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Michael Rosen says Allan Ahlberg was a ‘pioneer of great children’s literature’

The children’s author, known for books including Peepo! and Woof!, has died at the age of 87.

Evening Standard

Why One Royal "Didn't Attend" Princess Diana's Funeral Because They Thought It Would Be "Too Upsetting for the Crowd"

They "had an obvious and reasonable excuse," a royal biographer explained.

Marie Claire

Beloved children's author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87

Allan Ahlberg, author of over 150 children's books including the classic “Eat Peach Pear Plum,” has died at 87

The Independent UK

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Lucy Foley: ‘Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging didn’t talk down to teenage girls’

The crime author on rediscovering Edith Wharton, and the brilliantly twisted author who changed her ideas about writing

The Guardian - UK

Authority: Essays on Being Right by Andrea Long Chu review – scorching hot takes

The Pulitzer-winning critic has some choice words for the likes of Zadie Smith, Hanya Yanagihara and Bret Easton Ellis

The Guardian - UK

Allan Ahlberg obituary

Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet

The Guardian - UK

Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn't she paid like it?

After recording more than 600 audiobooks, Julia Whelan has become a go-to narrator for books by popular authors including Emily Henry and Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Independent UK

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How Myles Downey is Transforming Leadership Performance Powered Through Strategic Coaching, Innovation, and Passion

Effective Coaching, first published in 1999 and now in its fourth edition as Effective Modern Coaching, has sold thousands of copies and is available worldwide.

International Business Times

Netflix drops fresh look at new mystery thriller with Keira Knightley — and this movie turns a luxury cruise into a nightmare

Netflix just dropped new images and a release date for “The Woman in Cabin 10,” an upcoming mystery thriller movie based on Ruth Ware’s bestselling novel.

Tom’s Guide

Allan Ahlberg, beloved children's author, dies aged 87

Working first with his wife Janet, and later with illustrators including Raymond Briggs and Bruce Ingman, he wrote more than 150 books

The Guardian - UK

Martin Cruz Smith

Novelist best known for Gorky Park and the series of thrillers that followed featuring the Soviet detective Arkady Renko

The Guardian - UK

Bombshell New Royal Book Claims Queen Elizabeth Avoided Princess Margaret's Fate Because of Queen Mother's Ironic "Tragedy"

A biographer claims Margaret's personality was impacted because of her mother's drinking.

Marie Claire

The Immigrants by Moreno Giovannoni review – family history fuels a novel of understated beauty

Blending fiction and family memoir, the author’s second novel pays tribute to the lives and labour of his parents and their community of postwar Italian immigrants in Australia

The Guardian - AU

The Light of Day by Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky audiobook review – a pioneer of gay liberation

Stephens narrates his account of Roger Butler’s role in the gay rights movement before losing his sight – and their later life-changing friendship

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The LA Times’s owner wants to take the struggling paper public. Will it work?

In recent years, the newspapers that have fared the best have been those with committed local ownership

Inverse

64 Years Later, The Original 'Fantastic Four' Just Got An Incredible Upgrade

The new 'Fantastic Four' collection from The Folio Society is a must-read for all Marvel fans. Here's why.

International Business Times UK

Who Is Chad Daybell? What the 'Doomsday Prophet' Did—and Why Lori Daybell Helped Him Kill

Chad Daybell was sentenced to death for three murders tied to doomsday beliefs. Lori Daybell received life for helping plan and conceal the killings.

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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The Guardian - UK

Dreaming of Dead People by Rosalind Belben review – rivals anything by Virginia Woolf

More than 40 years on from its first publication, this exploration of one woman’s thoughts and fantasies is a gem worthy of rediscovery

The Guardian - AU

Helen Garner praises ‘serious and sensitive’ Dua Lipa after musician adds Australian author to her book club

Music superstar announces 2014 courtroom drama This House of Grief as first Australian pick for global monthly book club

The Guardian - AU

To buy or not to buy? $2m Shakespeare folio headlines literary treasures on sale at Melbourne’s rare book fair

Booksellers converge for a history-spanning set of offers which includes an ancient Chinese cheat sheet, a jungle cookbook and the first illustrated edition of Pride and Prejudice

The Guardian - AU

Grief is the Thing With Feathers review – Max Porter adaptation plays it safe

A new stage adaptation of the award-winning novel about a grief-stricken family visited by a giant talking crow takes imaginative flight but never truly soars

WhatToWatch

Prime Video incredibly quietly adds new version of sci-fi classic

Ice Cube stars in War of the Worlds

The Guardian - UK

Extraordinary Women review – madcap musical of bohemian Bloomsbury bed-hopping

The fictional island of Sirene is home to a tangled web of lovers in this fun and frolicking adaptation of Compton Mackenzie’s novel featuring a fantastic cast

Apple TV+ teases its next mega thriller series from the writer of Slow Horses

Down Cemetery Road is almost guaranteed to be one of Apple's next big streaming hits

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