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New voices and stories help balance the books Independent.ie 10/01/2021 Emily Hourican The pandemic has been, broadly speaking, good for books, in that reading is a vital survival tool for many of us. Books aren t hard to buy online - no faffing with sizes or colours - they are relatively cheap, and usually quickly delivered (kudos to the amazing Irish bookshops that do this so efficiently). However, the pandemic has not been equally good to all books, favouring established and big-name writers over the new and emerging. When buying online, readers tend to stick with what they know - or rely on algorithms that predict what they ll like, based on previous purchases (I say nuts to these algorithms; they fail to take account of my broad and eclectic taste. Just because I love John le Carré does not mean I want an endless list of spy thrillers…). When buying online, readers do not browse, or chat to those wonderful ambassadors for books - bo ....
From fictional debuts to untold histories, Martin Chilton rounds up the forthcoming titles to keep you reading throughout the year. Julian Barnes wrote: Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. Although he was joking about Gustave Flaubert s carnal desires, Barnes could easily have been describing the sweet sense of excitement felt by book lovers contemplating new pages on the horizon. The new year will bring novels from Kazuo Ishiguro, Sebastian Faulks, Lisa Taddeo, Stephen King and Jonathan Franzen; memoirs from Brian Cox and David Sedaris; and non-fiction releases from George Saunders, Dr Rachel Clarke and Matt Haig. There is even going to be a children s book about positive thinking from footballer and food-provision campaigner Marcus Rashford. ....