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The memoir that changed my mind – 11 experts share a perspective‑shifting read

Katayoun Shahandeh, SOAS, University of London; Cassia Hayward-Fitch, University of East Anglia; Colin Tyler, University of Hull; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Fareda Banda, SOAS, University of London; Jade King, University of Lincoln; Lyn Jehu, University of South Wales; Sarah Olive, Aston University; Sarah Richmond, UCL; Simon Hinde, University of the Arts London, and Yi Wang, University of Cambridge

‘Instead of seeing limitations, I began to see possibilities.’
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The ten best short novels under 150 pages – chosen by experts

Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London; Adam Baron, Kingston University; Colleen Ballard, University of Limerick; Debra Kelly, University of Westminster; Jade King, University of Lincoln; Jenni Ramone, Nottingham Trent University; Matthew Leggatt, University of Winchester; Michael Bradshaw, University of Winchester; Sarah Olive, Aston University, and Tory Young, Anglia Ruskin University

These expert recommendations are short enough to tear through over a weekend
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The nine worst mothers in literature – according to our experts

Alison Taft, Leeds Beckett University; Ailish Kate Brassil, University College Cork; Angela Dunstan, Queen Mary University of London; Christina Hennemann, University of Limerick; Clodagh Philippa Guerin, University of Limerick; Edel Semple, University College Cork; Faye Lynch, University of Liverpool; Sarah Olive, Aston University; Stephanie Palmer, Nottingham Trent University, and Wen-chin Ouyang, SOAS, University of London

From serious villains to children’s book baddies, these literary mothers subvert every maternal instinct.
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The novel that changed my mind – ten experts share a perspective‑shifting read

Anneliese Hodge, Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Athol Williams, University of Oxford; Cecilia Benaglia, University of Limerick; Edward Ademolu, King's College London; Lillian Hingley, University of Oxford; Miranda Jane Mourby, University of Sheffield; Paul Giladi, SOAS, University of London; Richard Sulley, University of Sheffield; Sarah Moth-Lund Christensen, University of Sheffield, and Sarah Olive, Aston University

For World Book Day, we asked ten academic experts to share a work of fiction that has challenged their assumptions and changed their thinking in a lasting way.
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Twenty experts on the book that got them through their 20s – part one

Mathelinda Nabugodi, UCL; Andrew Dix, Loughborough University; Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford; Dominic Davies, City St George's, University of London; Harsh Trivedi, University of Sheffield; Leighan M Renaud, University of Bristol; Sarah Olive, Aston University; Sarah Trott, York St John University; Torbjörn Forslid, Lund University, and Viktoriia Grivina, University of St Andrews

Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative time

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