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Women and non-binary writers from minority backgrounds are leading a German literature revival
Fatma Aydemir, Ronya Othmann, Aria Aber are leading a wave of novelists from migrant backgrounds winning praise and prizes from international audiences
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Top travel books to transport you to faraway places
Writing that reminds us just how beautiful and vast our world really is
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Kasim Ali: ‘Some men think that shifting to the right is what’s going to save them’
The author talks about his hometown and the themes of contemporary masculinity that run through his second novel Who Will Remain
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The Gaza I knew survives only as stories
On the publication of her novel Vulture — a satire of war journalism set in Gaza — Hyphen’s Europe editor Phoebe Greenwood says the human cost of the conflict is too great for the news to process
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Book recommendations: top summer reads to suit every mood
Five titles, from moving coming-of-age stories to political fiction, to accompany you on your holidays
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Top reads to learn about the climate crisis
Our books columnist reflects on the theme of environment and picks nonfiction titles to help engage with the issue
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The forests of memory
In new book Babylon, Albion, author Dalia Al-Dujaili examines the connections between land, migration and identity. For Earth Day 2025 we present an edited extract
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Recipes from an Iranian prison: ‘If there is one book that shows the power of words, it’s this one’
Sepideh Gholian’s The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club is a memoir-cum-cookbook from the Iranian activist held in the country’s notorious jail
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My debut novel may not change the world, but it may help to change minds
Determination by Tawseef Khan is set in the intersecting worlds of law and immigration. The author offers his thoughts on writing and his hopes for the overhaul of a cold and indifferent UK asylum system
