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No flatulence, no sex in trees: Victorian children’s sanitised Chaucer to go on display

A new exhibition in Oxford charts the different ways the great Medieval poet has been interpreted by readers down the centuries

The Guardian - UK

‘I loved the woman I got to know’, says Neil LaBute in tribute to AS Byatt

Dame Antonia Byatt died on Thursday at the age of 87, according to her publisher.

The Independent UK

‘This might be the last thing I ever write’: Paul Auster on cancer, connection and the fallacy of closure

As he was finishing his latest novel, the writer became seriously ill. He talks about making sense of his life through fiction, the secret of sustaining love and how his new book took him by surprise

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Germany’s historical guilt haunts opponents of Israeli war in Gaza

Germany’s responsibility for the Holocaust underlines Berlin’s staunch defence of Israel and its bans on expressions of Palestinian solidarity, which authorities blame for a rise in anti-Semitism. But critics say the state is failing German Jews opposed to Israel’s policies and stifling the freedom of expression of immigrants.

France 24

Paris booksellers angered over call to remove them for Olympics

Paris booksellers, who have operated from little dark green kiosks on the banks of the Seine for some 150 years, are incensed by plans to remove them for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics.

Radio France Internationale

A Shining by Jon Fosse review – a spiritual journey

The new Nobel laureate’s latest novella is a shimmering fable about a man lost in a dark forest

The Guardian - UK

Meghan Markle has reportedly ‘moved on’ from royal family drama

‘With Harry, there’s a reluctant acceptance that this is just who his father is. He would rather have that in his life than to cut it off completely,’ royal reporter Omid Scobie says

The Independent UK

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Texas board rejects many science textbooks over climate change messaging

The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education this week rejected most of the proposed textbooks that include climate science for eighth grade students. Five of 12 were approved.

The Texas Tribune

AS Byatt: a life defined by literature

The Booker prizewinning novelist, who has died aged 87, was intelligent, curious – and warmly supportive of younger writers

The Guardian - UK

‘We have given Earth a fever’: author John Vaillant on the firestorms coming for us all

His book about a blaze so hot it vaporised concrete and turned a Canadian city to ash has just won the Baillie Gifford prize. John Vaillant explains why the world we think we live in no longer exists

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Perry’s rumoured ex Lauren Graham shares memory from his final year

‘Friends’ star was rumoured to have been linked to the ‘Gilmore Girls’ actor briefly in 2003

The Independent UK

Remember Shere Hite? A new documentary jogs our cultural memory of the pioneering sex researcher

The 1976 book “The Hite Report” was a bestseller from the beginning

The Independent UK

AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87

The acclaimed author of novels including Possession and The Children’s Book, has died, her publisher has confirmed

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes; The First 48 Hours by Simon Kernick; The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou; The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok; Gaslight by Femi Kayode

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Jan Needle obituary

Prolific author and screenwriter committed to exploring social justice in work such as Wild Wood and A Game of Soldiers

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Cesare Cunaccia's ‘Dolce Vita’ book captures Italy’s infinite passion for life

Experience the dolce vita lifestyle through Assouline’s newly published title

The Guardian - UK

Joanne Harris: ‘When I first read Ulysses I hated it with a passion’

The Chocolat author on the magic of Ray Bradbury, beating Ulysses fatigue, and the poetry of Wuthering Heights

Evening Standard

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Netflix review: an off-the-rails remix of a cult favourite

Bryan Lee O'Malley’s chaotic world is more than worthy of revival

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Tom’s Guide

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off review: Our 7 takeaways

Our Scott Pilgrim Takes Off review says the new Netflix anime adaptation is a blast set to great music

Inverse

Netflix's Wildest Sci-Fi Show of the Year Remixes a Beloved Cult Classic

Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim anime is a great complement to its source material — but without the context of its predecessor, the series loses its life.

The Conversation

Henri Lopes, the prime minister of Congo who became a famous novelist: behind the power of his writing

“On the other bank … that is where Henri Lopes now rests,” wrote novelist and journalist Nicolas Michel in a beautiful tribute to mark the passing of the celebrated Congolese author. It’s a reference, of course, to Lopes’ 1992 novel Sur l'autre Rive (On the Other Bank).

The Independent UK

Climate change in Texas science textbooks causes divisions on state's education board

How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote

The Hindu

Not the same Ramanujan | Review of ‘Soma’, edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan

Soma, an anthology of A.K. Ramanujan's mostly unpublished poems, edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan, offers readers an opportunity to explore the poet's fascination with the Soma plant. Contextualised by two essays, the book reclaims and records a critical moment of literary history. The poems, while not unselfconscious, require…

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"Let's give them a record that they can lose themselves in": Steven Wilson doesn't think rock belongs in 2023 but he'll still try and make that million-seller

Steven Wilson is the renaissance man of modern prog. He’s also something of an enigma, and new album The Harmony Codex is as enigmatic as anything he's made

The Conversation

Belvoir's The Master and Margarita: astonishingly ambitious, physically demanding and a resounding success

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita has inspired many artists.

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