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Open your mind and escape to other worlds with the best new books to read now and pre-order this season

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Listen up: consume great literature on the go with our guide to getting into audiobooks. From how to download them for free, to the best titles and most inspiring narrators

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Kids 

We chat to bestselling authors, Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, about their new children's book, Clean Up!, a story that tackles pollution

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The Barnes Children's Literature Festival is packed with brilliant author talks and thrilling new books to discover with the kiddos - from the comfort of your sofa

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Here's some thrilling lockdown news for youngsters: JK Rowling's new book, The Ickabog, is released in instalments online from now until July

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There are a wealth of online reading resources that children and parents can access to keep kids reading while schools are closed. Even better? Many are free.

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Reading opens up a world of possibility for kids... but it's tough for a paperback to compete with an iPad. We've rounded up some exciting ways to encourage reading.

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A mysterious billboard signals Hilary Mantel's long-awaited end to the Tudor trilogy. The Mirror and the Light is published this March

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From the finale that’s been 10 years in the making to the bright young writers causing a buzz, these are the nine books we are most excited about in 2019

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If reading has become a chore or a distant memory, get back into the groove with the most irresistible and compelling new books

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Discover the best spots to eat, drink, read and explore in London for book-lovers

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Leïla Slimani, Marlon James and Max Porter lead the star writers appearing in the Southbank Centre Literature Festival 2019

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Think a book is a dull gift? You just haven't found the right title yet. Here are this year's most giftable tomes, and the people who'll really appreciate them

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Theatre 

Zadie Smith's seminal novel White Teeth comes to life where it all began, in Kilburn

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Travel for miles in someone else's shoes with our selection of the best new memoirs to inspire and enlighten

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From a wildcard Booker winner to a mythical mystery, these are the four books to make a beeline for this month

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Banish notions of preachy self-help books and find solace in a new wave of inspiring literature - because self-improvement and learning doesn't stop with school

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Fill your suitcase with the more manageable and most readable highlights from the Man Booker longlist

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Lifestyle 

Immerse yourself in the golden light and gorgeous landscapes of Ibiza, Myknonos and more with this series of covetable coffee table books from Maison Assouline

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We’ve read our way through 2018’s new books to find those that definitely deserve some space in your suitcase (or kindle!) this summer

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The pop-up Book Bar is hosting a series of exciting events

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As days get longer, so does our reading list. These are the new books to make a beeline for this spring

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Fall in love with a new book this February. From the millennial’s Bridget Jones to a mouth-watering manifesto on food and appetite, here are the 10 best new books

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Explore the world from up high with Scott Mead's ethereal portfolio of photographs taken from plane windows

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January's drizzle, sobriety and hibernation call for a pile of new books to get lost in

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Festival 

Early bird booking opens for 2018 Hay Festival, featuring Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Bridget Christie and more

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The first novel of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy comes to the stage in a hi-tech new adaptation by Duncan Macmillan and 59 Productions

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Shopping 

Academic books and dusty paperbacks, antique textbooks and leather-bound tomes: here’s our pick of the best London second hand bookshops

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Talks 

Paul Auster will be reading from and talking about 4 3 2 1, his first novel in 7 years which explores the four divergent paths of an individual boy's life

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Theatre 

From page to screen to stage: Room the play brings Emma Donoghue's captivating tale of kidnap to Theatre Royal Stratford East

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What will you fuel up on in January to inspire your new year? Pick books to change how you think, eat, read - and even how you create

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Curl up and get an early night of literary escapism with Culture Whisper's favourite new autumn and winter reads 2016