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MYSTERIOUS: 5 - What They Never Told You

In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot: play about ‘queer ageing and capitalism’ wins prize

Sarah Mantell’s script awarded Susan Smith Blackburn prize, beating plays by Zadie Smith, Kimber Lee and Ruby Thomas

The Guardian - UK

Hags by Victoria Smith review – welcome to the age of rage

This rigorous defence of middle-aged women, who are ignored and vilified, is an often painful read and a future classic

The Guardian - UK

The Wife of Bath: A Biography by Marion Turner review – Chaucer’s feminist hero

The Canterbury Tales’ most famous pilgrim is contextualised in a bawdy celebration of medieval womanhood

The Guardian - UK

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How Chaucer's medieval Wife of Bath was tamed and then liberated in the 21st century

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most famous characters in English literature. Since appearing in the Canterbury tales in 1387, her tale has been rewritten and adapted by authors from the French philosopher Voltaire in the 18th century to the contemporary author Zadie Smith in 2021.

The Conversation

Reasons to love London in 2023 - from Quidditch to Zadie Smith to The Coronation!

Despite perma-crises, the capital is still alive with opportunity and excitement — Martin Robinson has compiled the people, events and inspiring trends that make this year a big one for Londoners

Evening Standard

The kids aren’t alright these days, says author Zadie Smith

Author ‘severely triggered’ by younger people’s views on literature

Evening Standard

The best books to read in 2023, from Prince Harry’s memoir to Zadie Smith’s new novel

Get ready to race through some thrilling books in 2023, with heavily anticipated memoirs and new releases from big-name novelists. Jessie Thompson picks some of the most exciting upcoming reads

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Labour candidate taking on Boris Johnson as MP says being homeless shaped his politics

Danny Beales will take on the ex-PM in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency

Evening Standard

James McAvoy reveals two authors hinted he was miscast for their projects

The Glasgow-born actor, who has starred in a variety of book to film adaptations by Stephen King, Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Philip Pullman, and more.

Daily Record

James McAvoy opens up about his ‘slight’ issue with British writers

The actor, now starring in His Dark Materials, says his confidence plunged when Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith questioned his casting in previous roles

The Guardian - UK

‘I need to slow down’: James McAvoy on family, faith – and painful truths

For the first 20 years of his meteoric career, James McAvoy hardly stopped for breath. But as the final part of His Dark Materials comes to our screens, he tells Craig McLean it’s time to ease up

The Guardian - UK

‘It feels like fresh air to my ears’: can brown noise really help you concentrate?

Some people use it to improve their focus while others use it to drop off to sleep. The writer Zadie Smith says she listens to it day and night. But what is brown noise? And does it work?

The Guardian - UK

A womansplaining meme is something to shout about

Why a woman yelling into a man’s ear is joyfully subversive, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

As universities close their English literature courses, we celebrate 40 influential British graduates

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Recitatif by Toni Morrison audiobook review – an experiment in racial bias

Actor Bahni Turpin narrates this story about the chance encounters between two girls from different races who first meet as roommates in an orphanage

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Zadie Smith

Not sure whether to read or revisit White Teeth, or go for one of the celebrated author’s other works? Novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler who was “raised” on Smith has a handy guide

The Independent UK

PEN America honors activists, artists and dissidents

From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad

The Conversation

Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

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Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Remember my Fresh Prince co-star Smith for his Oscar, not the slap’ says Joseph Marcell

Londoner’s Diary today: Critics’ Circle awards / Sex and Bridgerton / Suave Matt Smith’s the pits / Vick Hope, parasol / Corbyn hangs in / Goldsmith in the jungle

The Times of India

Zadie Smith to receive PEN America literary service award

The PEN literary award is presented to “an important writer whose work has drawn a wide audience and who helps us understand the human condition in original and powerful ways.” And this year, the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award will be given to author Zadie Smith, 46, making her the youngest-ever…

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An elegant, timely test for readers from Toni Morrison

"Recitatif: A Story" by Toni Morrison, with an introduction by Zadie Smith; Alfred A. Knopf (40 pages, $16)

The Guardian - UK

Gary Shteyngart: ‘We’re entering a time of permanent crisis’

The US satirist on why he had to find a UK publisher for his latest novel, his son’s Korean lessons, and the appeal of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth

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