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Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake review – a writer’s place is not in the kitchen

A fun but often unpalatable collection of recipes by authors including Robert Graves, Norman Mailer and Beryl Bainbridge should come with a trigger warning. Anyone for Instant Mince or Dutch Onion Crisps?

The Guardian - UK

Australian PM defends himself after being accused of seeking free flight upgrades from Qantas boss

Anthony Albanese says he has always “acted in a transparent and appropriate way,” after a new book claimed that he repeatedly requested free upgrades from Qantas Airways

The Independent UK

Manga fans around the world saved an underrated series at risk of cancellation: "I never would’ve imagined that so many people would be willing to go all in"

Love Bullet is getting a reprint, which is a good sign for a new manga

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Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions

The authors are among 1,000 books industry figures pledging not to work with any publishers, festivals or publications ‘complicit in violating Palestinian rights’

The Guardian - UK

Gerry Foley obituary

Other lives: Energy expert who challenged the idea that 1970s patterns of energy production and consumption could continue indefinitely

The Guardian - UK

‘I was high, drawing my self-portrait in a toaster’: the thrilling return of graphic novelist Charles Burns

The comics artist’s book Black Hole made him a cult hero, revered for his horror-tinged tales of US teens. He talks about the memory that broke chronic writer’s block – and why his books haven’t been filmed

The Guardian - UK

George R. R. Martin reveals another Game of Thrones spin-off was shelved "a couple of years ago" at HBO

It seems we aren't headed to Braavos just yet

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Highways and Byways by Jimmy Barnes review – compassionate collection from a master yarnsmith

Reflective memories and short stories from the Cold Chisel singer show he has lost none of his raconteur’s flair

The Guardian - AU

Novelist and poet Paul Bailey dies at 87

The twice Booker prize-shortlisted author was best known for his novels, which included At the Jerusalem and Gabriel’s Lament

The Guardian - UK

Nicholas Sparks reveals which film adaptation is his favourite: ‘It just works’

Author says he watched the film with his children when they asked what he did

The Independent UK

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – broken, bedbound, but unbowed

The author’s memoir recounts his life since the accident that left him paralysed and mixes typically forthright takes on sex and scatology with ruthless candour about his physical state

The Guardian - UK

Tove Jansson murals, with hidden Moomins, seen for first time in Helsinki show

Paradise exhibition focuses on public works for factory walls, hospitals and nurseries – long before Moominmania took hold

The Guardian - UK

Original 'Little Prince' typescript to go under the hammer

A specialist London bookstore is selling an original typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's children's classic "The Little Prince", complete with the author's handwritten corrections and revisions.

Radio France Internationale

Letters by Oliver Sacks review – valuable insight into a curious mind

From loving letters to his parents expressing early anxieties to later exchanges with scientific heavyweights, this collection of correspondence only cements Sacks’s legacy as a man of great compassion

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The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz review – witty, tightly plotted follow-up

The sequel to bestselling thriller The Plot takes the wife of the first novel’s protagonist and throws her into a satisfyingly twisty, literary satire

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Forsyte Saga, Parts 1 and 2; Othello – review

Over five hours, John Galsworthy’s family epic unfolds with intimate clarity on an almost bare stage. At the RSC, Emilia and Desdemona steal the show

The Guardian - UK

Where punk meets Catholicism: Andrea Modica’s portraits of 1980s schoolgirls

While a photography student at Yale, Modica visited her old school and found the captivating subject she’d been looking for: teens whose big hair, eyeliner and rolled-up skirts still radiate personality decades later

The Independent UK

How dead authors’ characters became the hottest property in publishing

THE READING LIST: Author Nick Harkaway has revitalised his father John le Carré’s most famous character in a new novel – can he make it work? Katie Rosseinsky explores how literary legacies became big business in publishing

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The Guardian - AU

‘I lived in absolute fear of him’: Lech Blaine on finding humanity in the born-again prophets who terrorised his family

Blaine’s working-class Queensland family represented everything Michael Shelley hated about Australia. The only problem was his children were Blaines

The Guardian - UK

Eliza Clark: ‘I don’t think we respect female writers’

The British novelist on including content warnings in her first short story collection, why she struggles at book signings and the ‘flagrant sexism’ female authors are subjected to

Inverse

12 Years Later, Star Wars Canon Is Quietly Rebooting Its Most Underrated Idea

A new book will shed some well-needed light on Star Wars' most interesting creatures and the people who keep them. And in doing so, an underlooked element of the High Republic canon will suddenly become a much bigger deal.

The Independent UK

Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

Fictional spymaster George Smiley is back

Space

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' scores an inventive interactive graphic novel, 'Warp Your Own Way'

IDW Publishing just delivered a zany new 'choose your own 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' adventure book, the series' first "interactive graphic novel."

The Guardian - UK

‘Say hello to my little pen’: 14 things we learned from Al Pacino’s memoir

In the just-published Sonny Boy, the Hollywood legend documents his eventful life with glee and candour. Here are some of the more unexpected revelations

The Guardian - UK

Lore Segal obituary

Novelist and short-story writer who drew on her experiences as a refugee and migrant living in New York

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