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This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Secret Hours by Mick Herron and The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary.

This delicate novel traces a young woman’s awakening, from 1950s country house parties to not-so-swinging London and an unhappy marriage

The "Palestine Writes Literary Festival" is being held at the University of Pennsylvania later this week. This has attracted severe criticism from Jewish groups and individuals within and without Penn because some of the speakers have a history of engaging in antisemitic rhetoric. The Penn administration acknowledges that people have…

Actors, comedians, authors, models, activists and musicians have joined the fight against book bans

Letter, spearheaded by Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton, includes 175 signatories calling on Hollywood to fight bans in US schools

After his sensational tell-all documenting the chaotic inner workings of Donald Trump’s White House, Michael Wolff is back with a new subject — Rupert Murdoch. As he attempts to rock the media boat once again, Emma Loffhagen takes a look at the man taking on the moguls.

The author’s latest work puts Rupert Murdoch and his empire under the microscope

“Luckiest Girl Alive” author Jessica Knoll has released her third novel, “Bright Young Women.”

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