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15 literary podcasts to make you laugh, learn and join conversations about books

In his “memoir of the craft”, On Writing, Stephen King lauds books as “a uniquely portable magic”. Among the world’s estimated 5 million podcasts, those devoted to books and reading are so plentiful that I’m tempted to call them the next best thing.

The Conversation

Best fantasy books for adults: Top novels to read from Impossible Creatures to Jonathan Strange

Whether re-reading childhood classics or discovering contemporary masterpieces, let’s escape the real world for a moment or two

Evening Standard

Rory Stewart, Jeanette Winterson and Marlon James announced for Hay festival 2024

The UK literary festival unveils 29 taster events next year and plans to focus on ‘global themes and the impact of issues on the world’

The Guardian - UK

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Debut novel 'The God of Good Looks' adds to growing canon of Caribbean literature

A growing number of high-profile novels are coming out of the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora. And the region has long been punching above its weight on the international literary scene.

WEKU

In brief: Lady MacBethad; Inshallah United; Moon Witch, Spider King – reviews

A distinctive reimagining of dark Scottish history; a thoughtful celebration of faith and football; and the second novel in Marlon James’s immense Dark Star trilogy

The Guardian - UK

In praise of middlebrow women's fiction

Catherine Robertson on novels women want to read (and write)

Newsroom.co.nz

Booker Prize winner Marlon James on writing the 'African Game of Thrones'

Salmon Rushdie described him as "one of the most important voices of his literary generation" and "an author who must be read". Booker Prize winner Marlon James speaks to Eve Jackson about his trilogy dubbed the "African Game of Thrones". The first book of the epic fantasy series the Dark…

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Best podcasts of the week: The true story behind the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia

In this week’s newsletter: The shocking murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, with input from the writer’s son – and the man who confessed to her killing. Plus: five of the best podcasts for book-lovers

The Guardian - UK

Reaction as JK Rowling missed from Queen's Platinum Jubilee author list

Dr Liam Fox says brands omission as "disgraceful and cowardly"

Bristol Post

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James; Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji; Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch; Stringers by Chris Panatier; The Cuckoo Cage edited by Ra Page

The Guardian - UK

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James review – the lion, the witch and the lost child

A sorceress mates with a shape-shifting beast in the uncompromising second instalment of James’s sword-and-sorcery trilogy

The Guardian - UK

Marlon James: ‘Violence is violent and sex is sexy. You are supposed to be appalled’

The Booker prize-winning novelist on growing up gay in 80s Jamaica, his African fantasy trilogy – and how his mother’s job as a detective has influenced his writing

The Guardian - UK

Review: 'Moon Witch Spider King,' by Marlon James

A dazzling, extraordinarily imagined fantasy that explores the events of "Black Leopard, Red Wolf," from a different point of view.

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