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This week, TLS editors and writers guide you through a summer of reading; and Sarah Watling explores the extraordinary story of an artistic double act.
'Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: An Untold Story', Charleston, Lewes, Sussex
'The Secret Art of Dorothy Hepworth, aka Patricia Preece', by Denys J. Wilcox
Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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This week, Ben Hutchinson on the making of Franz Kafka, a century after the writer's death; and an interview with Roz Dineen about her vision of climate catastrophe and societal collapse.
'Kafka: Making of an icon', Weston Library, Bodleian, Oxford, until October 27
Accompanying book edited by Ritchie Robertson
'Briefly Very Beautiful', by Roz Dineen
Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Join us for at the Hay Festival for a conversation encompassing portals to other worlds, rock bands, improbable giraffes and the travails of the M4.
'Impossible Creatures', by Katherine Rundell
'One Ukrainian Summer: A Memoir About Falling in Love and Coming of Age in the Former USSR', by Viv Groskop
Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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This week, we hear from two international prize-winning authors, Jenny Erpenbeck and Mircea Cărtărescu.
'Kairos' by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann
'Solenoid' by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter
Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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This week, writers including Andrew O'Hagan, Rose Tremain, Ayobami Adebayo and Marian Keyes select their most memorable sporting moments; and we drop in on the European Writers' Festival at the British Library.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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This week, we look at the busy afterlives of two canonical characters: Nathalie Olah on Tom Ripley and Emelyne Godfrey on Sherlock Holmes.
'Ripley', on Netflix
'The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The inspiration behind the world’s greatest detective', by Andrew Lycett
Produced by Charlotte Pardy


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