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Anti-fossil fuel comic that went viral in France arrives in UK

World Without End topped bestseller lists but was criticised for embracing nuclear power

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It’s 60 years since The Lucky Country was published. Have we moved on from the bronzed Aussie male stereotype?

Writer Donald Horne was an astute generaliser in a golden era of them. Can we still examine Australia with his boldness?

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on female artists: a force to be reckoned with

Editorial: Tracey Emin is right, women keep on creating into old age. Their work is finally getting the attention it deserves

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I'm a huge Jilly Cooper fan and Rivals is the best TV adaptation of a book ever — here's why

Rivals won my heart in the first five minutes — and I'm not easy to impress!

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The poetic violence of Han Kang’s Nobel Prize-winning literature – what you should read, watch and do this week

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The Conversation

OPINION - When I met Roald Dahl, he said antisemitic things — but the campaign to cancel him is wrong

Many years ago I was a theatre critic, and over the years I’ve seen and written about plays of all sorts, from the powerful and provocative to the bland and banal. But I’ve never experienced the strange, eerie, even disturbing emotions that occurred recently when hearing my own name repeated…

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‘Beautiful, bittersweet’: black gay men respond to BBC’s Mr Loverman

Rare depiction of love between two elderly black men stirs emotions and realisations among its audience

The Guardian - UK

Rivals: the highs and lows of adapting a 1980s ‘bonkbuster’ for a 21st-century TV audience

To much media fanfare and growing public anticipation, the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals (1988) begins on October 18. Cooper’s novel, first published in 1988, is a key “bonkbuster” text – a largely forgotten genre of women’s writing from the 1980s.

The Conversation

JD Vance demanded $40,000 and first-class flights during speaking tour for hit book, report says

Vance made the high demands for an appearance at a Midwestern public university four years before he was elected to the Senate

The Independent UK

Odyssey by Stephen Fry audiobook review – one hell of a trip

With his distinctive narration, the author-actor brings warmth and humour to his retelling of Homer’s epic, the last in his Greek myth series

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Drowned by John Banville; The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins; Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin; A Case of Matricide by Graeme Macrae Burnet; The Burning Stones by Antti Tuomainen

The Guardian - UK

Game of Thrones star Hannah Murray reveals she was lured into wellness cult

Actor said new memoir tells ‘deeply personal story that’s lived inside me for many years’

The Independent UK

Jeremy Clarkson sparks concern among fans as he sports bandaged wrist in new post

The former Top Gear presenter worried fans as he returned to his social media on Thursday to promote his new book

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Guenther Steiner exclusive interview: 'Lando will beat Max to the world title but he needs to get nastier'

Former Haas boss on the championship battle, why Verstappen will end up at Mercedes and his unfinished business in the sport

The Guardian - UK

Karl Ove Knausgård: ‘The book that changed me as a teenager? The History of Bestiality’

The Norwegian author on the magic of Ursula K LeGuin, returning to Virginia Woolf, and the insight of Jorge Luis Borges

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30-Year-Old Secret Affair Comes To Light Following Martha Stewart’s Upcoming Netflix Docuseries

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This IG Page Shares Funny Literary Memes, And Here Are 97 To Make The Biggest Book Nerds Laugh

If you like the smell of new and old books and the sound of pages turning, this list might be just for you! The post This IG Page Shares Funny Literary Memes, And Here Are 97 To Make The Biggest Book Nerds Laugh first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian - AU

As a middle-aged man, I would’ve saved loads on therapy if I’d read Baby-Sitters Club books as a kid

Boys weren’t exposed to emotionally intelligent characters in the books marketed to us. I won’t let my son be a victim of the same social taboo

The Conversation

How did public service leaders talk to staff about Robodebt? What they said – or didn’t – is revealing

In July 2023, after the release of the damning Robodebt Royal Commission report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared:

Marie Claire

Queen Elizabeth's Rare Childhood Tantrum is Truly Epic

Every once in a while, Elizabeth let loose.

Creative Bloq

"It was a lot of fun seeing what kind of mischief emerged": How Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston made their new picture book

We go behind the scenes of The Dictionary Story.

The Guardian - UK

Siri Hustvedt to write a book about her late husband Paul Auster

The American writer is 120 pages into a memoir about her relationship with the New York Trilogy author, entitled Ghost Stories

The Guardian - AU

The Burrow by Melanie Cheng review – a tender, compelling story of family and grief

A small family tries to rebuild after an incomprehensible tragedy, in a pandemic-set novella that’s both skilful and restrained

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The Primrose Railway Children: release date, cast, plot and everything we know

Jacqueline Wilson's story is turned into a 90-minute film for all the family...

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