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Life As A Physical Experience: David Szalay On 'Flesh'

David Szalay is the author of ‘Spring’, ‘The Innocent’, and ‘London and the Southeast’, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prizes. ‘All That Man Is’ got the Gordon Burn Prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction, and was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.…

The Times of India · Feb 26

Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya review – a heartfelt tale of life on the Indian railways

We follow one woman across decades of change in this deeply compassionate novel of independence and dreams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

‘These books are pushing boundaries’: winners of £30,000 Inclusive Books for Children awards announced

Supa Nova by Chanté Timothy, a graphic novel about a young Black girl with a love for science, won the children’s fiction category and inaugural children’s choice prize

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door review – in search of Macca’s Mull of Kintyre hideaway

An anecdote about a trip to find Paul McCartney’s Scottish retreat turns into a sweet-natured two-hander

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

‘A partisan and politician’: Abraham Lincoln and the art of the deal

New book Boss Lincoln takes a fresh look at a well-studied political figure, showing him to be a master of party politics

The Guardian - US · Feb 25

Queen Camilla 'couldn’t put down' Gisèle Pelicot's book and reveals it left her 'speechless'

Her Majesty is a long-time campaigner against domestic and sexual violence and met with Gisèle at Clarence House

Woman & Home · Feb 25

Who was Jaleel Ramanthaly? UAE-based Indian writer laid to rest in Kerala after death

UAE-based journalist and literary giant, Jaleel Ramanthaly recently passed away in his home state of Kerala on Monday at the age of 70. The news of his death garnered immense tribute from the Indian expat community from Kerala, among whom he was a well-respected member.

The Times of India · Feb 25

The story behind The Jolly Postman, the best book of your childhood

BOOKS: A new exhibition marks 40 years since the publication of Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s delicately crafted tale of a tea-drinking postman delivering (real) letters. Their daughter Jessica tells Jessie Thompson how her parents created such an enduring British children’s classic

The Independent UK · Feb 25

I suddenly went blind 2,000 miles from home – alone, penniless and confused

In 1990, Gary Williamson was 18, backpacking in Europe, when his vision began to fail. It was the start of a perilous journey

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

Bird Grove review – George Eliot’s true story embellished in a tender drama

Elizabeth Dulau is terrific in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play as the young woman set to become a daring pioneer in fiction and real life

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25