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The Handmaid’s Tale: Dystopian future in which women are entirely subjugated

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022

Hilary Mantel: Celebrated author of Wolf Hall trilogy

Novelist was the first British writer – and the first woman – to win the Booker Prize twice

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Donald Trump claims publishing conspiracy stopping authors from writing ‘really good book about me’

New book on Trump White House contains embarassing details

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Little Fires Everywhere author Celeste Ng: ‘Elena and Mia constantly butt heads with each other inside me’

The writer of the novel that inspired the hit TV series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington talks about how her new book turned dystopian after Trump came to power

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022

What’s Prison For? Concise diagnosis of a huge American problem

Bill Keller, once editor of the New York Times, now with the Marshall Project, shows how the US came to imprison so many of its citizens, disproportionately Black and brown, and how such a gross injustice might yet be addressed

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2022

‘It’s not an unsolvable case’: has the Zodiac killer finally been found?

Author Jarett Kobek never intended to make the case the focus of his book but he may have solved the 50-year-old mystery

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2022

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

Maggie Haberman fires back with photo of her book notes after Trump calls her a lying ‘creep’

Haberman’s book ‘Confidence Man’ is released soon

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

The Winter King: What is the new series now being filmed in the West Country

The ten-part series is based on a trilogy of Bernard Cornwell novels

Bristol Post · Sep 30, 2022

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Days Like These by Brian Bilston; A Little Resurrection by Selina Nwulu; England’s Green by Zaffar Kunial; After Sylvia, edited by Ian Humphreys and Sarah Corbett; Journeys Across Breath by Stephen Watts

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022