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Half-birthday hint hidden by Lewis Carroll | Brief letters

www.silverguide.site – Brief letters: Through the Looking-Glass | Paperwork backlogs | Imaginary bus driving | Knowing the Lingo…
Half-birthday hint hidden by Lewis Carroll | Brief letters

JH Prynne obituary

www.silverguide.site – Modernist poet whose work is considered hard to grasp but rewarding for the reader who persists…
JH Prynne obituary

Vocal Break by Lauren Elkin review – a celebration of the female voice

www.silverguide.site – From Édith Piaf to Charli xcx, a moving study of the ways women express themselves – and the obstacles they face…
Vocal Break by Lauren Elkin review – a celebration of the female voice

Uprising by Tahmima Anam review – a fiery novel of female rebellion

www.silverguide.site – Radical hope and rage combine in this tale of ecological precarity and resistance among sex workers on a brothel island…
Uprising by Tahmima Anam review – a fiery novel of female rebellion

Lloyd Jones obituary

www.silverguide.site – Other lives: Journalist and author who wrote novels, short stories and poetry in English and Welsh…
Lloyd Jones obituary

AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter

www.silverguide.site – Letter: Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writer…
AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter

The 100 best novels of all time

www.silverguide.site – A countdown of the greatest literature ever published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?…
The 100 best novels of all time

Tell us: what are your top three novels of all time?

www.silverguide.site – Find out how we compiled our list of the 100 best novels published in English – and nominate your favourites…
Tell us: what are your top three novels of all time?

High and Low by Amanda Craig review – will Britain boil over?

www.silverguide.site – A north London cafe is under siege in a state-of-the-nation satire that brings together the haves and have-nots…
High and Low by Amanda Craig review – will Britain boil over?

The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn review – into the wild

www.silverguide.site – An awe‑inspiring investigation of the untamed places and inhospitable environments in which life – besides humans – finds a way…
The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn review – into the wild

Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards

www.silverguide.site – In a rare public appearance, Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams warned of ‘networks of powerful elites’ using wealth and influence to silence dissenting voices…
Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards

Carol Rumens obituary

www.silverguide.site – Poet, poetry editor and writer of the Guardian’s long-running Poem of the Week column…
Carol Rumens obituary

Gerry Conway obituary

www.silverguide.site – Comic book writer and co-creator of Marvel’s avenging antihero the Punisher…
Gerry Conway obituary

The perils of judging a book by its hard cover | Letters

www.silverguide.site – Letters: Readers take issue with an article that advocated ditching hardback books in favour of paperbacks…
The perils of judging a book by its hard cover | Letters

John of John by Douglas Stuart review – will a father and son come out to each other?

www.silverguide.site – The Booker winner’s epic tale of gay love and loneliness in the Hebrides charts an uneasy homecoming against a backdrop of repression…
John of John by Douglas Stuart review – will a father and son come out to each other?

‘I don’t know what could top that’: debut author Jem Calder on being discovered by Sally Rooney

www.silverguide.site – His first story collection, Reward System, was a cult hit. Now comes a novel that’s a bleakly funny appraisal of millennial relationships, technology and ennui. He talks about love, precarity and being called the ‘voice of a generation’…
‘I don’t know what could top that’: debut author Jem Calder on being discovered by Sally Rooney

Israel: What Went Wrong? by Omer Bartov review – the long view

www.silverguide.site – An erudite account of the foundation of the state and its subsequent moral and political decline…
Israel: What Went Wrong? by Omer Bartov review – the long view

The rise of the literary nepo baby? The children of famous novelists on following in their parents’ footsteps

www.silverguide.site – From Naomi Ishiguro to Jess Atwood Gibson, more children of high profile writers are becoming authors themselves. Parents and their literary offspring discuss the pressures of measuring up…
The rise of the literary nepo baby? The children of famous novelists on following in their parents’ footsteps

‘She made Mondays something to look forward to’: readers pay tribute to Carol Rumens, Guardian’s Poem of the week columnist

www.silverguide.site – Rumens, whose column ran for nearly 20 years and developed a loyal readership, died this week aged 81…
‘She made Mondays something to look forward to’: readers pay tribute to Carol Rumens, Guardian’s Poem of the week columnist

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

www.silverguide.site – The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed; The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro; No Ghosts by Max Lury; Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler; Moon Over Brendle by Jeff Noon…
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
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