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Book clinic: which books can help me weather my parents’ divorce?A selection of books to offer guidance and comfort through painful times
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A new chapter for old and unloved booksLetters: Anthony Cheke bought an Oscar Wilde book that had sat on a bookshop shelf for 55 years, Paul McCue masterminded the Tory Prat Pack and David Gibson wonders what The Larger Moths of Warwickshire is all about -
The Joy of Waterboiling: kettle cookbook wins oddest book title awardThe German-language recipe collection takes the Diagram prize in a public vote lauded as ‘a clear call for a second Brexit referendum’ -
Agatha Christie webchat with Sophie Hannah – your questions answered on Poirot, writing and grudgesAfter our reading of Endless Night and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the author of Hercule Poirot’s authorised new adventures is joining now -
Authors boycott UAE book festival over Matthew Hedges jailingHistorian Antony Beevor and journalist Frank Gardner among several authors to announce they will not attend the Dubai Lit Fest in protest



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