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Margaret the First review: The life and times of ‘Mad Madge’ Cavendish

The protofeminist duchess is brilliantly realised in Danielle Dutton’s blackly funny novel

New fiction: Joanna Walsh’s short story collection

In ‘Vertigo’, the writer highlights familiar worlds as they are about to fracture

Paulina and Fran, by Rachel B Glaser: a cracking debut novel

A razor-sharp tale of female relationships and an astute, witty portrayal of New England art school graduates coming of age

New fiction: Mislaid and The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink

10 summer releases to watch out for

New novels from Milan Kundera, Paul Murray and Nuala Ní Chonchúir are among the season's highlights