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All London book talks 1 - 14 Oct 2026 (opens the original)
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Good morning London! In the next seven days, Katie Kitamura, Emily St. John Mandel and A. K. Blakemore discuss their latest novels. Malcolm Gaskill, David Kynaston and Sarah Clegg talk about their latest histories. And the Black British Book Festival and the London Spanish Book & Zine Fair take place.Meanwhile, authors discuss the use of difficulty, the history of the pen, the library at Althorp, abandoned places, and counterfeit goods.This week’s 10 Questions interviewees include Luke Kennard,
10 Questions with Eli Burnstein (opens the original)
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’s latest book Phrased and Confused: The World's Great Quotations and What They (Really) Mean (Profile) is a guide to the great quotations that people keep getting wrong, from 'seize the day' to 'the road less travelled'. It also explores the meanings of famously difficult ones, from 'I think therefore I am' to 'a rose is a rose is a rose'.Eli’s book launch takes place at Stoke Newington Books on 8 October.What gave you the idea for you
10 Questions with Luke Kennard (opens the original)
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Luke Kennard’s latest novel Black Bag (Hachette) is about an out-of-work actor who takes a job sitting silently inside a bag at the back of a university lecture hall. Inspired by a real-life psychology experiment from the 1960s, Black Bag is a warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity, and an off-kilter love story. It has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026.Luke will be speaking at Daunt Books Notting Hill on <a href="https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/event
10 Questions with Lily Dunn (opens the original)
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Lily Dunn’s latest book Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform (Manchester University Press) demystifies the art of the memoirist, helping writers to find meaning in their raw experience and to elevate the personal to the universal. She shows how to turn the writing of memoir into a journey of discovery – one that can be shared with the world. The book has just been issued in paperback.Lily will be speaking to Blake Morrison at Waterstones Gower St on <a href="https:/
10 Questions with Peter Apps (opens the original)
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In ’ book Homesick: The End of London (Oneworld), he traces the impact of the last 40 years of housing policy, from Right to Buy to build-to-let, and follows a diverse group of Londoners as their fortunes rise and fall alongside economic forces. He also explores the ways London can transform again – through pioneering housing projects, municipalisation and other reforms – from a market for private profit to a place that offers permanence, safety and opportunity.Peter will be speaking to Holly Sm
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