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Third film adapted from the romance novels by Mercedes Ron, originally written in Spani...
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When the novelist was faced with the decision of whether to pursue fertility treatment ...
The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft (Oct 12, 2025 10:48)
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Colm Tóibín: Why I set up a press to publish Nobel winner László Krasznahorkai (Oct 10, 2025 17:15)
The Irish novelist discovered the Hungarian writer two decades ago, and was excited by ...
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Seed by Bri Lee – this propulsive, fun eco-thriller is the novelist’s strongest yet (Oct 9, 2025 14:00)
Set in a secret Antarctic seed bank, Seed is a novel of friction and paranoia, of weapo...
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Wild-spirited but laced with dim views on race and women, On the Road is due a reckonin...