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1. Family history: the shifting secrets of our genealogies – in pictures

21 Jan 2013:

The historian Deborah Cohen charts how attitudes to privacy have changed over the last 200 years, exploring what families have tried to hide and why

2. George Orwell Day begins annual commemoration

21 Jan 2013:

Celebration of author's enduring influence marked with radio season and essay giveaway

3. PG Wodehouse's sparkle fades on screen

21 Jan 2013:

Robert McCrum: Blandings – as currently seen on TV – is fun, but much duller than in prose

4. The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list

12 Oct 2003:

From Don Quixote to American Pastoral, take a look at the 100 greatest novels of all time

5. Should Lance Armstrong's books be rebranded as fiction?

21 Jan 2013:

Reports that a library reclassified the cyclist's autobiographies turned out to be false – but, then again, most memoirs play around with the truth. And novels often sail close to reality

6. American presidents in literature – quiz

21 Jan 2013:

On the day of president Obama's second inauguration, there are many important questions to ask. Chief among them, of course, is how much do you know about White House residents in literature?
Cast your votes now

7. Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books'

19 Jan 2013: The Canadian who has become a literary sensation in the US talks to Liz Hoggard about art, female friendship and sexual honesty

8. My hero: George Orwell by Margaret Atwood

18 Jan 2013: 'To say I was horrified by this book would be an understatement. The thing that upset me most was that the pigs were so unjust'

9. Christopher Hitchens faces posthumous 'prosecution' in new book

16 Jan 2013: Unhitched by Richard Seymour highly critical of left-wing firebrand who became George W Bush's 'amanuensis'

10. Christopher Hitchens: from socialist to neocon

18 Jan 2013: 'His tragedy is that he became what he had despised – a living and ignominious satire upon himself', writes Richard Seymour

11. Drop Salman Rushdie supporters, Jaipur literary festival told

21 Jan 2013: Muslim clerics want those who read out portions of the Satanic Verses at last year's event to be barred from appearing

12. Family Secrets by Deborah Cohen – review

12 Jan 2013: Kathryn Hughes on the important difference between privacy and secrecy

13. Book Club with Carol Ann Duffy

8 Jan 2013:

Join the poet laureate for a discussion of her Love Poems at Kings Place on 13 February

14. Interview: Olwyn Hughes, Sylvia Plath's literary executor

18 Jan 2013: Ted Hughes's sister tells Sam Jordison how misrepresented she feels the story of her sister-in-law's death has been

15. How Children Succeed by Paul Tough – review

21 Jan 2013:

Is fostering 'character' the secret to creating confident, determined children? By Geraldine Brennan

16. Call Off the Search by Anna and Andrew Wallas – digested read

21 Jan 2013: John Crace reduces a profound spiritual journey of love and healing to a more manageable 700 words

17. Poem of the week: Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns

21 Jan 2013:

To mark the Bard's birthday week, one of his own favourites, describing a celidh to remember

18. Rachel Cusk: in praise of the creative writing course

18 Jan 2013:

Can people really be taught how to write novels? Doubts have plagued the inexorable rise of creative writing workshops. But the cynicism is beginning to look outdated, argues Rachel Cusk

19. 1000 novels everyone must read: the definitive list

23 Jan 2009:

Selected by the Guardian's Review team and a panel of expert judges, this list includes only novels – no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems – from any decade and in any language. Originally published in thematic supplements – love, crime, comedy, family and self, state of the nation, science fiction and fantasy, war and travel – they appear here for the first time in a single list

20. Father Brown: the empathetic detective

18 Jan 2013: Sherlock Holmes might be sexier, but for Michael Newton, GK Chesterton's atmospheric Father Brown stories are the best the genre has ever seen

Edition: UK

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