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Hong Kong Novelists Seek Freedom In Exile After Democracy Crackdown

When Hong Kong author Kay So left her home city in 2020, she had in her luggage two short stories she had written about the huge, at times violent democracy protests that upended the city in 2019.

International Business Times

Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin review – an erudite first novel with horny energy

The bedroom antics of two couples 50 years apart drive the cultural critic’s debut novel, a cerebral comedy full of insights into art, womanhood and ethical quandaries

The Guardian - UK

Judge Tatel's Vision of the Shadow Docket From Inside the Penumbra

"The Court, we were told, 'would really like us to act tonight'—and, if possible, 'within an hour.'"

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'Shambolic' prosecution case criticised by Lynn defence

Greg Lynn's defence lawyer has labelled the case against the accused double murderer as "bumbled" and "shambolic" in the final days of his jury trial.

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Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir

Griffin Dunne's new memoir, “The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir,” out Tuesday from Penguin Press, is filled with raucous tales of growing up in Hollywood — from sneaking into his parents’ dinner parties featuring Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra, to Sean Connery saving him from drowning in a pool

The Independent UK

‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor

He called her Tiny. She called him Bruno. In this speech from today’s memorial service to the novelist, the legendary magazine editor celebrates her cocky, beguiling and witheringly funny star writer

The Guardian - UK

King Charles Point Blank Asked Prince Harry to Stop Complaining Publicly About the Royal Family, Royal Author Says

“Everyone knows that when a King asks you to do something, there are going to be consequences if you do not obey.”

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We are Lady Parts: how the show continues the legacy of Muslim punk genre taqwacore

I recently binged the first season We Are Lady Parts, a Channel 4 comedy about an all-female Muslim punk band which is back for its second season. The American punk (and Muslim), Michael Muhammad Knight, could not have imagined what he was calling into existence when he came up with…

The Conversation

Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency

The former home of the late Ursula K

The Independent UK

Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books because it dislikes ideas within

Conservative-dominated court restores books to school libraries in case spurred by titles containing ‘butt’ and ‘fart’

The Guardian - US

Is long haul truck driving the perfect guise for a serial killer?

A new book by former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi offers a terrifying glimpse into the world of some of America’s most notorious serial killers – long haul truck drivers – including Happy Face Killer and Wayne Adam Ford, revealing how they are able to go undetected for decades. Andrea Cavallier…

The Independent UK

Going Home by Tom Lamont review – a debut with charm to burn

The award-winning journalist’s first novel is a well-observed tale enriched by the perspective of a small boy

The Guardian - UK

Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer to divorce third wife Karen Gordon

The couple announced their separation to staff at their Althorp estate in Northamptonshire in March

Evening Standard

Miriam Margolyes tells Queen’s festival Charles Dickens would have been ‘pro-Palestine’

Actor reflected on Jewish identity, antisemitism and Gaza during the talk

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

New works celebrate Jewish scientist ‘eliminated from history’

Exclusive: Dramas pay homage to Waldemar Haffkine, who created vaccines for bubonic plague and cholera

The Guardian - UK

Girl in the Making by Anna Fitzgerald review – an affecting coming-of-age debut

A girl’s childhood is vividly chronicled in this novel of a large family in 1960s and 70s Dublin

The Guardian - UK

Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands review – visceral coming-of-age tale

A teenage girl with ADHD dreams of a new life in Glasgow in a rich and vivid debut novel examining belonging, poverty and rage

Kiplinger

When Investing for Retirement, Be Like Rip Van Winkle

Spend 20 years in a stupor, rather than getting anxious about daily stock market fluctuations, and reap the rewards of retirement investment returns adding up.

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The Guardian - UK

Winner: Observer/Anthony Burgess prize 2024: Oscar Jelley reviews Isabel Waidner

The winning entry for this year’s criticism prize dissects the German-British writer’s latest novel, a work that combines surrealist fantasy and political moralising

The Guardian - UK

In brief: History in the House; Rabbits; Summer in Baden-Baden – review

A study of Christ Church, Oxford, brings its characters to life, Hugo Rifkind skewers posh-boy mores in his new novel, and an underappreciated Soviet author returns to the spotlight

Tom’s Guide

5 best dramedies on Prime Video to stream right now

Don't miss out on these great comedy-drama movies

The Guardian - AU

Australian rural crime fiction is booming – it’s time it represented the true diversity of the bush

In a genre full of tropes, authors are able to push the mould and bring marginalised characters to the fore to create a truer picture of life in the outback

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Baillie Gifford sponsorship row: writing is on the wall for book lovers

Now the investment fund is pulling out of literary festivals, what other sponsors will dare expose themselves to the scrutiny of Fossil Free Books?

The Guardian - UK

From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Lorrie Moore: ‘I identify with Beth in Little Women, who dies’

The acclaimed American author on the humour, horror and anger in her latest novel, what she would have as her epitaph and the writers she most admires

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