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Five of the best books translated from Polish

The wide breadth of Polish humour and humanity is all here, from reportage and absurdist satire to historical epics and soulful poetry

The Guardian - UK

One Another by Gail Jones review – a writer’s obsession with Joseph Conrad

Jones’s latest novel is complex and delicate, charting echoes in the lives of a PhD student in 90s Cambridge and the Heart of Darkness author, who she is fascinated by

The Guardian - AU

‘Bold’, ‘extremely fun’, ‘luminously written’: the best Australian books out in March

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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Your Weekender reads: chefs' Christmas feasts; Benjalu; blacksmiths are back; Tom Jones

Newcastle Herald Weekender: unmissable reads Saturday, December 9

Newcastle Herald

Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop review – a colonial obsession

A gripping semi-historical imagining of the memories and experiences of a French naturalist in 18th-century Africa

The Guardian - UK

‘Butcher’s Crossing’: Nicolas Cage keeps the madness under control in tightly spun Western

Actor mesmerizes as obsessive hunter at home where the buffalo roam.

Chicago Sun-Times

From Peaky Blinders to Band of Brothers: it’s Stephen Graham’s 20 best TV roles ever

His impeccable taste has seen him star in incredible shows from Line of Duty to This Is England. We rank his performances

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Look back at Giorgio Napolitano: learn the limits of dogma and how good leaders can change lives

The former Italian president was a communist who learned that the common good involves compromise, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

Paul Theroux: ‘Writing is a blood sport. One does have differences with people’

The prolific novelist and travel writer is 81 but shows no signs of slowing down. He talks about adventure, criticism… and that memoir by his ex-wife

The Guardian - UK

Agent behind James Bond spy Vesper Lynd given new role in UK-Poland relations

Wartime operative Krystyna Skarbek, lauded by Churchill, will serve as a symbol of the cultural ties between the allies

The Guardian - UK

Sorcha Dallas tells how Alasdair Gray's art permeated Glasgow's West End

ALAN Riach: Sorcha, could you tell us first about your earliest encounters with Alasdair Gray and his work? Where did you first meet him? How did…

The National (Scotland)

Trouble in mind: the best film, music, TV, literature and drama for a guilty conscience

From My Name Is Earl’s journey of redemption to Dave’s stirring origin story, our critics recommend art that deals with shame and regret

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Four novelists, one ocean: how Indian Ocean literature can remap the world

Novels make worlds. They create an intuitive sense and mental image of a place. And the senses of space produced by fiction shape how readers see the world itself, just like maps do.

The Conversation

Death and horror in real time prove our almost limitless capacity for evil

The human affinity for blood sport is both ancient and long standing. But there is an even more distressing angle to viewing man-made evil and horror. In the age of digital technology capturing gory scenes of anguish and death is strangely becoming de rigueur. And recorded death and horror in…

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