New Memoir and Biography

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A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who practise the art of memoir, and those who read it.…

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A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generation born at a key turning point in world history'Remarkable . . . a work of real power and beauty' AMIA SRINIVASAN, author of The Right to Sex'Intimate and epic' SATHNAM…

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In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been…

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Art is my life and my life is art . . .The story of the twentieth-century avant-garde is a story of resistance, of the outsider, of strangeness, of individual freedom, of rejecting the ordinary and overcoming marginalisation through…

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When Brian Dillon was sixteen his mother died and he simply gave up all schoolwork. While he courted exam failure, his real education was going on elsewhere: with books, music, films and television. When at last he made it to university,…

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'Wonderful.' Paul Theroux'Brilliant.' Simon Jenkins'Superb.' Colin Thubron'Breathtakingly good.' Michael PalinA captivating authorised biography of the legendary writer Jan Morris.She was the twentieth century. Who wouldn't want to write…

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History remembers the greats – but what about those who lived alongside them? In the cultural ferment of late nineteenth-century London, three fascinating but often overlooked figures navigated the world in the shadow of their…

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20 September. Have a notion for a radio series - Awkward Conversations.Enough Said is Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries and prose. Covering the turbulent years 2016 to 2024, the diaries take us through lockdown, Brexit, the reign…

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'A book to underline endlessly, to dog-ear, to carry around until battered, and then to tell all your friends to buy because you're too reluctant to give up your own copy. A wonder' Polly Barton…

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'Moving and generous'Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost'Luminous, moving, and achingly beautiful'Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King 'I am forever changed after reading this book'Javier Zamora, author of Solito'A deeply inspiring…

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Fasten your seatbelts, darlings, it's been one helluva ride.Liza Minnelli is one of the most iconic and enduring figures in entertainment history. Now, in her first and only memoir, Liza tells her story in her own words - and what a story…

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J. G. Ballard possessed one of the most astonishing imaginations of our age, and he had an intense and turbulent history: a childhood spent in the encroaching shadow of World War II, teenage internment in a Japanese prison camp – an…

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From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page. In the city of Cork, a derelict Victorian mental hospital is being converted into modern…

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The Great Good Places is a luminous collection of essays, stories and memoir that traverses the experience of growing older and looking back on a life deeply lived. Drawing on decades of reading, writing and observation, Margaret Drabble…

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‘For me,’ wrote James Baldwin in 1959, ‘the difficulty is to remain in touch with the private life.’The private life, his own and that of others, is the writer’s subject – his key and ours to his…

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‘A deeply involving, humane book’ – ROWAN WILLIAMS‘Intimate, humorous, yet profoundly moving’ – STANLEY WELLS‘Deeply enjoyable’ – HARRIET WALTERA compelling blend of…

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The work of photographer Peter Hujar defined downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Paul Thek was an American sculptor and painter. Hujar and Thek met in 1956 and shared a strong intellectual and artistic connection that influenced the…