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Elon Musk’s hypocrisy about free speech hits a new low

It’s ‘free speech for me, but not for thee’ in his world – he doesn’t like it, he sues

The Guardian - US

Father & Son by Jonathan Raban – in retrospect

The travel writer’s posthumously-published memoir charts a complex family history and his own life-changing illness

The Guardian - UK

Rouge by Mona Awad review – a modern fairytale

This beauty industry satire from the author of Bunny explores buried trauma, the tyranny of wellness and mother-daughter relationships

The Guardian - UK

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‘Provocative’ new book to showcase four decades of Hilary Mantel’s work

The wide-ranging collection A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing features subjects from her health struggles to Robocop and has been announced a year after the author’s death

The Guardian - UK

New blood: Scotland to stage all-woman and non-binary Dracula play

Set in a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeenshire, new National Theatre production puts Mina Murray at centre of action

The Guardian - UK

Printers Row Lit Fest opens portal into Chicago’s literary world

The free two-day event will have over 100 booksellers, and more than 100,000 visitors are expected. It will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Origin movie review: Ava DuVernay has made much better films than this didactic trudge

It covers an important and fascinating subject and is based on a highly respected book, but this laboured film is a real disappointment

Evening Standard

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Court clerk’s co-author responds to Alex Murdaugh’s claims of jury tampering as she lawyers up

Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill has not yet responded to allegations of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial

The Independent UK

OPINION - This sinister censorship agenda in the publishing world should trouble us all

Hard on the heels of the news that Ian Fleming’s publishers have “edited” its new edition of the James Bond novels to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Casino Royale (a cracker) to omit some non-current references to race, there arrives a new version of James Bond. On His Majesty’s…

Evening Standard

Weirdo by Sara Pascoe review – the standup’s bravura debut

A funny-peculiar first novel about a woman lurching through life that will challenge your preconceptions

The Guardian - UK

Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter review – style revolution

A fashion journalist links the sartorial choices of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, TS Eliot et al to their avant garde outlook on life

The Guardian - UK

Slavery, revolution and war: Baillie Gifford prize longlist highlights history

Tania Branigan’s Red Memory and Jeremy Eichler’s Time’s Echo are among the titles in the running for the £50,000 award

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Fraud by Zadie Smith and Holly by Stephen King.

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes embark on a literary journey through Dorset

The two friends take off Meryl Streep and read Thomas Hardy. Plus, more blood and gore at the Colosseum. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Giannoulias to testify at Durbin’s Senate hearing on growing number of book bans

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who drafted the state’s first-in-the-nation ban against book bans, will testify at a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday on book bans.

The Guardian - US

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys file motion for new murder trial

Lawyers for convicted murderer accuse court clerk of improperly influencing jury and betraying oath of office for money and fame

The Independent UK

New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles 'away from the spotlight'

A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism that shaped his political career and sometimes caused strain with his onetime boss, Harvard-educated Barack Obama

The Independent UK

Book Review: 'Reading Jane: A Daughter's Memoir,' by Susannah Kennedy

Susannah Kennedy is left reeling when her mother Jane shockingly decides to take her own life, despite being a healthy 75 years

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The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want a new trial. They say the court clerk told jurors not to trust him

Attorneys for convicted murder Alex Murdaugh want to call jurors and others back into the courtroom in an effort to get a new trial

The Guardian - AU

‘Lyrical’, ‘weird’, ‘delicious fun’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Independent UK

Book Review: Stephen King finds terror in the ordinary in new pandemic-set novel ‘Holly’

Stephen King has created some remarkable villains, writes Associated Press reviewer Rob Merrill

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s time the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo grew up’: Karin Smirnoff on her shocking sequel

The Swede is the first woman to write a Lisbeth Salander novel. She explains what men don’t get about sexual violence, why she introduced a genius niece – and how writing beats chopping wood for a living

The Texas Tribune

Watch former Prairie View A&M President Ruth Simmons talk about her new memoir

Simmons talked with The Texas Tribune about “Up Home: One Girl’s Journey,” which depicts an era long gone but whose legacies of inequality still persist.

The Independent UK

Millennial Money: How to budget with a fluctuating income

Freelancers, service workers, people who work seasonal jobs and those who earn money based on tips, royalties or commissions often experience fluctuating income during a month, season or year

The Independent UK

Very early version of JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book fails to sell at auction

Auctioneer said it would have been ‘wrong’ to sell it for ‘too little’

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