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China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station is a wonderfully unique novel, but it’s so distinct that it’s likely not adaptable. The book’s world would pose significant challenges in bringing it to the ...

Collecting stickers of players ahead of the World Cup is a much-loved fan tradition. This tournament's sticker book is the largest ever – this is what maths says it takes to collect them all. At first ...

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The Ink Book Prize has removed a title from its shortlist after discovering “AI was [allegedly] used in some parts of the illustration design”. A fellow shortlistee flagged the suspected AI use and ...