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Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats: Tonight tops Nielsen BookData’s Christmas 2024 bestseller list

Released in mid-October the cookbook sold more than 77,000 copies in its first week

The Guardian - AU

John Marsden was a literary giant who changed lives. He was also a wonderful friend

In his writing, the author’s deep respect for young people was obvious. In his life, his love for and commitment to others was just as extraordinary

The Guardian - AU

Topsy and Tim creator Jean Adamson dies aged 96

The writer and illustrator behind more than 150 beloved children’s books sold over 25m copies worldwide

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Mick Felton obituary

Other lives: Publisher and chief executive of Seren with an unwavering commitment to his authors

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Tiddler illustrator Axel Scheffler considering 'slowing down' as he praises 'masterpiece' new BBC animation

EXCLUSIVE His illustrations have earned him a legion of fans around the world, but the 67-year-old award-winning artist says he feels like his age is ‘creeping up on me’

Evening Standard

Officer to be prosecuted for offence linked to Troubles memorial during pandemic

The officer is alleged to have been involved in the generation of a false threat report that was intended to support a court anonymity application.

Evening Standard

Where to start with: Claire Keegan

Shortlisted for the Booker, passed among families and picked up by Cillian Murphy for the big screen, the Irish writer’s razor-sharp fiction leaves you wanting more

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Are Millennials Ruining Divorce Too?

In a spate of new books, authors grapple with what separation means in the modern age

The Walrus

This lesser known 1848 Dovstoesky novella is suddenly going viral on TikTok – and it’s just £3

Forget fantasy books, White Nights is the unlikely title to be praised on the app

The Independent UK

Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe by Ian Collins review – village voice

A biography of the bard of rural England reveals an unexpectedly adventurous sex life

The Guardian - UK

Jean Adamson, children’s author known for Topsy And Tim series dies aged 96

Adamson‘s Topsy and Tim series has spawned more than 150 books since 1960

The Independent UK

Children’s author Jean Adamson, known for Topsy And Tim books, dies aged 96

The series spawned more than 150 books and was adapted for TV

Evening Standard

John Marsden, author of Tomorrow, When the War Began, dies aged 74

Marsden’s death was confirmed in a letter from one of two schools he founded saying: ‘He died at his desk in his home, doing what he loved, writing’

The Guardian - AU

Polostan by Neal Stephenson review – jazz age thrills

The author of sprawling SF mega-novels has switched gears for a fast-moving adventure set between Russia and the US

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Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – from an orphanage to superstardom

The first volume of Cher’s extraordinary memoir mixes hard times with the high life

The Guardian - UK

Fyodor fever: how Dostoevsky became a social media sensation

White Nights, the author’s 1848 novella, sounds an unlikely candidate to go viral, but the story of lovelorn loneliness is now a favourite among TikTok and Instagram users

The National (Scotland)

Fragment of 'lost' music found in pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book

A FRAGMENT of “lost” music found in the pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book is shining new light on what music sounded like 500…

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As an oncologist, I learn from my patients what matters most in life

Every cancer patient grapples with what is truly important. To bear witness to their attitude can put one’s own life in perspective

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Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 review – terrific riff on Tolstoy

The singing blows the roof off in this magnificently fun production of Dave Malloy’s musical, based on a section of War and Peace

Inverse

65 Years Ago, The Most Quietly Unsettling Post-Apocalyptic Movie Was Ahead Of Its Time

The world will end with a bang, then a whimper.

The Guardian - UK

Pope says he was almost assassinated in 2021 but British intelligence foiled plot

Excerpts from Francis’s autobiography say British intelligence and Iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon provides fresh update on new book

NICOLA Sturgeon has provided an update on her memoirs after revealing earlier this year that she had completed the first draft...

The Guardian - UK

Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel is a sharp account of British theatre – and even pastiches my criticism

Our Evenings follows an actor through 60 years of treading the boards and holds up a mirror to how society has shapeshifted

The Guardian - UK

Hamad Butt review – the truncated brilliance of the most dangerous YBA

Butt emerged as one of the subtlest of the famous Goldsmiths generation, but he died too soon for his sly, oblique work to fully develop

The Independent UK

Pope in autobiography reveals an apparent bombing plot during his 2021 visit to Iraq

Pope Francis turns 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn’t make it

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