Charlotte Northedge
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Head of Books for the Guardian, author of The People Before and The House Guest (HarperCollins)
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‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth
‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth
On the 20th anniversary of Never Let Me Go, the Nobel prize-winning novelist talks about the role of the author in a post-truth world – and why he’s ‘not a great writer of prose’
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March 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’
Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’
As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans
• Read about the rise of Japanese fiction in Britain
The City and Its Uncertain Walls is based on a novella you wrote in 1980. Why…
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November 23, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’
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“It’s not like cat books are huge in Japan. It’s not as big a thing as is being made out in the UK.”
Japanese fiction is booming here. But is a golden age turning into a glut? I spoke to readers, translators, editors and agents about why it's so popular, and how Murata is the new Murakami:
Japanese fiction is booming here. But is a golden age turning into a glut? I spoke to readers, translators, editors and agents about why it's so popular, and how Murata is the new Murakami:
Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming
From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?
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November 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM
“It’s not like cat books are huge in Japan. It’s not as big a thing as is being made out in the UK.”
Japanese fiction is booming here. But is a golden age turning into a glut? I spoke to readers, translators, editors and agents about why it's so popular, and how Murata is the new Murakami:
Japanese fiction is booming here. But is a golden age turning into a glut? I spoke to readers, translators, editors and agents about why it's so popular, and how Murata is the new Murakami:
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November 17, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
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‘We’ve become distrustful of each other’: Braiding Sweetgrass author Robin Wall Kimmerer on Trump, rural America and resistance
‘We’ve become distrustful of each other’: Braiding Sweetgrass author Robin Wall Kimmerer on Trump, rural America and resistance
Her last book sold 2m copies. Now the Native American ecologist is taking on capitalism. She talks about how the ‘gift economy’ could heal divisions across the US
When the ecologist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer is in a city for work and starts to feel…
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November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
‘We’ve become distrustful of each other’: Braiding Sweetgrass author Robin Wall Kimmerer on Trump, rural America and resistance