OUR CHOICE OF THE BEST RECENT BOOKS
The Beautiful Cure by Daniel M Davis (Bodley Head £20): dramatic new findings about our immune systems and how to use them to fight back against disease
Iran by Abbas Amanat (Yale £30): an expert study, 20 years in the writing, on the country’s turbulent, often tragic modern history
No Place to Lay One’s Head by Françoise Frenkel (Pushkin £16.99): this astonishing memoir of escape from the Nazis has re-emerged after 73 years
A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey (Faber £17.99): the Booker winner is at full throttle in a tale of a 1950s car race
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE LITERARY WORLD
London Matthew Dennison gives a lecture on the life of Caroline of Ansbach, at the National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2, February 1, 1.15pm, £3, concs £2. For more information, visit npg.org.uk
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London Armando Iannucci and James Rhodes talk about the transformative power of music, with Clemency Burton-Hill, at Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1, February 1, 7pm, £30. For more information, visit intelligencesquared.com
Sheffield Philippa Gregory discusses her book, Dark Tracks, the fourth volume in the Order of Darkness series, at the Library Theatre, Surrey Street, February 1, 7pm, £5 (0114 272 8971)
Oxford Martin Kemp talks about his biographies of Da Vinci and the Mona Lisa, at Waterstones, Broad Street, February 5, 7.30pm, free but ticketed. For details, visit waterstones.com
Glasgow Sally Magnusson talks about her new novel, The Sealwoman’s Gift, at Waterstones, Sauchiehall Street, February 7, 6.30pm, £3 (0141 332 9105)
Ely Philippa Gregory discusses the Holocaust and her new novel, Dark Tracks, at St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Street, February 7, 7.30pm, £7. For details, visit toppingbooks.co.uk
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London Peter Stamm discusses his writing, at the British Library’s Knowledge Centre, Euston Road, NW1, February 8, 7.15pm, £8, limited places. For more information, visit bl.uk
St Boswells Stuart Kelly talks about his new book, The Minister and the Murderer, at The Mainstreet Trading Company, Main Street, February 13, 7.30pm, £10 (01835 824 087)
Compiled by Christina Borg