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Tom McTague is one of the best contemporary writers on the intersection of domestic politics with wider events and the role of character and quirk in shaping what follows. In Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016, the writer turned New Statesman editor undertakes a…

MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

More cake, more tea, more murder mysteries, please

George Saunders has been named this year's winner of the National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters

Actor Raegan Revord, known from Young Sheldon, comes out as nonbinary and released a queer rom-com novel in September 2025. What does being nonbinary entail?

Eight years after activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed on September 5, 2017, the trial is progressing at a snail’s pace. Lapses by both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress governments and the judiciary have led to inordinate delays. 

The Rumour shows how a chilling secret can spread suspicion and paranoia in a small rural town.

48Kg by Batool Abu Akleen; Paper Crown by Heather Christle; New Cemetery by Simon Armitage; Red Carpet by Steve Malmude, edited by Miles Champion

The US author on his early love of Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, the genius of Judy Blume, and finding perfection in Agatha Christie and Gustave Flaubert