Opinion

• The price of perfection

  Opinion - Books

  Tuesday, 16 July 2019

  Caro Ramsay's new novel is about the complex issues raised by IVF and surrogacy
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• Keep the kids busy over the summer

  Opinion - Children

  Monday, 15 July 2019

  Georgina Atwell introduces Toppsta's Reading Bingo scheme
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• 'Like placing a palm on the continent's pulse' - Dr Peter Kimani on judging the Caine Prize for African Writing

  Opinion - International

  Tuesday, 02 July 2019

  As the Caine Prize contenders visit the UK in advance of the announcement of the winner next week, chair of the judges Dr Peter Kimani discusses what the prize has meant...
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• The romance of Brum

  Opinion - Books

  Thursday, 27 June 2019

  England's second city is a bostin' place to set a romance, writes Bella Osborne
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• A very late beginner

  Opinion - Books

  Tuesday, 25 June 2019

  Euan Cameron reports on the long gestation of his debut novel Madeleine, now published as he is in his mid-70s
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• Isobel Abulhoul: A Letter from the Middle East

  Opinion - International

  Wednesday, 19 June 2019

  The first in a series of columns, by the ceo and trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation Isobel Abulhoul, asks if Jokha Alharta’s Man Booker International Prize win...
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• Twenty years of Goldsboro Books – David Headley

  Opinion - Bookselling

  Monday, 17 June 2019

  How an indie focused on signed first editions carved out an enduring niche in the book trade, and helped start London's newest crime festival
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• How writing about women adventurers made me more brave

  Opinion - Books

  Monday, 10 June 2019

  Ailsa Ross has written an adventure book full of women and girls - just what she'd have liked to read when she was young
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• Introducing The Insights People

  Opinion

  Tuesday, 04 June 2019

  To launch a regular series, BookBrunch talks to Nick Richardson, CEO of The Insights People, about the market intelligence in which the firm specialises
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• Speculative fiction? It's already here

  Opinion - Books

  Monday, 03 June 2019

  Jem Tugwell has set a crime novel in the near future. How to classify it?
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