictions on its use remaining than you might expect, explains his biographer

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Joe Biden's love for Seamus Heaney reveals a soul you can trust | Poetry | The Guardian

The president-elect has often quoted Heaney’s poetry, with his reading of The Cure at Troy going viral after his election victory

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29.11.2022

The end of A Brief History of Seven Killings – and our reading group | Books | The Guardian

After 700 gruelling pages, Marlon James finishes on a note of uncertain hope that leaves the reader wondering

Guardian Book Blog

29.11.2022

Has Donald Trump already landed a $100m book and TV deal? | Books | The Guardian

While books about the outgoing US president have been bestsellers for the last four years, Trump might be a step too far for some publishers

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NaNoWriMo: how to make best use of the annual writing month | Books | The Guardian

Redwall is coming to Netflix: where to start for kids (and adults) | Books | The Guardian

Haruki Murakami's new T-shirt line proves it: he's no recluse | Haruki Murakami | The Guardian

Have you been using the pandemic to catch up on long classic novels? | Books | The Guardian

Good Omens is going beyond the book? That’s not a bad sign | Books | The Guardian

Bookshops are a precious shelter from the storms of life | Booksellers | The Guardian

Stuart Dybek: bungee jumping through the trapdoors of time | Short stories | The Guardian

The sexiest moments in literature that aren't sex scenes | Books | The Guardian

Stacey Abrams: Georgia's political heroine … and romance author | Romance books | The Guardian

Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? | Books | The Guardian

Bookshop.org is what the publishing world has been waiting for | Books | The Guardian

Off with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online? | Lewis Carroll | The Guardian

A Brief History of Seven Killings: unwieldy, occasionally tedious – and magnificent | Marlon James | The Guardian

Lionel Shriver v Cynthia Ozick: hurrah for the new literary beef | Books | The Guardian

Call for new writers of colour as entries open for 4thWrite short story prize | 4thWrite short story prize | The Guardian

Why I am deleting Goodreads and maybe you should, too | Books | The Guardian

George Orwell is out of copyright. What happens now? | George Orwell | The Guardian

Joe Biden's love for Seamus Heaney reveals a soul you can trust | Poetry | The Guardian

The end of A Brief History of Seven Killings – and our reading group | Books | The Guardian

Has Donald Trump already landed a $100m book and TV deal? | Books | The Guardian

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