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Innards by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene review – a stunning Sowetan debut

Tales of heartbreak and horror in the South African township explore the legacy of life under apartheid

The Guardian - UK

Neervazhi Padooum, a novel on community barbers of Kongu region wins Sahitya Akademi prize

Neervazhi Padoom, a novel on community barbers of Kongu region wins Sahitya Akademi prize

The Hindu

The seven best books of 2023 reviewed by our experts

We have covered a lot of new releases this year but these seven really impressed our experts. There’s a feminist retelling of a classic, a twist on the murder mystery from the greatest voice in horror and a giggle-inducing ride through the Middle Ages – not mention one of the…

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HC allows murder convict to attend his book release function

Convicted murderer ‘ripper’ Jayanandan granted 2 days parole to attend book release in Kochi, proceeds to benefit special needs children.

The Hindu

Teen who plotted synagogue shooting is spared jail and ordered to write a book report instead

Unusual punishment was handed down after the 13-year-old made a detailed plan to shoot members of an Ohio synagogue

The Independent UK

Murder mystery puzzle book Murdle tops UK Christmas bestseller chart

GT Karber’s book of challenges beats Richard Osman’s The Last Devil to Die and Guinness World Records to top spot

The Guardian - UK

‘100 Women: Architects in Practice’ celebrates exceptional global architecture

‘100 Women: Architects in Practice’, a new book by RIBA Publishing, elevates the work of international studios that lead in contemporary building design

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30 People Share The Strangest And Creepiest Coincidences That Shook Them To Their Core

English author Neil Gaiman has said that life is always going to be stranger than fiction because fiction has to be vividly convincing, and life doesn't. The post 30 People Share The Strangest And Creepiest Coincidences That Shook Them To Their Core first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘American Fiction’: Jeffrey Wright ably takes the lead in timely satire of literary world

In a richly layered performance, the actor plays a prof who writes an outlandish novel he thinks is a joke but publishers think is a masterpiece.

Chicago Sun-Times

Agnipath scheme surprised Army; it was a ‘bolt out of the blue’ for Navy and Air Force, former Army chief writes in forthcoming memoir

The Agnipath scheme, launched in June 2022 for the recruitment of soldiers, sailors and airmen for a four-year period, had surprised the Indian Army, while it was a “bolt out of the blue” for the Navy and Air Force, former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane writes in his upcoming…

The Hindu

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor honored for extraordinary legacy

Discover the heartfelt and humorous tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor, a remarkable woman who loved her family, the law, and making a difference in the world.

Top News

Best detective book series to get lost in gripping mysteries

Ravenous mysteries and mind-boggling motives

Evening Standard

Dale Spender obituary

Australian author, scholar and teacher who wrote the feminist classic Man Made Language and co-founded Pandora Press

The Guardian - UK

DSTLRY reveals the details of its next wave of comics, with titles from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Brian Azzarello, and more

The new publisher is stepping things up next year

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The Guardian - UK

Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

The Guardian - AU

Frank Moorhouse: two biographies reckon with a literary life and legacy

Eighteen months after the Australian writer’s death, his early work, activism and personal life are revealed in two complementary titles

The Conversation

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

Evidence suggests that writing was invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next? Anyone interested in this question will find How Writing Made Us Human by Walter Stephens both an enjoyable and stimulating read. It offers what it calls an “emotional history” of writing, chiefly referencing academics…

The Guardian - UK

Mills & Boon launch ‘spicy’ Afterglow series to woo TikTok book lovers

Romance publisher to launch two ‘trend-led books’ a month, with ‘generous dose of spice in every story’

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Percy Jackson & The Olympians cast: who's who

Who's in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians cast? Meet the stars of Disney's YA fantasy adaptation of Rick Riordan's stories of the Greek gods.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Columns of the year: All of London life in 2023 through our writers’ eyes

From the Sussexes’ woes to the bully XL debate, from the state of US politics to the conflict in Gaza, the Evening Standard’s comment team have been as incisive as ever

Evening Standard

OPINION - Cartoonists think every year can’t be as mad as the last. We’re always wrong

At the end of every year cartoonists put down their pens, lean back from their drawing boards and think — well, next year can’t be as crazy as this year was. And we’re always proved wrong.

The Guardian - UK

‘He reflected the laughable complexity of the world’: Milan Kundera remembered by Florence Noiville

The literary editor recalls her contributor and friend, a deep political thinker, talented musician and mischievous dinner companion

The Guardian - UK

Run to the Western Shore by Tim Pears review – a Celtic odyssey

A Roman slave and a Welsh tribal leader’s daughter flee to the coast in a story that illuminates the lives of forgotten people

The Guardian - UK

How we met after 60: ‘He is the first person in my life who has really taken care of me’

Sterling, 83, and Berkeley, 76, met at a support group for gay men in 2012. After realising they had a lot in common they fell ‘head over heels’ and now live together in Talent, Oregon

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This winter’s most stylish fashion books revisit the greats, from Coco Chanel to Karl Lagerfeld

Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld are the subjects of the season’s most transporting fashion books, ready to sustain the style-conscious bibliophile through the cold winter months

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