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OPINION - Rachel Johnson: I broke the Neil Gaiman story, but I never wanted him cancelled like this

When I got first an Instagram message, then a long email, from a young Kiwi called Scarlett back in October 2023, alleging an unnamed British author was a “predator “and “despot”, only one man’s name came to mind.

Evening Standard

I’ve Never Wanted Anyone More review – Goethe’s Werther remade as charming contempo romcom

An 18th-century love triangle relocated to the well-to-do of modern Toronto is big on banter and farce even if real passion is sometimes lacking

The Guardian - UK

Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt – a heartfelt history of the gay community

The British author’s remarkable debut uses a gay telephone helpline’s logs as the jumping-off point for a moving and inclusive fusion of personal memoir and cultural document

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TV tonight: Aubrey Gordon’s candid look at the way society treats ‘fatness’

The author and activist argues for a shift in the way we view size. Plus: the life and legacy of Emily Brontë. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘Civil rights fight of our time’: new film explores the battle over US libraries

A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance

The Guardian - US

Neil Gaiman, facing multiple allegations of sexual abuse, is dropped by Dark Horse Comics

One of Neil Gaiman’s publishers has dropped him as the British author faces multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment

The Independent UK

Atonement by Ian McEwan is a meditation on creativity in later life

In Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), aspiring writer 13-year-old Briony Tallis glimpses a world of opaque “adult emotion”. Holding a pen and blank paper before her, she feels a powerful impulse to write in order to impose order and meaning on adulthood’s slippery uncertainties.

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Neil Gaiman dropped by US comics publisher after sexual misconduct allegations

Dark Horse Comics has cancelled the Anansi Boys series after seven issues, following accusations of misconduct made against the author by multiple women

The Guardian - UK

Free speech organizations denounce Education Department's calling book bans a 'hoax'

Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education announcement that calls bans a “hoax” and dismisses 11 complaints that had been filed during the Biden administration

The Independent UK

Trump wants to make Canada part of the US. Some Canadians are interested

As the 47th president continues to suggest Canada could become a ‘51st state,’ Holly Baxter speaks to the Canadians who think he might have a point

The Independent UK

‘It will be dire for readers’: the disappearing voices of Australia’s independent publishers

Many local award-winning authors first found a home at a small publishing house, but as yet another is subsumed by one of the ‘big five’, there are fears for the writers of the future

The Guardian - AU

Steven Spielberg recalls the "hard-fought victory" in stopping an E.T. sequel from being made

Steven Spielberg stopped an E.T. sequel

Total Film

Heated throws, puffer vests and grippy running shoes: the products you loved most this month

This week: hot sauce, cold weather fashion and Sali Hughes’s winter beauty essentials

The Guardian - UK

Secret police tricked Carlos the Jackal into fleeing Prague, archives reveal

New book casts doubt on accepted picture of communist bloc support for violent radicals during cold war

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This Beautiful, Ridiculous City review – New York state of mind

Kay Sohini’s account of leaving Kolkata and sadness behind to build a life in the Big Apple is a stirring tribute to the place that saved her

The Guardian - UK

‘Am I a Cyclopian monster?’ How masked writer Uketsu went from asparagus videos to literary sensation

He gained fame in Japan posting surreal videos of meat, veg and even ears. Then he tried writing – and soon had three bestsellers in the Top 10. As one now reaches the English-speaking world, we meet the faceless phenomenon

The Guardian - UK

‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves

Under the deposed dictator, books had to pass detailed scrutiny by government censors

Salon

Hotels, meals and mechanics: My journey

From charming inns to standout meals, my book tour served up delicious surprises coast to coast

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The Independent UK

Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

Percival Everett's latest honor comes from the country’s public libraries

The Guardian - UK

‘Forgotten’ sites linked to Jane Austen feature in new Hampshire trails

Villagers in Overton have set up walking and cycling routes taking in places author would have known

The Guardian - UK

Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou review – surreal murder mystery in Congo-Brazzaville

A picaresque tale blends ghosts and ghouls with political satire and a scathing attack on corruption

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: a gaggle of visitors gather beneath London’s Shard

Photographer Andy Hall’s atmospheric new series captures the capital’s eerie financial heart

The National (Scotland)

20 year wait for theatrical production of top novel 'worth it', author says

IT’S been almost 20 years coming to fruition but author James Robertson believes the wait for a theatrical production of one of his best-selling…

The Guardian - UK

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Gill Hornby: ‘Jane Austen created the six best novels in the English language’

The writer on her third novel, Miss Austen, being turned into a TV drama, what we get wrong about the much-loved author – and why she would never write a book with her husband, Robert Harris

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