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There were a lot of big novels published in a year where the news was pretty bleak. Whether it was travelling to another world to escape, or holding a mirror up to the one we live in, there were plenty of worthwhile and important stories to be read and listened to.  Kazuo Ishiguro, author of Never Let Me Go, won the Nobel Prize for literature; John Green made a come back with Turtles All The Way Down, his first published work since 2012; Philip Pullman returned to His Dark Materials universe with La Belle Sauvage, the start of the new The Book Of Dust trilogy; and Adam Kay, junior doctor turned comedy writer, shared the diaries of his time working in the NHS in This Is Going To Hurt The Hate U Give   In a year where #BlackLivesMatter got more momentum, footballers in the States kneeled to protest police brutality, and more horrifying stories emerged of the mistreatment of people of colour by authorities, this book felt more important than ever.  Anyone that dismisses

If 2016 was the year all your favourite celebrities passed away, 2017 was the year of finding out your faves are trash people. Or that most people are trash people considering all the horrific events that happened this year. Yey trash humanity! It's definitely been a year of needing to escape for a while (for those of us lucky enough to be able to do so). So here's my round-up of my favourite things to watch, read and listen to as we all watch the downfall of the planet. Music. If you missed the sounds of summer 2013/2014, this was the year the big players from back then made their comebacks with new albums from HAIM, Lorde, Tegan and Sara, St Vincent, Lady Gaga, Paramore, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. HAIM, who have spoken openly about their difficulty with studio recording , arrived back on the scene with a live studio version of Right Now, the first song previewed from Something To Tell You. SZA took the world by storm with her debt album Ctrl (and earned five Grammy no