Featuring 298 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this special International Issue: profiles of Abdulrazak Gurnah, Mayumi Inaba, Leila Boukarim, and Siri ...

As a second-grader, I won honorable mention in a creative writing contest with a solemn, ink-blotted story about the Crucifixion. My prize was a crate of children’s classics, among them ...

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 is blamed for deepening the Great Depression. Don’t tell that to the Trump administration, which just unveiled the toughest tariffs in almost a century.

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There are also fears that the tariffs could trigger an economic downturn reminiscent of the Great Depression nearly a century ago. Posts on social media have claimed that tariffs caused the Great ...

Trump triggered a fresh trade disputes with the top three US trading partners when he imposed fresh 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. If United States Donald Trump doesn't back down ...

Awarded for excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing, the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist ... three small independent presses have books included: Holland House ...

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Jessie Greengrass’s fiction includes An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It. The Great Auk is published by Bloomsbury at £20. To order your copy for £16.99 ...

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According to Bill Gates, Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the best science fiction novels he has ever read. And for good reason: the book tells the story of Michael Valentine Smith, a human raised ...