Trump makes dystopian classics bestsellers again
From 1984 to The Handmaid’s Tale, It Can’t Happen Here and Brave New World, readers are turning to books for insights into an America changing before their eyes
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Summer books that sizzle – whether it’s sunny or not
It’s hard to beat the pleasure of settling down on a sun lounger or sofa with a good book. Here are 25 of the season’s best to choose from
Don’t shoehorn yourself into the wrong form of writing
Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Ron Rash and Deborah Levy all feel it is important for beginners to try out different forms – poems, novels, short stories, plays – to see what suits them and what excites them
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