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Books: on the world of author Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist widely prasied for her literary fiction and descriptive characterization. Her latest novel 'Tell Me Everything' is shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025
The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the 5 shortlisted books reviewed
Five novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize. University academics review the finalists ahead of tomorrow's announcement of the winner
Is it time to rethink Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights?
Wuthering Heights is not a great love story: it's a dark parable of coercive control based on a real-life case of domestic torment
The best recent books on mums and motherhood
Great reads for Mothers Day - the Times2 Top Picks of recent titles on mothers, on being a mum and all it entails
Why the handbag is as mighty as the sword
With Moominmama, Tove Jansson created a hero who wields a handbag instead of a sword, says Isabel Joely Black
Vatican Spies: the secret machinations of the Holy See
A review of the fascinating 'Vatican Spies' by Yvonnick Denoël which shines a light on the shadow wars and dirty tricks of the papacy in the last century
On the strength of the Women’s Prize for fiction
A top 5 Women’s Prize for Fiction winners from the last three decades, ahead of next month's announcement of the 2005 prize
New book heralds start of conclave
'Konklavi' by Robert Aloisio to be launched on Wednesday
There’s murder ‘Under an August Moon’
Meet Robert Busuttil, author of a Maltese series of crime fiction, to find out more about the writing process, detective Lucio Vella and his latest exploits
Books: the thought-provoking Ghost Mountain
On Irish novelist Rónán Hession’s most ambitious work to date, a layered narrative with imperfect protagonists and change at its heart