The phoenix pencil company

Stories of travel and estrangement

The best new books you’ll love

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month, plus Cathy Bramley shares her writing secrets

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

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