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Readable in one sitting — and other issues

Yet, it is not fashionable, nor is it popular with publishers who think it falls into a chasm between the short story and the novel. Mathematical definitions are not of much help – a novella could be anywhere from ten thousand to forty thousand words. Edgar Allan Poe caught the…

The Hindu

‘Reading is resistance’: students and parents take on DeSantis’s book bans

Florida governor’s constant attacks on the education system have led to an increasing backlash from a wide range of people

The Guardian - US

On my radar: Rebecca F Kuang’s cultural highlights

The bestselling author of Yellowface on prepping for Christopher Nolan films, a touring Mozart biopic and the swaggering young stars of Italian rock

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Susie Dent: ‘English has always evolved by mistake’

The queen of Countdown’s dictionary corner on the power of positive language and finding joy in ‘mubble fubbles’

The Guardian - UK

The Glutton by AK Blakemore review – the man who ate everything

Based on the real-life story of a peasant in revolutionary France, this hallucinatory tale is set to be one of the most remarkable novels of the year

The Guardian - UK

Jailhouse letter adds wrinkle in case of mom accused of killing husband, then writing kids' book

Jailhouse writings by a Utah mother accused of killing her husband, then writing a children’s book about death, have led prosecutors to accuse her of trying to tamper with witnesses

The Independent UK

Lost Letter By Dr. Samuel Johnson Fetches Four Times Estimated Value

Rediscovered after 250 years, the rare letter surprises at auction, selling for £30,000

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New York Times writer draws ire for blaming Biden’s economy for $78 airport meal

After David Brooks posted a photo of his burger and whiskey, many pointed out the cost of the drink probably pushed up the tab

The Guardian - US

‘Eating away at democracy’: book bans in US public schools rise by a third in a year

According to a new study by Pen America, there were 3,362 instances of book bans in school classrooms and libraries – with more than 40% of all cases occurring in Florida

The Guardian - UK

Cartoonists create colouring book for refugees in rebuff to UK government

Welcome to Britain produced after minister ordered mural at Kent migrant centre to be painted over

The Guardian - UK

Finishing every Booker Prize novel is ‘impossible’ says judge Robert Webb

‘You finish as many as you can and the other ones you put to one side after a respectable but undisclosed fraction has been read’

Evening Standard

Tiger Work by Ben Okri audiobook review – dispatches on a post-apocalyptic world

Ashley Zhangazha narrates a collection of essays, poems and short stories that rail against human inaction in the face of environmental catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A joyful picture-book account of family life; a magical fantasy series begins; an addictive epistolary friendship; fast-paced feminist YA; and more

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Unknown Truman Capote story that was penciled in notebook published for first time

Exclusive: newly discovered story by Breakfast at Tiffany’s author is about an American living in Sicily

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Jo Nesbø: ‘Tom Sawyer was my first murder mystery’

The Norwegian crime writer talks about his early influences, changing tastes and the age-limit for enjoying Hemingway

The Guardian - UK

The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith review – a riveting race against time

JK Rowling’s will they/won’t they detective duo return in a hefty but immersive tale of an attempted rescue from a cult

Evening Standard

OPINION - Millie Bobby Brown has come under fire over her ghostwriter. We need to relax about this

Some people are cross because the Stranger Things star has one, some are cross because the ghost’s name’s not on the front...

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Novels from Canada, Ireland, US, UK finalists for Booker Prize for fiction

Shortlist announced for annual Booker literature prize includes two first-time novels among the six finalists.

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The Independent UK

A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s is being published for the first time

This week, a Truman Capote story from early in his career will be published for the first time

The Independent UK

Booker Prize 2023: Six shortlisted authors tackle immigration, identity and the climate crisis

All six authors are shortlisted for the prestigious award for the first time, with their work exploring themes of sisterhood, immigration, conflict and change

Evening Standard

Half of authors on newly revealed Booker Prize 2023 shortlist called Paul

The judges chose the final six novels from a longlist of 13 titles.

The Guardian - UK

‘Portraits of what it means to be alive today’: how we chose the 2023 Booker prize shortlist

From Sarah Bernstein’s absurdist novel to Jonathan Escoffery’s astonishingly assured debut, this year’s novels offered a full range of lived experience and made for an exciting shortlist

The Guardian - UK

Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist

Chetna Maroo’s ‘mesmerising’ Western Lane has been chosen for inclusion on a male-dominated list

Salon

Book bans spiked 33% last school year

"Eating away at the foundations of our democracy"

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