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“We have made the collective decision that 2025 will be our last year.” UK metal favourites Orange Goblin to break up after 2025 tour

The London metal crew will play in Europe and the US in spring and summer, and then… that’s all, folks!

Metal Hammer

The Book of George by Kate Greathead review – male misadventures

This wryly comic tale follows the lives of a stunted antihero and his long-suffering girlfriend

The Guardian - UK

The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White review – a glorious celebration of queer love

In frank and hilarious style, the author recounts the significant encounters that helped make him who he is

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Australian independent publishing stalwart Text acquired by global giant Penguin Random House

Local publishing house says it will ‘retain creative control’ and no redundancies are planned for Melbourne office

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Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Author will highlight the ‘enormous disadvantage’ handed to children without access to books, and call on government to improve early-years literacy

The Guardian - UK

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has memoir coming out in June

Two years after her shocking decision to resign as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is set to publish a memoir about her eventful time in office

The Independent UK

Jacinda Ardern says upcoming memoir aimed at ‘anyone who has ever doubted themselves’

New Zealand former prime minister says A Different Kind of Power promotes her belief in ‘empathetic leadership’ and will be released in June

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Children’s Laureate Cottrell-Boyce warns early years reading at ‘crisis point’

Author Frank Cottrell-Boyce wants the Government to address the ‘invisible privilege and inequality’ of ‘more and more children’ falling behind.

The Independent UK

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer, dies at 95

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer has died

The Independent UK

Why Princess Margaret Felt a "Deep Sense of Hurt and Betrayal" Because of Princess Diana

"She also made it clear to her children that she did not want them fraternizing with the enemy."

Marie Claire

Onyx Storm: Empyrean unabridged audiobook is out now and $41 off with 3 months of Audible

Out today, Onyx Storm: Empyrean is cheap on Audible for a limited time

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Hellboy creator Mike Mignola introduces a new folk horror shared world in Bowling With Corpses that will "Take inspiration from old stories and make them our own"

Interview | The legendary Hellboy creator on his new comics universe

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A Passage to India: how global pandemics shaped E.M. Forster’s final novel

E.M. Forster’s final novel and masterpiece, A Passage to India, celebrated its centenary in 2024. It tells the story of Adela Quested, who arrives in the city of Chandrapore with Mrs Moore, the mother of her fiancé, hoping to see “the real India”.

The Conversation

Orgies, vampires and jewel-laden tortoises: it’s time we buried the myths of decadence in art

Is western civilisation being destroyed by its own decadence? Was the Roman empire? And does a preference for Lord of the Rings over The Matrix indicate that we are all doomed? Our critic tries to sift fact from fiction …

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Crime and thrillers of the month – review

Nicci French’s latest gem; an unsettling brainteaser from Japanese enigma Uketsu; the tensions that mar the maiden voyage of an airship; and a sojourn on a scary Scottish island

The Independent UK

12 comforting books to chase away the January blues

THE LIST: Battling a severe case of the January blues? These uplifting and inspiring books might just help to take the edge off, says Katie Inglis

Evening Standard

Third Thursday Murder Club book reaches platinum sales status for Richard Osman

The Last Devil To Die, the fourth book in the murder mystery series, was among five titles honoured at the annual Bestseller Awards.

The Guardian - UK

Richard Rathbone obituary

Other lives: Professor of African history at Soas who delighted in his membership of a local choir in Wales

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Mike Mignola says his new graphic novel is "entirely made of the stuff I love"

The Hellboy creator's new comic book, Bowling With Corpses, is steeped in myth and folklore.

The Independent UK

Harry Potter director delivers verdict on controversial TV series – and names first choice for Voldemort

Show is expected to start filming this summer

The Guardian - UK

We All Come Home Alive by Anna Beecher review – the pain of grief and joy of living

Beecher’s beautiful memoir, written partly in response to the death of her brother aged 25, describes in startling detail the highs and lows of existence

The Guardian - UK

Edmund White on lust, love and literature: ‘I’d had sex with 3,000 men. A peer asked: “Why so few?”’

The American author’s fifth memoir is all about sex - with alfresco frolics in London and encounters in a bullring among the tamer anecdotes. At 85, he explains why he thought the book would never be published

Sports Illustrated

A Flag Carrier at Eagles-Rams Brought Viral A.J. Brown Book Onto Field With Him

The ultimate show of respect.

The Guardian - UK

The Loves of My Life by Edmund White – sex on the brain… and in the bathhouse

The American author’s anthology of his many physical encounters is a spiritual quest as much as a sensual one

The Guardian - UK

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – a moving treatise of family dynamics

The third book from the twice Pulitzer prize-nominated American author is a complex portrait of parallel lives on a par with the great Russian novels

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