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Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans review immensely enjoyable return of the epistolary novel

A modern epistolary novel succeeds by using letters to create emotional depth, character contradiction, and forward motion across years.
Books
fromBOOK RIOT
1 month ago

The Best Books of April, BIPOC Edition

Remy and Simone reconnect in a bookstore, potentially helping each other overcome personal challenges and secrets.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves

At last, the perception of popular fiction by women as silly novels by lady novelists, as George Eliot sniffily put it back in 1856, is changing. Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue. This welcome news came in the same week as the deaths of two doyennes of the form, Joanna Trollope and, at just 55, Sophie Kinsella, only a couple of months after the loss of national treasure Dame Jilly Cooper.
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Television
fromIndependent
7 months ago

Ksenia Samotiy: In a world dominated by politics, wars and algorithms, the sanctuary of escapism is more important than ever

Jilly Cooper's imaginative, unapologetic portrayals of ambition, betrayal and pleasure let women use escapism as a form of rebellion against political anxiety and domestic constraints.
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