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The new voices and hidden gems of Hay Festival 2024

Hear from up-and-coming stars of the literary world before they rocket up the bestseller lists, and make sure you don’t miss some of the eclectic treats on Hay Festival’s vast programme, writes Jessie Thompson

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The seven best books of 2023 reviewed by our experts

We have covered a lot of new releases this year but these seven really impressed our experts. There’s a feminist retelling of a classic, a twist on the murder mystery from the greatest voice in horror and a giggle-inducing ride through the Middle Ages – not mention one of the…

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Sandra Newman: Reimagining 1984 from Julia's Perspective

At the behest of George Orwell's estate, the acclaimed novelist has brilliantly recast his most famous work.

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Julia by Sandra Newman and The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith.

The Independent UK

Book Review: Sandra Newman puts a feminist spin on ‘1984’ with ‘Julia'

Rejoice, comrades

The Independent UK

Julia by Sandra Newman: a vibrant retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell apologised to his close friends the writers Anthony Powell and Julian Symons for his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. He told one that it was “a good idea ruined” and the other that “I ballsed it up rather, partly owing to being so ill while I was writing it.”

The Conversation

Julia by Sandra Newman review – a new Nineteen Eighty-Four

This ambitious retelling from Julia’s point of view gives Winston Smith’s lover the agency she lacked

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Co Antrim woman calling for treatment in NI after being diagnosed with eye cancer

Sandra is calling for treatment to be introduced and for OCT scans

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Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers

Overzealous gatekeeping on race and gender is killing books before they're published—or even written.

Reason

The Men by Sandra Newman review – vision of a world without men

Half of humanity disappears in this disturbing study of loss, grief and moral sacrifice

The Guardian - UK

Sandra Newman: ‘Do I want men to go away? No’

The American author on feminist utopias, surviving the apocalypse and who is really responsible for the scourge of electric bikes on the pavement

The Guardian - UK

Judges pull award nomination for book by Lauren Hough

The author of an acclaimed debut essay collection has had a prominent LGBTQ literary nomination withdrawn

The Independent UK

Lambda Literary Awards Reject LGBTQ Author After She Defended a Friend Accused of Transphobia

"I am a queer woman, and I was silenced most of my life," writes Lauren Hough, author of Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing.

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