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‘Sex, puns and labradors’: How Olivia Laing fell for Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters

Sneaking a teenage peak at her stepmother’s copies of Riders and Rivals opened the door to a world of glamour and romance for the author of Crudo and The Lonely City

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Escoffery: ‘Langston Hughes shifted my worldview’

The Booker-shortlisted US author on a life-changing vampire epic and inspiring writing about race

The Guardian - UK

Leo: Bloody Sweet review – leave your logic at the door for rampaging action yarn

The Tamil version of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence is wildly enjoyable, packed full of hyenas, car chases, fight scenes and, of course, song and dance

The Guardian - UK

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Playing Games by Huma Qureshi review – a poignant sisterhood story

A young playwright borrows inspiration from the breakdown of her sister’s marriage in a novel filled with hard decisions

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Poorna Cultural Festival begins in Kozhikode

M. Mukundan: Open discussions only way to find solutions. Victor Hugo's dream of world as one big family must be upheld. Poorna Cultural Fest in Kozhikode to remember N.E. Balakrishna Marar. Uroob Novel Award to 'Kurudan Mala' by Shahul Hameed K.T

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Decolonising sci-fi and fantasy books | South Asian authors share notes on reclaiming literature

South Asian authors are reclaiming science fiction and fantasy genres. They write books set in their own countries, featuring customs and characters that are true to their life experiences. Works by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Samit Basu, Saad Z. Hossain, Usman T. Malik, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Vajra Chandrasekera, Tashan Mehta, Prashanth Srivatsa, Bina…

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‘Within khaki, there’s leverage now,’ says Meeran Chadha Borwankar, author of Madam Commissioner: The Extraordinary Life of an Indian Police Chief

Meeran Chadha Borwankar, a 1981 batch IPS officer from Maharashtra, reflects on her 36-year journey in the police service in her book, ‘Madam Commissioner’. She petitioned the Supreme Court in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. She retired in 2017. She faced gender bias in the service, but now physical standards…

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OPINION - The Plot by Nadine Dorries review: a conspiratorial mess that fails to exonerate Boris Johnson

So, what’s the story about Nadine Dorris’s The Plot, subtitled, The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson – just so you know, the subtitle sums up the gist. The former Culture Secretary – and the joke there was on us – gave up her parliamentary seat in August to write this…

Evening Standard

20 clues your partner might be cheating, according to a private investigator

Most people are careless when it comes to covering their tracks

The Independent UK

John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work

‘He casts a spell with language of great beauty, power, lyricism and truthfulness’ said judging chair Hermione Lee of the poet and novelist

The Guardian - UK

‘A feeling of total freedom’: Valeria Luiselli welcomes chance to lock her fiction away in the Future Library

The Booker-nominated Mexican author will be the next writer to donate a work to the 100-year art project

The Guardian - UK

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review - "Rachel Zegler emerges victorious"

Total Film

A home secretary actively undermining public order feels like a dangerous step into Trump territory

Suella Braverman is trying to import the worst of the US right. This inflammatory rhetoric has no place in Britain, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie: 'Literature Is Powerful, Writers Are Fragile'

"If we can't trust ourselves as a culture to accommodate ideas we don't like," the novelist said at the Library of Congress, "then our ideas lose their value as well, because they become authoritarian."

Reason

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Marie Claire

In Defense of 'The Clique'

Over the years, Lisi Harrison’s early-aughts books have been unfairly reduced to a de facto “mean girl” manifesto. But the series actually gave outcasts like me an intimate look behind the curtain, ultimately developing empathy and perspective years beyond my age.

Cinemablend

Stephen King Expresses Pride After Learning About His Books Getting A School District Banning

This week's King Beat features Stephen King reacting to a recent book ban in Florida plus exciting new info about his next book and more.

Newsroom.co.nz

Libraries fight to survive under tight council budgets

When councils cut their budgets, it's always libraries that have the spotlight put on them. As staff hours and numbers are cut, librarians are overcoming their reluctance to whisper about the value of their services.

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith

Singer’s tell-all book and Richard Osman’s latest crime novel boosting pre-Christmas sales, says retailer

Evening Standard

A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

The Hindu

More than words

Batten Bose, born Kochukunnel Mathayi Chacko, is a prolific Malayalam pulp fiction writer who has penned 171 dime novels, screenplays, and more. His work has been inspired by real life, from money heists to serial killings, and has been popular among rural readers. With the advent of cable TV, the…

The Guardian - AU

The Conversion by Amanda Lohrey review – a tale of Australia’s obsession with home ownership

The Miles Franklin-winning author’s latest novel, about a couple’s choice to renovate a church into a home, is a morally nuanced and wise work

Creative Bloq

The first-ever National Illustration Day is coming (and it's about time)

Thanks to The Quentin Blake Centre.

Salon

What's good for Earth is good for people

Fighting climate change can improve our diets and physical health. It's not too late to adopt smarter policy

The Guardian - UK

The Box of Delights review – the RSC makes merry with Masefield’s fantasy

This is a well-crafted, brilliantly acted version of John Masefield’s classic novel about an orphan who travels through time

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