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In brief: Piglet; Free Play; A Spell of Good Things – review

A bride’s wedding day preparations go awry in a propulsive page-turner; a violinist’s inspirational guide to everyday creativity; and a moving Dickensian tale of two citizens in Nigeria

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My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld review – sordid, troubling… sublime

The International Booker prize winner adds to his reputation for transgressive brilliance with this tale of a vet and a client’s teenage daughter, delivered in cyclone-force prose

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Christopher Priest obituary

Acclaimed novelist best known for The Prestige whose large body of work never fitted into any particular literary mould

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Tarek El Moussa shares shocking gang fight experience and transformation

Discover shocking stories from Tarek El Moussa's troubled past in his new book. Learn how he overcame adversity and found success in real estate and life.

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Pity by Andrew McMillan review – an excavation of identity and collective memory

The poet’s debut novel explores Barnsley’s mining past and is at its sharpest on notions of community and renewed purpose

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The Handmaid’s Tale review – Poul Ruders’s opera shows Atwood’s novel has lost none of its relevance

While it shies away from some of the brutality of the book, the ENO’s uncluttered staging gives space to the sharply drawn characters and revels in sumptuous atonality

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What a legendary historian tells us about the contempt for today’s working class

A century after his birth, EP Thompson’s empathy with those facing scorn and condescension is more relevant than ever

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Writer Kerry Hudson: ‘I grew up with the narrative that working-class mothers were the worst’

The author on following her acclaimed debut Lowborn with a memoir about motherhood, why her next two books will be thrillers, and the power of toast to bring cheer

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Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera review – the charge sheet against rule Britannia

In this ambitious sequel to Empireland, the journalist travels far and wide to examine the legacy of British imperialism, piecing together an important rebuttal of revisionist narratives

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience – review

The rise of rightwing populists has sparked renewed interest in the political philosopher’s writing on totalitarianism, and Lyndsey Stonebridge’s timely biography is compelling and original

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‘Poetic’, ‘fearless’, ‘a creative triumph’: the best Australian books out in February

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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Patrick Joyce: ‘The history of peasants is one of their silence or being silenced’

The academic and author on the lessons we can learn from those who work the land, acquiring a second career in his 70s – and how he ‘dialogues’ with the spirit of Seamus Heaney

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Pages from the past: SCERT unveils digital repository of old school textbooks

The digital archives are home to 1,258 textbooks of classes I to XII, which comes to 1.5 lakh digitised pages. These books can be accessed from anywhere in the world, downloaded and printed too.

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ILFK will be held next year too: Saji Cherian

The maiden edition of the International Literature Festival of Kerala, which saw more than 100 sessions attended by 500-odd writers, critics and social activists from the country and outside, concluded on Saturday.

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American Fiction review – satisfyingly prickly satire on race and hypocrisy in the literary world

Jeffrey Wright excels as a struggling Black novelist who dashes off a blaxploitation potboiler and hits the jackpot in Cord Jefferson’s Oscar-nominated comedy drama

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Where to start with: Gertrude Stein

The modernist author was born 150 years ago but her writing still feels transgressive – here are some good places to begin

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‘Secure, affordable homes are the stuff of fiction’: how young writers are responding to the UK housing crisis

From Hunger Games-style viewings to greedy landlords and grim flatshares, young people aren’t just coping with a broken property market, they are writing about it

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The Zone of Interest invites us to face the Holocaust and ask: could we have done this?

Through an Auschwitz commandant’s family life, Jonathan Glazer’s chilling new film reminds us of the banality of evil, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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‘Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead’ Is Our February Book Club Pick

Read an excerpt of Jenny Hollander’s book here, then dive in with us throughout the month.

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A genre of swords and soulmates: the rise and rise of ‘romantasy’ novels

From Sarah J Maas to Rebecca Yarros, the authors writing blends of fantasy and romance have found huge commercial success – largely thanks to TikTok

Total Film

Jeffrey Wright reveals why his late mother was the first person he thanked after receiving his first-ever Oscar nomination

Exclusive: The star discusses how his new film American Fiction pays tribute to his late mom

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American Fiction Review: in skewering stereotypes this biting satire holds a mirror up to its audience

A superb send up of the depiction of the black experience in popular culture

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Manchester Collective review – Freya Waley-Cohen’s incantations cast a powerful spell

Waley-Cohen’s settings of Rebecca Tamás’s vivid poems – by turns sinuous, confrontational and intense – were brought to life by singers Héloïse Werner, Fleur Barron and Katie Bray

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A ‘sea of stories’ launches Jaipur Literature Festival

The Jaipur Literature Festival, the starting point of literary festivals in India, offers a diverse program of books, conversations, and cultural activities.

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