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Kiley Reid: ‘I was using the spirit of how the liberal elite talk about race, which is trying to make light of it.’ Photograph: David Goddard Kiley Reid: ‘I was using the spirit of how the liberal elite talk about race, which is trying to make light of it.’ Photograph: David Goddard The novelist’s hit debut, a witty spin on race, feminism and sex based on her time as a nanny in New York, has even won fans among her former employers… Sun 27 Dec 2020 10.00 EST This time last year, Kiley Reid was a tantalising rumour, the truth of which was known only to her publishers and to the f...

Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts? A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry. James Hannaham was targeted by a scam that attempted to trick him into sending the unpublished manuscript of his next book. “You feel violated,” he said.Credit...Ian Douglas Dec. 21, 2020 Earlier this month, the book industry website Publishers Marketplace announced that Little, Brown would be publishing “Re-Entry,” a novel by James Hannaham about a transgender woman paroled from a men’s...

Books, Netflix, and National Theatre live were three of the pillars supporting my sanity this year. As it draws to a close, we must remember that there was lots of good stuff in 2020 and much of it came from the arts. Whether it was a new novel from Maggie O'Farrell or William Boyd, Gillian Anderson (as powerful in Streetcar as she was in The Crown), or The Queen's Gambit, they brought comfort and joy. Our erudite quiz setter Alison Walsh has looked back at the strange year that was 2020 and devised a compelling test of artistic knowledge. So take time out from trimming the tree and see how ...

My recommendation is "Forged In Crisis" by Nancy Koehn. Koehn, a historian at Harvard Business School, profiles five famous leaders: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson. Each of these individuals faced a profound and personal crisis. Koehn profiles how they navigated those crises and how their experience in crisis fueled their resolve; she does a great job articulating the specific—and often subtle—lessons each learned. It's a wonderfully engrossing example of how leaders are made and the deeply personal nature of leadership. I ...

Chosen by Ed Thicknesse – Transport and industry reporter Opening in 1979 with the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Black Wave, by former BBC journalist Kim Ghattas, traces the development of the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia up to the present day. Focusing in on the lives of the guerrillas, scholars, and clerics who have shaped the last 40 years, Ghattas’ book fuses discussion of the ideological disputes that have pulled the Gulf apart, as well as their impact on the wider region. Essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of one of the world�...