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Wet Wet Wet Kick-off Tour In Norwich
Even with a new lead singer, the love is – still – all around for Wet Wet Wet Finding a replacement lead singer cannot be easy for any band, but…
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Yanagihara Talks Theatre, Pandemics And Life As A Magazine Editor
Yanagihara talks theatre, pandemics and life as a magazine editor at a packed UEA appearance After publishing three novels, Hanya Yanagihara has developed a huge following, evidenced by her reaching…
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McCallum And Joseph Explore Issues Of The Caribbean In Their Poetry
Colonialism, slavery and fatherhood were among the issues at the fore of the latest evening held as part of UEA Live, the successor to the UEA Literary Festival. This double-header…
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Shamsie Explores New Ground With Every Novel
Kamila Shamsie, the Pakistani-British writer, believes that some authors write one novel that is well received and then spend the rest of their career cranking out different versions of the…
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Smith Reflects On Masculinity In His New Book
Raven Smith’s first book, “Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuit,” came out early during the Covid lockdown, leaving him “at home with nothing but my thoughts for company”. Those thoughts turned to…
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Faye Offers Her Take On The Transgender Issue With Bestselling Book
The subject of transgender rights has exploded into the public consciousness in recent years, fuelled in no small part by social media. Among those diving headlong into an often heated…
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Cannon Explores Life At The Edge Of Normality
Linda, the main character of Joanna Cannon’s new novel, A Tidy Ending, is someone who realises that she is missing out in life. Living on a housing estate in the…
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Bowler Considers Reasons – And Positivity – In The Wake Of Illness
In 2015, the Canadian academic Kate Bowler, then aged 35, was given a shocking diagnosis: she had Stage IV colon cancer and would probably live for just another two years…
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Courttia Newland imagines a world without slavery or colonialism in A River Called Time
Imagine a world in which slavery and colonialism never existed. It might seem hard to conceive, but Courttia Newland has done just that with his new novel, A River Called…
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Miliband Redefining His Role In Politics
Miliband Looks For New Economic And Social Models As He Redefines His Role In Politics When the Labour Party he led lost the 2015 general election, Ed Miliband had to…
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A novel 15 years in the making
Leone Ross’s new novel, This One Sky Day, which was described by The Guardian as a book that will “reward those who are able to surrender to its capaciousness and…
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Elizabeth Day Explores The Human Condition In Her Novels And Podcasts
The novelist Elizabeth Day says she often works what themes she has been exploring in her work only after she has finished the writing. But she has found that there…