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Val McDermid to premiere new play exploring Christopher Marlowe’s death

THE first readings of a play by Scotland’s “Queen of Crime” are to be held this summer in Pitlochry and Edinburgh

The National (Scotland)

Flipping the bird at an old man wasn’t exactly in my playbook. It felt like a rupture

Author Tegan Bennett Daylight had spent a life listening to men’s stories and opinions about her. In a quiet library one day, she had enough

The Guardian - AU

Speaking out on Gaza: Australian creatives and arts organisations struggle to reconcile competing pressures

As cultural institutions respond to political statements on the war, many artists say they face a choice between career opportunities and standing up for their beliefs

The Guardian - AU

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The final fact-check of Joan Didion

One of the year’s best books yet shows us an author at odds with her own storytelling

Salon

KGB defector turned to Britain only after US rejected him several times, book reveals

Vasili Mitrokhin defected in 1992 after spending years copying top-secret documents on Soviet spies and operations

The Guardian - UK

The home of one of the largest catalogs of Black history turns 100 in New York

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country

The Independent UK

Five Great Reads: a kiss that led to a years-long nightmare, the Dull Men’s Club, and a famous feminist mother

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

The Guardian - AU

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British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

The Guardian - UK

Judy Blume Classic, ACOTAR Among Books Declared 'Pornography' by Florida Board of Education, Superintendent Threatened With Prosecution

Florida's education board forced the permanent removal of 55 books, including Judy Blume's Forever, by threatening a school superintendent with prosecution.

Latin Times

Women’s Prize winner Rachel Clarke issues plea to Wes Streeting as NHS doctors face unemployment

Author and palliative care doctor won the literary award for her fourth book, ‘The Story of a Heart’

The Independent UK

Bradley Wiggins announces new book: 'The most honest and personal one I've ever written'

Wiggins's latest autobiography, 'The Chain', will be published on 25 October

Cycling Weekly

10 Years Ago, The Best Fantasy Epic You've Never Heard Of Flew Under The Radar

Though now forgotten, 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' quietly blew all its other post-Game of Thrones competitors out of the water.

Inverse

‘The best way to discover hidden gems’: why you should try out a bookshop crawl

Like bar-hopping, but for browsing books: this trend, popularised on TikTok, makes for a great day out – and can help you discover unique literary spots

The Guardian - UK

The Spare Room review – Judy Davis is electric in thrilling adaptation of Helen Garner novel

The powerhouse actor and the author’s keen prose fuel this show about a woman grappling with grief and rage while caring for her dying friend

The Guardian - AU

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Evening Standard

Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘greatest honour’ as an intersex woman, says winner

Dutch author Yael Van der Wouden will receive £30,000 and a bronze statuette.

The Independent UK

NHS doctor Rachel Clarke and debut novelist Yael van der Wouden win Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and Fiction

Authors will receive £30,000 prize money in recognition of their achievements

The Independent UK

Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke win Women's Prize book awards

Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Thursday for her debut novel “The Safekeep.”

The Guardian - UK

Women’s prize for fiction goes to debut novelist Yael van der Wouden’s The Safekeep

Nonfiction award goes to Rachel Clarke’s ‘beautiful and compassionate’ The Story of a Heart, about a lifesaving transplant seen from all sides

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Evening Standard

Debut novel by Dutch author wins 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Yael van der Wouden won the award for her novel, The Safekeep, which explores repressed desire and the unresolved aftermath of the Holocaust.

International Business Times

Love as a Practice: Dr. Miao's Quiet Revolution in Women's Lives

A celebrated Women's Life Coach, educator, and social change advocate, Dr. Miao has devoted more than two decades to helping individuals—particularly women—reclaim their agency, restore emotional harmony, and live with aligned purpose.

The Guardian - UK

The honourable course on Gaza

The Guardian - AU

Salvage by Jennifer Mills review – urgent post-apocalyptic novel proposes a better way of living

In her mesmerising fifth novel set in the near-future, the Australian author offers a timely model of resistance to despair and passivity

The Guardian - UK

John Noone obituary

Other lives: English lecturer and writer who turned from fiction to non-fiction – and back again

The Independent UK

The Independent named best digital publishing company of the year

The Independent was awarded top gong at the Digital Publishing Awards

Creative Bloq

"So many artists make great work, but they hide”: Mr Bingo on the art of building an online presence

The illustrator discusses navigating social media and overcoming the pressure to create.

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