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The Last Sane Woman by Hannah Regel review – the precariousness of the creative life

An aspiring artist who dreams of being successful confronts frustration and failure in an assured debut novel

The Guardian - UK

Working from home is all very well – unless your daughter is there too

It seems my little girl is happy to forgo toys, paints and cuddles at nursery, so long as it means she can stop me getting down to work

The Guardian - UK

In brief: The Accidental Garden; Everything’s Fine; Freakslaw – reviews

A delightful horticultural memoir; a witty romance set in the world of investment banking; and a fantastical queer tale of marginalised carnival folk

The Guardian - UK

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The House of Beckham by Tom Bower review – a sex-obsessed hatchet job

The journalist’s supposed exposé of David and Victoria Beckham’s gilded lives is a hilariously bitter hybrid of tabloid gossip, old news and sloppy writing

The Guardian - UK

What happened when Françoise Sagan met Brigitte Bardot in 1976

The legendary novelist interviewed the famouse French actor for the Observer – their conversation was not what you might have guessed

The Guardian - UK

Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters

Family history projects, arts programs and small hall upgrades have a profound effect in country towns. But a major foundation says funding is hard to come by.

AAP

Jeremy Cooper: ‘My agent strongly advised me against writing fiction’

The former Antiques Roadshow expert and winner of the Fitzcarraldo novel prize doesn’t have a mobile phone and hasn’t watched TV for 25 years. But he loves cinema – and his new novel, Brian, is about one of its lonely devotees

The Guardian - UK

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The French rose from Manchester: in search of Proust’s forgotten muse

The poignant story of the Englishwoman Marie Nordlinger is told in a new book about her life with the writer

The Guardian - UK

LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves

Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misgendered to physically assaulted

The Independent UK

Revealed: the secret love story behind the slapstick of author Tom Sharpe

The famed writer depicted outrageous antics in Porterhouse Blue and the Wilt novels. But now a new book has uncovered poems inspired by his heartbreak

The Guardian - UK

Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession review – a delightful fable

The mysteries of everyday existence are thrown into sharp relief by the sudden appearance of a magical mountain

The Guardian - UK

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger targeted one of his victims, explosive new theory claims

The 29-year-old criminology PhD student was fixated on college student Madison Mogen when he entered the off-campus house, according to a new book.

The Independent UK

Pamela Allen on Mr McGee and turning 90: ‘I’ve always known what I’m doing is good’

From Who Sank the Boat? to Alexander’s Outing, Allen’s picture books are beloved. But after losing her husband she’s written a new book to ‘re-establish my sense of worth’

The Guardian - AU

Tracy Beaker creator Jacqueline Wilson gets new BBC show

Primrose Railway Children is the latest Jacqueline Wilson story heading to CBBC as the broadcaster makes a string of exciting announcements

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Victoria Beckham “Punched” David During His Cheating Scandal While She Was Pregnant With Their Son

The bombshell book, The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power, included "filthy" messages that David Beckham sent women during alleged affairs. The post Victoria Beckham “Punched” David During His Cheating Scandal While She Was Pregnant With Their Son first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK

The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India

Some thought the BJP’s reduced majority after recent elections would humble it. Tell that to the Booker prize-winning author, says writer Salil Tripathi

The Conversation

Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024

Brotherless Night is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, an awakening from tribal loyalties into new-found identity and agency. It is set in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, during the civil war between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese ethnic majority and the country’s Tamil minority. Between 1983 and 2009, this bitter conflict resulted in the deaths…

The Guardian - UK

The best translated fiction – review roundup

Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán; Comrade Papa by GauZ’; The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo; Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson

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The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith audiobook review – a compelling classic

Actor David Menkin deftly captures the antihero’s blend of guilelessness and deceit in Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller

The Guardian - UK

Meet the people behind three of the UK’s brilliant independent bookshops

Rebuilding from a fire, competing with Amazon and launching during lockdown – how these indies continue to thrive

The Guardian - UK

Irvine Welsh: ‘If reading gives you comfort, you’re not doing it right’

The Scottish author on having his mind changed by Orwell, how Trainspotting was influenced by Ulysses, and his wariness of novels created with AI

The Independent UK

The top 16 Jane Austen adaptations, from Persuasion to Pride and Prejudice

Some of the best costume dramas on the big and small screen were adapted from an Austen classic, including the BBC’s 1995 TV series ‘Pride and Prejudice’, which catapulted Colin Firth to fame. Charlotte Cripps picks the biggest successes on the 250th birthday of the English literary titan

The Guardian - UK

Straight Acting by Will Tosh review – out on stage

A rich study of queer desire in Shakespeare, from cosplay in The Merchant of Venice to gender fluidity in Twelfth Night

The Guardian - UK

Bernice Rubens, first woman to win Booker, honoured with Cardiff plaque

Scholars and politicians to attend unveiling of memorial at family home of only Welsh winner of literary prize

Salon

Trump showed memory issues in interviews

"Do you remember when we spoke recently?" author Ramin Setoodeh asked Trump after he was interviewed. He didn't

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