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Rose Tremain: ‘Sex scenes are like arias in opera. They have to move the story forwards’

The bestselling author on how to avoid reader indifference, the advantage of writing historical stories and why she returns to Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates again and again

The Guardian - UK

‘He had a sarcastic turn of phrase’: discovery of 1509 book sheds new light on ‘father of utilitarianism’

Unearthed notes owned by the renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham reveal the roots of his influential ethics

The Guardian - UK

A century after his death, Kafka still sums up our surreal world

A sneak preview of a new exhibition about him sends shivers down my spine

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‘I miss my solitude’: Booker winner Paul Lynch says he is a ‘social introvert’

Author of novel Prophet Song about an imagined fascist Ireland tells Hay audience he is not a political writer

The Guardian - UK

‘She’s not telling the truth about war crimes’: US official resigns over Gaza war and hits out at boss Samantha Power

Alex Smith, a US official who quit his role at the US Agency for International Aid this week, hit out at the head of the agency Samantha Power for failing to call out Israel for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The Independent UK

Jon Ronson: ‘It’s getting harder to be optimistic’

The writer and broadcaster, 57, on tracking down stories, holding grudges, feeling happiest when he’s at work – and looking for the connections that bring us together

The Guardian - UK

TIME’s Trump cover illustration is simple yet powerful

It really hammers home the truth.

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Bad Habit by Alana S Portero review – hard times in Madrid

A vivid debut of trans life in Spain after Franco observes a world of violence and petty cruelties with compassion

The Guardian - UK

Step inside a forgotten brutalist necropolis in Buenos Aires

'Chacarita Moderna: The Brutalist Necropolis of Buenos Aires' is a new book by Léa Namer; an ode to 20th-century architecture, concrete and one of Argentina's first female architects, Ítala Fulvia Villa

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Literary Scottish city dubbed one of the best in Britain for book lovers

A Scottish city has been named one of the best on the British Isles for book lovers by The Telegraph.

The National (Scotland)

Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: ‘There is nothing more punk than a menopausal woman’

The band’s feminist swagger and on-stage rage fuelled a Nineties rock revolution. Helen Brown speaks to frontwoman Kathleen Hanna and bassist Kathi Wilcox about balancing soundcheck and misogynists, navigating interband friction, and an infamous brawl with Courtney Love

The Independent UK

Schaumburg man accused of killing father ordered held pending trial

Abhijit Patel, 28, is accused of bludgeoning his father to death with a sledgehammer Saturday in the family home. If convicted he faces between 20 and 60 years in prison.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tributes as multi-award-winning Scottish author John Burnside dies aged 69

THE multi-award-winning Scottish poet and novelist John Burnside has died aged 69 ...

The National (Scotland)

The tradition Kate Middleton and Prince William upheld when Louis was born that they skipped with George

The Prince and Princess of Wales kept a royal tradition going with Prince Louis's full name and it's linked to several generations

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The Guardian - UK

John Burnside, author of Black Cat Bone, dies aged 69

The Scottish writer, whose career spanned more than 35 years, was one of only four people to have won both of the UK’s most prestigious poetry prizes for the same book

The Guardian - UK

Coram Boy review – hectic melodrama about the Georgian-era baby trade

The performances are strong, but can’t rescue a convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning novel about foundlings and orphans sold to criminals for a shilling

The Guardian - AU

Morris Gleitzman: ‘In the last couple of years, I’ve found it is getting a lot harder to be optimistic’

The amiable grandfather of Australian letters talks climate change, the mystery of the muse and the uncertain nature of life

Marie Claire

Royal Biographer Is Convinced That This Detail Within the Pages of Prince Harry’s Memoir ‘Spare’ Signals That “Part Two Might Be On Its Way”

Harry himself has said in the past that there was enough material for two books.

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Kafka 100: struggles of disabled characters in systems that don’t support them feel just as relevant today

Throughout his work, Franz Kafka depicts bodies disabled by the exhausting effects of the workplace. In Amerika (1911 to 1914), set in an era of early 20th-century free-market enterprise, Kafka portrays the gruelling consequences of overwork on desperate people.

The Guardian - UK

David Baddiel: trauma passed on from Holocaust is why I do comedy

Promoting his book at Hay festival, comedian says his mother and grandparents’ flight from Nazi Germany affected later generations

The Guardian - UK

‘I wanted Queenie in everyone’s house’: Candice Carty-Williams’s era-defining novel explodes on to TV

Her literary debut was a smash-hit tale of female self-discovery. As it gets its long-awaited television debut, the author talks breakups, Bridget Jones and why Ian McEwan gets an easier ride than she does

The Guardian - UK

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett audiobook review – Meryl Streep narrates a bittersweet tale of first love

A mother reveals her mysterious past in a tale of choice and the roads not taken

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure review – all change in China

Shortlisted for the Women’s prize, this immersive debut tells an intergenerational story about coming of age in a country that’s rapidly growing

The Guardian - UK

The Playbook by James S Shapiro review – a very 1930s culture war

This history of the bitter fight over the Federal Theatre Project has disturbing lessons for today’s politics

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