The author of Convenience Store Woman talks about working behind the counter, rejecting marriage and children, and her dark new tale of murder and cannibalism
The author of Gilead on the Black Lives Matter protests, the dangers of social media, and her latest novel, Jack
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The Old Drift takes prestigious science fiction award with what judges called ‘an extraordinary saga that spans eras from Cecil Rhodes to Rhodes Must Fall’
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Booker prize winner recalls angry decade as part of ‘counter-cultural, black womanist’ community
With no room for Mantel’s conclusion to her Wolf Hall trilogy, the six finalists also include four debuts
The Italian astronaut chooses her favourite extraterrestrial reading, taking in fiction by Italo Calvino and Stanisław Lem alongside reportage and history
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