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Guardian first book award: Alex Ross's much acclaimed history of 20th century music is undisputed winner of the 2008 prize -
News: Harry Potter fans are flying into London from as far afield as New Zealand in order to get their hands on JK Rowling's new book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, as early as possible
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News: The iconic scroll on which the Beat generation classic was written exhibited at Birmingham gallery
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Gallery (13 pictures): Highlights from a century's worth of romantic fiction told through 100 years of Mills & Boon covers. Plus your chance to win them all -
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Justine by Lawrence Durrell: John Crace pays a flying visit to the Alexandria Quartet
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The digested read: 'I don't really like wine. Gin is for pansies, and liqueurs are best left to patent-shoed Wops'
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Feature: Constance Briscoe has been vindicated, but the credibility - and saleability - of the 'troubled lives' genre remains in question
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Interview: Alison Bechdel hoped that Fun Home, her very personal graphic memoir, would heal her family's wounds. Instead it led to terrible upset
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Nicholas Birch is spellbound by an afternoon with Turkey's master novelist
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Bad Sex in Fiction: To coincide with the infamous award, take a peek at the bedroom shenanigans of some of the shortlisted authors
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