Catch Neil Gaiman on his last ever book-signing tour.

The London Review of Books reviews a chronicle of the enabling friendship between Philip Larkin and Kinglsey Amis. (Excellent headline, LRB.)

Fiction from Julia Fierro is over at Guernica for their End Times week.

Did you know that A Wrinkle in Time initially was rejected by two dozen publishers? Ruth Franklin reviews a new book of interviews with Madeleine L’Engle.

The lives of taxidermists are strange and wonderful.

The first ever recordings of a Christmas family gathering, made as early as 1902, have been restored. Festive!

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