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Salman Rushdie, Ai Weiwei and a knife in the eye

Despite enormous threats to their life and work, the writer and the artist remain steadfastly courageous and optimistic. Here’s why we need more like them

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Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan review – heartbreak in war-torn Sri Lanka

Shortlisted for the Women’s prize, this epic account of a country and a family torn apart combines the intimacy of a memoir with the urgency of reportage

The Guardian - UK

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review – a seriously fun sci-fi romcom

A bureaucrat in near-future London finds love with a Victorian Arctic explorer in a thrilling debut that takes a deep dive into human morality

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"I was outrageously lucky," Jessica Hische on crafting the titles for Are you there God? It's me, Margaret

Jessica recalls how two breaks helped her create the film's titles.

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How good are memoirs? In his testimony to Christian faith, Scott Morrison talks to God and God talks back

Plans for Your Good is not written for Australians at all – but for American evangelical Christians more interested in scripture than statecraft

The Guardian - AU

A New Zealand politician can’t name a homegrown novel but Kiwi artists have always conquered the world

ACT arts spokesperson Todd Stephenson’s inability to name a New Zealand author for 20 minutes in an interview has rightfully raised eyebrows

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on English lessons: make classrooms more creative again

Editorial: The pleasures of reading and books have been swapped for phonics and grammar. It’s time for change

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The joys of reading – you never know what the pages hold

Letters: Phil Barlow, Peter Bunyan and Ron Rooney respond to letters about discovering new authors and reading more widely

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Celebrate vegetables like a chef-farmer

Hearst's wonderful new "Flavors from the Farm" cookbook is an ode to farming and fresh produce

Salon

Excitable Boy by Dominic Gordon review – punchy tales of masculinity, sex and violence

These stylish autobiographical essays take the reader into backstreets rarely traversed in Australian literature – sex clubs, street fights and emergency rooms

The Guardian - AU

Robinne Lee Knows Why We Love a Good Rom-Com

The author discusses the new adaptation of her best-selling novel starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine.

Marie Claire

Paul Auster obituary

Author of The New York Trilogy who conjured up a world of wonder and happenstance, miracle and catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

Princess Kate Refuses to Be Anything But “Resolutely Cheerful” Around Her Kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, Royal Author Says

More than ever, as she receives treatment for cancer, the hope is to “keep the prevailing mood as upbeat as possible.”

Marie Claire

Five of the best books about eating

From a pioneering 1940s ‘gastrography’ to a recent novel about a real-life 18th-century French peasant cursed with an appetite to eat just about everything

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‘Perhaps the great Australian novel’: Alexis Wright wins Stella prize for second time with Praiseworthy

The 73-year-old has won the $60,000 prize for Australian female and non-binary writers for her ‘genre-bending’ 736-page novel

The Guardian - UK

Manny and the Baby by Varaidzo review – dreamy debut of loss and unrequited love

A grieving son aims to connect with his late father through the cassette tapes he left behind, in a tale of jazz, black ambition and romance

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Author Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize for Praiseworthy

Alexis Wright has become the first author to win the Stella Prize twice, taking out the 2024 award with her epic novel Praiseworthy.

The Guardian - UK

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry review – cosmic strangeness

This defiantly old-fashioned tale of two misfits, a ghost and a blazing comet showcases Perry’s unerring capacity to make the earthly new and strange

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TV tonight: the adaptation of bestselling book The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Jonah Hauer-King , Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey star in the chilling drama. Plus, Taskmaster on top form. Here’s what to watch this evening

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2024 RIBA Gold Medal recipient Lesley Lokko: ‘To be valued, understood and seen by your peers is rare’

Lesley Lokko receives the 2024 RIBA Gold Medal in a dedicated celebration in London, and talks to us about taking stock after a busy few years, and planning for the future

The Guardian - UK

Chad leader tries to step out of his battle-tested father’s shadow

With elections looming, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno hopes to prove he is worthy of his inherited position amid reports voting will be rigged

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Prolific Author And Filmmaker Paul Auster Dies At 77

Remembering the legacy of Paul Auster, a prolific author and filmmaker known for his innovative narratives and genre experimentation.

The Guardian - UK

Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generation

Witnessing ‘murder by the gods’ as a child drove the novelist’s work, which used postmodern playfulness to delight readers

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Inside the cutesy, cuddly serial killer thriller that has taken the comics world by storm

Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees has become a surprise smash hit for IDW

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‘A literary voice for the ages’: Paul Auster remembered by Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates and more

The critically acclaimed American writer has died aged 77. Here, contemporaries pay tribute to his life and work

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