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‘I just want to say out loud right now: the book is boring,’ one of the children said of Ted Cruz’s new book Unwoke

The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub; Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker; Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman; Writing the Future, edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V Hirst; She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall

Geraldine McFaul, 52, trekked solo across the UK, France and Italy from May until reaching the Italian capital on November 4.

Sneaking a teenage peak at her stepmother’s copies of Riders and Rivals opened the door to a world of glamour and romance for the author of Crudo and The Lonely City

The Booker-shortlisted US author on a life-changing vampire epic and inspiring writing about race

The Tamil version of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence is wildly enjoyable, packed full of hyenas, car chases, fight scenes and, of course, song and dance

A young playwright borrows inspiration from the breakdown of her sister’s marriage in a novel filled with hard decisions

M. Mukundan: Open discussions only way to find solutions. Victor Hugo's dream of world as one big family must be upheld. Poorna Cultural Fest in Kozhikode to remember N.E. Balakrishna Marar. Uroob Novel Award to 'Kurudan Mala' by Shahul Hameed K.T

South Asian authors are reclaiming science fiction and fantasy genres. They write books set in their own countries, featuring customs and characters that are true to their life experiences. Works by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Samit Basu, Saad Z. Hossain, Usman T. Malik, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Vajra Chandrasekera, Tashan Mehta, Prashanth Srivatsa, Bina…

Meeran Chadha Borwankar, a 1981 batch IPS officer from Maharashtra, reflects on her 36-year journey in the police service in her book, ‘Madam Commissioner’. She petitioned the Supreme Court in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. She retired in 2017. She faced gender bias in the service, but now physical standards…

So, what’s the story about Nadine Dorris’s The Plot, subtitled, The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson – just so you know, the subtitle sums up the gist. The former Culture Secretary – and the joke there was on us – gave up her parliamentary seat in August to write this…