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Shapechangers: Essays from Irish women quietly challenging how literary history is written
Nightjar by Emily Ruskovich: Borderline psychotic in its trippy mystery
‘Why are you home early?’: Shauna said the first thing she could think of to her mother and regretted it immediately
The History of the World in 12 Soccer Matches: Players become spectators of the social upheavals surrounding them
Helen Macdonald: ‘Losing a twin at birth predisposed me to search for something missing’
What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell: an enjoyable but horrifying read
From America to Dún Laoghaire: ‘Gun violence in US schools is something we thought about a lot’
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Evie Gaughan: AI companies are missing the entire point of writing or reading a book
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Fed Up by Daniel Lieberman: Exploring fad diets claiming to solve the riddle of the human body
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Inequality, The View from Manywheres: Populist leaders promise a wonderland that does not exist
By Sinéad Gibney
Solace House: Unsettling, ambitious novel that blends Gothic unease with cosmic horror
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