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Samuel Beckett smoking a French cigarette: John Haynes’s best photograph

‘One day, I was summoned to a pub near the Royal Court theatre where Samuel Beckett was looking at my work. “These are wonderful pictures,” he said’

The Guardian - UK

Franco-Algerian writer Sansal held in Algeria on state security charges

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal – who was arrested in mid-November in Algiers – has been placed under a detention order for alleged threats to state security, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Algerian justice officials and authorities have still not commented on the case.

Radio France Internationale

‘Most of these guys had never fired a weapon’: inside the FBI’s early hunt for gangsters

The new book Gangster Hunters recalls J Edgar Hoover and his so-called ‘G-Men’ who took down some of the biggest criminals of the time

The Guardian - US

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Melissa Lucashenko reveals she is giving away her prize money after winning another $40,000

Author of sweeping historical novel Edenglassie continues run of wins with Mark and Evette Moran Nib award

The Guardian - AU

SQA reading list to 'reflect modern Scotland' with new titles

SCOTLAND'S qualifications body has updated it's reading list for the first time in eight years with the hope to "reflect a modern…

The National (Scotland)

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami review – a labour of love

On his third attempt, the author finally sets down a story that has haunted him for decades

The Guardian - UK

Second Amendment Roundup: The Second Amendment Dialogue at Fed Soc's National Convention

"Applying the Text and History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi" was the topic of a session on… The post Second Amendment Roundup: The Second Amendment Dialogue at Fed Soc's National Convention appeared first on Reason.com.

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Global outrage grows over Franco-Algerian writer's detention in Algeria

The ongoing detention of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria has ignited international concern amid demands for his immediate release as fears for his safety deepen.

Radio France Internationale

Places around the world you need to visit if you're a bookworm at heart

Love a good book? Then taking inspiration from these destinations might be a good idea for your next trip

Woman & Home

‘If someone says no, you’re talking to the wrong person’: how make-up artist Marcelo Gutierrez created his own universe in New York

Fresh from publishing his first book ‘Nothing Precious’, Marcelo Gutierrez speaks with Mary Cleary about his friends, collaborators and making it as a young creative in New York City

Wallpaper

Kelvin Jones obituary

Other lives: Author of many works on Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as on Cornish folklore

The Guardian - UK

I moved to another city – and found an unexpected way to make new friends

While self-help books might suggest manifesting new people in your life or cold-water plunges to change your entire personality, the key to finding a community is much simpler, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2024 got a new look –and it's lowest ever price in the Black Friday sale

Amazon released a shiny new version of its popular ereader –but does it demand an upgrade to your existing device?

Woman & Home

Trust Bottega Veneta to create the most luxurious children’s book ever

The Italian fashion house has dropped a capsule collection with beloved American author and illustrator Richard Scarry, featuring a £3,140 giant book

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Mary Trump reflects on the future of political tell-all books post-Trump era, noting a decline in sales and interest in Trump-related publications.

The Independent UK

Will Trump's return lead to new wave of bestselling books?

Donald Trump is coming back to the White House, but don't expect another “Fire and Fury,” or much fire and fury in book publishing in general

The Guardian - AU

The 1920s desecration of a Gutenberg Bible shocked the US – but miraculously gave a Jewish family new life in Australia

Michael Visontay discovered that a ‘crime against history’ in the book world set off a chain of events that led to his family’s delicatessen in 1950s Sydney

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Vampire tale Blood Type will be the first serialized comic from Oni Press's EC Comics horror imprint

You can get a sneak preview in the Blood Type #0 FCBD issue

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The Conversation

Students go to hell and back in this course that looks at depictions of the damned throughout the ages

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

I wrote a book on the execution of the Rosenbergs for Cold War spying – and a recently declassified document has convinced me that Ethel was innocent

The sons of an American woman executed for spying on the United States during the Cold War want President Joe Biden to clear her name before he leaves office.

The Walrus

Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell

Publishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopped caring about each other’s lives?

The Guardian - UK

That Librarian by Amanda Jones review – one woman’s brave fight against book banning

A small-town US librarian’s lively account of her battle with a group of far-right censors reveals the toll it took on her health

The Guardian - UK

Crime and thrillers of the month – review

A French assassin whose memory is failing; murders in a Swedish town that no one can leave; and some light crime-solving during an Australian Christmas

Wallpaper

Jewellery designer Solange Azagury-Patridge celebrates three decades of precious wit

A new book illuminates a 30-year career of darkly fanciful high-jewellery design, and a smacker of a semi-precious hit

Al Jazeera

Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary picks ‘enshittification’ as word of 2024

Judging committee says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.

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