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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A girl with super strength; anarchic doughnuts on a mission to rule the world; boys in the Blitz; an Igbo YA fantasy and more

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi review – fast and filthy in New Lagos

Existential literary fiction meets underworld caper in this unflinching tale of two recently parted lovers licking their wounds on a wild weekend in a corrupt city

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi review – a wild weekend in New Lagos

Dirty secrets abound in a feverish novel exposing the seedy underbelly of a Nigerian city

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi; The Hopeful Hat by Carole Satyamurti; Toys/Tricks/Traps by Christopher Reid; The Fourth Sister by Laura Scott

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

The blockbuster book trends of the year

From cosy crime to queer romance, Francesca Brown looks at the literary trends dominating the charts, and filling our shelves

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2022

Books by Black authors you should read this Black History Month

Even if you read just one of these amazing books by Black authors, it will severely enrich your reading list - I'm biased, but I'd say you need to add them all to your TBR, ASAP

Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022

18 brilliant books to add to your summer reading list

Choosing a reading list for the summer is a very serious matter. The Indy Culture team share the books we’ll be getting stuck into

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022

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The best books to read this summer, from Ottessa Moshfegh to Gabrielle Zevin

Choosing a reading list for the summer is a very serious matter. The Indy Culture team share the books we’ll be getting stuck into

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022

On my radar: Bolu Babalola’s cultural highlights

The novelist and comedy writer on her song of the summer, her new favourite sitcom and the brilliance of director Lynette Linton

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022

Summer reading: the 50 hottest new books for a great escape

From pageturning thrillers and comic novels to an antidote to doomscrolling – our pick of the best new fiction and nonfiction. Plus 10 brilliant paperbacks, and 10 great reads for children and teens

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2022

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