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Catherine Peters obituary

Other lives: English scholar at Oxford University and acclaimed biographer of 19th-century authors

The Guardian - UK

96 Future Predictions That Aged So Poorly, They’re Almost Comical

These hilariously bad predictions prove that the future isn’t always what people expect it to be! The post 96 Future Predictions That Aged So Poorly, They’re Almost Comical first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Ian McEwan novel What We Can Know to be published this year

A ‘deeply humane’ work set in 2119 imagines a UK partly submerged by rising tides

The Guardian - UK

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier review – gaslighting and grief

Actor Holliday Grainger narrates Du Maurier’s dark study of suppressed desire and tragedy

The Guardian - UK

We Do Not Part by Han Kang: a haunting story which forces the reader to remember a horrific incident in Korea’s past that it tried to erase

We Do Not Part is the latest book by Korean writer Han Kang, who won the Nobel prize in literature in 2024. The book begins in fragments that ebb between dark dream, waking nightmare and memories of how the book’s protagonist Kyungha got to this terrible way of living.

The Conversation

Nicola Dinan: ‘Ottessa Moshfegh helped me find my voice’

The author on the short stories that taught her about grief, being inspired by Jennifer Egan, and rereading James Baldwin

The Guardian - UK

The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr review – a tale of hope in rural Ireland

A baby washes up in a barrel in this warm-hearted and surprising debut

The Guardian - UK

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Silent Catastrophes by WG Sebald review – academic writing at its most sterile

A collection of professional leftovers that can only diminish the posthumous reputation of a master of high literature

The Guardian - UK

Three Books for Black History Month

February is Black History Month, and this year's this is "African Americans and Labor." Here are three books I recommend:… The post Three Books for Black History Month appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

DC Comics pull Neil Gaiman title while Amazon Prime series set to go ahead

The Sandman spin-off Death: DC Compact Comics Edition was due to be released later this year

The Guardian - UK

Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of ‘spicy’ romance?

The Guardian - UK

Is Apple Cider Vinegar a true story? The real tale behind Netflix's influencer scam drama

Apple Cider Vinegar tells the story of Belle Gibson, an influencer who claimed a healthy diet plan cured her cancer - but how much of the drama is true?

Woman & Home

King Charles Once Proclaimed This Perk Was "The Only Benefit of Being Prince of Wales"

Aside from the castles, etc.

Marie Claire

Prince William Made a Heartbreaking Admission About His Childhood to Princess Kate After She Explained a Very Normal Activity

A new royal book reveals a "poignant" interaction between the couple.

Marie Claire

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Joan Lindsay by Brenda Niall review – a poignant biography of the Picnic at Hanging Rock author

Lindsay was 71 when her gothic classic was published. A new book unearths the winding, often thwarted creative endeavours of her life – and delights in her late success

The Independent UK

John Irving's 'Queen Esther' returns readers to setting of 'The Cider House Rules'

In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St_ Cloud’s, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed “The Cider House Rules.”

MusicRadar

“The risk is that I never finish a piece - I want to push them further, to see how far they can be deformed without tearing”: How Aphex Twin fought the temptation to continually refine, and how we can learn from his example

It’s easy to carry on fiddling with our tracks, but as Richard D. James knows all too well, that urge to keep going can prove a problem

The Guardian - UK

I Want to Talk to You by Diana Evans review – sparkling essays

In this invigorating collection the novelist takes in Jean Rhys, James Baldwin, and how real life makes it into fiction

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We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – a masterpiece from the Nobel laureate

One woman’s quest, told through haunting, harrowing, dreamlike imagery, bears witness to Korea’s traumatic past

Louder

“If I were you, I’d get a haircut and disappear”: When author William Burroughs gave Daevid Allen permission to call his band The Soft Machine

A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966

WhatToWatch

Netflix adds Swedish thriller based on bestsellers that have sold over 10 million copies

The Åre Murders is aiming to match the success of The Breakthrough on Netflix

The Independent UK

Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist spotlights stories of neurodiversity and palaces filled with dumplings

Shortlist features complex topics including children living in care, anxiety, and neurodiversity

The Independent UK

Publishers, a library and others sue over Idaho's law restricting youth access to 'harmful' books

Several large book publishers, a tiny public library and others are suing Idaho officials over a law that forces libraries to keep some books in an adults-only section if community members believe they are “harmful to minors.”

Evening Standard

Judge opens door to releasing Prince Harry's secret visa records as case returns to court

Duke of Sussex’s US visa records could be published if legal challenge by Heritage Foundation is successful

The Guardian - UK

Gwen Watkins obituary

Codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world war who went on to become a successful author

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