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Why don't you people buy more Alasdair Gray?

Why don't you people buy more Alasdair Gray?
On falling asleep: an extract from Carol Mavor’s ‘Aurelia’

On falling asleep: an extract from Carol Mavor’s ‘Aurelia’
Thoreau and the Milky Way

Thoreau and the Milky Way
£100 chickens: Anna Minton on house price inflation

£100 chickens: Anna Minton on house price inflation
Sheila Fitzpatrick tells Mischka’s story of the bombing of Dresden

Sheila Fitzpatrick tells Mischka’s story of the bombing of Dresden
Flavours of Veneto

Flavours of Veneto
Celebrating Independent Bookshop Week

Celebrating Independent Bookshop Week
My Jane: an extract from Maggie Nelson’s ‘The Red Parts’

My Jane: an extract from Maggie Nelson’s ‘The Red Parts’
My blue correspondents: an extract from Maggie Nelson’s ‘Bluets’

My blue correspondents: an extract from Maggie Nelson’s ‘Bluets’
Nothing Is Wasted: A Radical Bookseller’s View of Hope

Nothing Is Wasted: A Radical Bookseller’s View of Hope
A Moment of Decision: Eduardo Mendoza on the writing of ‘An Englishman in Madrid’

A Moment of Decision: Eduardo Mendoza on the writing of ‘An Englishman in Madrid’
Uncertain Explosions: an Extract from The Dream Of My Return

Uncertain Explosions: an Extract from The Dream Of My Return