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Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – troubled minds and family mysteries

The Patrick Melrose author brings his trademark dark wit and flinty compassion to this wide-ranging sequel

The Guardian - UK

New independent press to focus on male writers

Conduit Books will not ‘seek an adversarial stance … but the emphasis at first will be on ambitious, funny, political and cerebral fiction by men that is being passed by’

The Guardian - UK

Hegseth’s Orwellian purge strikes fear

I was one of the few Black students at the Naval Academy in the 1970s, and had more freedom than students do now

Salon

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‘A mix of vaudeville and David Lynch’: the hit play about a giant rabbit on a psychoanalyst’s couch

Booker-nominated writer Deborah Levy is thrilling audiences with her play about a psychoanalyst dealing with a very unusual patient, seized with anxiety about modern life. She explains how it came about

The Guardian - UK

Bestselling German novelist Alexandra Fröhlich found dead on houseboat in Hamburg

Police say she was shot

The Independent UK

Bill Belichick Had Awkward Response to Question About Leaving Robert Kraft Out of Book

Belichick was part of an uncomfortable exchange featured on CBS Mornings.

Sports Illustrated

Bestselling German novelist found killed on Hamburg houseboat

Police launch murder inquiry after Alexandra Fröhlich is found dead on her boat on the Elbe

The Guardian - UK

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I’ve never kept a diary. But if I had, I’d want it destroyed when I die

From Samuel Pepys to Joan Didion, many literary greats wrote for no one but themselves – then found posterity pawing through their secrets. Trust me: you don’t want to know my innermost thoughts

The Guardian - UK

Writer Saba Sams: ‘I wanted it to be sexy and really messy’

The Send Nudes author, one of Granta’s pick of the best young British novelists, on young motherhood, feminism and why we need to break the rules around love

The Guardian - UK

Fragment of ‘lost’ music reveals sacred Scots beauty

A fragment of “lost” music found in the pages of Scotland’s first full-length printed book is part of a new work which will receive its world…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish-Palestinian poet on why it's important to keep talking about her home city

‘ANY Palestinian film is very significant to tell the Palestinian story,” poet Nada Shawa says. “I was invited to participate in this panel…

The National (Scotland)

Jeanette Winterson: ‘I’d like to go up in space as a very old lady and just be pushed out’

The Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author on being a good landlord to a grumpy ghost, her optimism about AI and the ideal size for cats

The Guardian - AU

‘100-year timeframe’: how Project 2025 is guiding Trump’s attack on government

David A Graham’s latest book considers the vast far-right plan to change US politics – and why its architects are playing the long game

The Guardian - US

How motherhood changes the way women listen: An extract from Alice Vincent’s new book

EXTRACT: In her third book, bestselling author Alice Vincent tries to reconnect with lost parts of herself through sound. In this chapter, she speaks with Mercury Prize-nominated musician Bat for Lashes about why becoming a mother alters how – and what – we hear

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Salon

Enjoy spring with buttery banana cake

Celebrate bright spring days with this nostalgic cake

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that

Editorial: Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikely

Inverse

41 Years Later, The Most Important Cyberpunk Story Ever Just Got a Huge Upgrade

A new version of 'Neuromancer' from The Folio Society has just dropped. Here's why this is a must for cyberpunk fans everywhere.

The Guardian - UK

How to change the world? Good grows out of unhistoric acts

Letters: Those looking for inspiration on how to be a better person should look to the novel Middlemarch, writes Andrea Dow, while Bruce Higgins reflects on his rewarding charity work

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We Can Guess Exactly Who Sydney Sweeney Is Playing In The Next Big Gaming Film

Sydney Sweeney is cast for the just-announced TV spin off the the immensely popular co-op game 'Split Fiction'. We can already guess which player she is.

The Guardian - UK

‘This treasure belongs to the nation’: Miriam Margolyes and Brian Cox join calls to save Wordsworth’s home

The actors are lending their supporting to the campaign by Wordsworth’s great great great great granddaughter to keep Rydal Mount in the Lake District open to the public

The Guardian - UK

Han Kang Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in first day online in South Korea

Korean retailers report strong sales for Light and Thread, featuring speeches, essays and poems by novelist

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A gosling grows up; a campaign to save trees; the impact of partition; thorny dilemmas; wearing a hijab in Essex and more

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Terry Pratchett

Ten years on from his death and just before what would have been his 77th birthday, take a deep dive into the funny, fantasy works of one of the most loved British writers

Investors Business Daily

Embrace Failure To Learn From Your Mistakes

You need guts to take risks, knowing you're bound to fail at times. But embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and improve.

Marie Claire

The Best Lisa Jewell Books, Ranked—From 'Then She Was Gone' to 'None of This Is True'

Few do page-turners quite like her.

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