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‘She took control of the ship with a pistol’: the high seas heroine who inspired a savage pirate tale

Katherine Howe’s bloody, brutal new novel is about a Boston barmaid who dresses up as a cabin boy and joins a notorious crew of pirates. The writer and keen sailor explains how it was inspired by her great-aunt, who once quelled a mutiny at sea

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Authors Ottessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel on movies and their marriage: ‘Are people titillated by unlikeable women?’

The author behind ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ and ‘Lapvona’ has collaborated with her husband on a film adaptation of her celebrated debut novel ‘Eileen’. As it hits cinemas, with Anne Hathaway in the role of a mysterious femme fatale, the pair speak to Annabel Nugent

The Independent UK

Kate Middleton ‘took elocution lessons and now sounds more posh than William’ royal author says

The Princess of Wales is said to have received coaching on how to make her accent even more cut glass, book by author Omid Scobie claims

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Nine royal revelations from Omid Scobie’s scathing new book Endgame

Finding Freedom author’s latest ‘insider’ book tackles Prince William’s ambitions and his relationship with father Charles

The Independent UK

Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch on Dublin riots: This is always under the surface

His book Prophet Song describes what happens when his home country becomes authoritarian.

The Independent UK

'So Cathartic': Britney Spears' New Memoir Is A Bestseller. How Its Success Has Reportedly Impacted The Star

Britney Spears' memoir The Woman in Me remains on the bestseller list, and its success has reportedly been "so cathartic" for the singer.

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Irish Author Paul Lynch Wins 2023 Booker Prize

Irish author Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday for his novel "Prophet Song," a dystopian work about an Ireland that descends into tyranny.

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Zaghari-Ratcliffe left The Handmaid’s Tale in her prison’s ‘secret library’

There have been protests in Iran over laws about what women can wear in public.

The Independent UK

Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song wins the 2023 Booker Prize – but the judges picked the wrong Paul

Six books, three authors called Paul, one £50,000 prize. In the end, Paul Lynch has taken the spoils for his dystopian tale of a totalitarian Ireland – but it doesn’t feel like a winner that will stand the test of time, writes our chief book critic Martin Chilton

The Independent UK

Irish novelist Paul Lynch wins this year's Booker Prize for dystopian story

The Irish novelist won for his fifth book

Evening Standard

Paul Lynch: From film critic to full-time writer

His fifth novel, Prophet Song, about a tyrannical government won the 2023 Booker Prize.

The Independent UK

Irish author Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 with Prophet Song

Lynch is the fifth Irish author to win the award.

The Independent UK

Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song

Lynch’s fifth novel, about a young woman trying to make sense of a collapsing society, was announced as the winner of the prestigious literary award at a glittering ceremony in London

The Independent UK

Paul Lynch’s timely Booker winner is a novel written to jolt the reader awake

Prophet Song imagines an Ireland under fascist control, breaking through the it-couldn’t-happen-here complacency of western societies

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‘Soul-shattering’ Prophet Song by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize

The Irish author’s novel set in an imagined Dublin descending into far-right tyranny wins £50,000 prize

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In brief: 1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis; America Fantastica; Heritage – review

A history of a turbulent 12 months, our efforts to conserve Britain’s past, plus Tim O’Brien’s first novel in more than 20 years

The Guardian - UK

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride review – sweet solidarity

The novelist and musician’s tale of Black and Jewish Americans uniting against prejudice in the 1930s is deftly plotted, richly characterised and inspiring

The Guardian - UK

Verdant Inferno/A Scabby Black Brazilian by Alberto Rangel/ Jean-Christophe Goddard review – an Amazonian beauty

Two republished titles sharing the same cover – one a Brazilian classic, the other a philosophical blurring of genres – deliver head-spinning insights into life in the rainforest

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The Independent UK

Royal writer Omid Scobie says he ‘wanted to disappear’ at height of trolling

Commentator says he has ‘really struggled’ while dealing with negative responsed to his royal coverage

The Independent UK

Winner of the Booker Prize for fiction set to be announced in London

The winner of the Booker Prize for fiction will be announced on Sunday

Woman & Home

King Charles' withering two-word response to Harry and Meghan's Netflix series

The King had short but sharp feedback for the pair’s Netflix docuseries

The Independent UK

William competes with Charles and is desperate to run the royal family, Scobie book claims

Sensational new book from royal journalist Omid Scobie suggests a growing ‘rift’ between Charles and William

Woman & Home

The huge difference between King Charles and Prince William revealed – and how it’ll shape their reigns

A new royal book claims there’s a huge difference between Prince William and King Charles

Salon

When poetry tells us what prose can't

Shelley called poets the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." We need their voices now more than ever

The Independent UK

King Charles ‘was only member of royal family to address Meghan racism row’

Duchess of Sussex previously claimed senior member of the royal family speculated about her son, Archie’s skin colour

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