- Speaking up on race: the difficulties of being a writer of colour in a writing workshop
- On bibliomania: Zadie Smith discusses the “pathological reader syndrome”
- “Does poetry matter? Yes. Can poetry be more relevant? No”: David Biespiel on the double-edged sword of contemporary poetry
- Readers of the Guardian choose their favourite books of the year so far (including one they probably haven’t read)
- Curt Gentry – historian, Hoover biographer, and co-author of Helter Skelter – dies at 83
- Cover design goes meta: Dan Wagstaff (@CasualOptimist) collates a gallery of book covers with books on them
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