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Book Review: 'Elon Musk' offers a revealing but not surprising portrait of tech mogul

Biographer Walter Isaacson offers a revealing but not that surprising portrait of Elon Musk in his biography of the tech billionaire

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system

Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife, there will no doubt be an inquiry into the prison system and how an inmate managed to apparently strap himself to a van and be driven out under the noses of prison security. But whether another inquiry prompted by a prison…

The Conversation

Big Panda author using proceeds to set up animal sanctuary in Swansea

Exclusive: James Norbury says he is fulfilling pledge made after his debut book landed him a six-figure deal

The Guardian - UK

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African Literature in the Digital Age: new book traces the role of the internet, queers and class

The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Kenya and Nigeria considers the role of the internet and new media in finding and shaping new audiences for literature.…

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Elon Musk ‘hardly remembers’ his own ‘demon-like’ episodes, biographer claims

Walter Isaacson told Morning Joe Mr Musk has ‘many personalities’

The Independent UK

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography

Widespread access to world’s richest man allowed biographer Walter Isaacson to detail a number of illuminating anecdotes

The Guardian - UK

Hadley Freeman: ‘Cancel culture is worse for women — it’s disgraceful’

The author and journalist left The Guardian last year citing an ‘atmosphere of fear’ around gender issues. She tells Katie Strick about her fight for freedom of speech, her new book and why she refuses to be silenced

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What Naomi Klein Learned about Herself from Naomi Wolf

A Q&A on doppelgangers, celebrity, and searching for answers

The Walrus

Grimes says Elon Musk was ‘clueless’ about why she was upset after he sent C-section photo to family

Revelation comes from a new biography about the Tesla founder

The Independent UK

Naomi Klein is worried about her ‘Doppelganger’? Try being called Alex Jones

Our writer details what it’s like having the same name as a much worse conspiracy theorist than Naomi Wolf

Evening Standard

2 Indian-origin authors shortlisted for British Academy Book Prize

Two authors of Indian heritage, Nandini Das and Kris Manjapra, are shortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

The Hindu

Elon Musk’s friends ‘hated’ Amber Heard, new book claims

The SpaceX founder told the memoir’s author that he is often a ‘fool for love’

The Independent UK

Shame by Annie Ernaux review – the shocking incident that shaped her youth

The Nobel winner’s short memoir takes an episode of domestic violence when she was 12 as inspiration for a deft and powerful study of her childhood self

The Guardian - UK

The New York ethics commission that pursued former Governor Cuomo is unconstitutional, a judge says

A judge has ruled that a commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state’s employees and elected officials is unconstitutional because it is too independent

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The Pigeon Tunnel review – inside the extraordinary life of John le Carré

Errol Morris’s gentle interview allows the mesmeric writer to hold forth on how his relationship with dodgy dad Ronnie informed his life as a spy and novelist

The Conversation

Choose Irvine Welsh: new documentary explores the life of Scotland's 'urban Shakespeare'

On August 23, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s beloved Edinburgh football team, Hibs, went head-to-head with Aston Villa in the Europa League. But they were also competing for attention with the world premiere of Choose Irvine Welsh, a documentary by filmmaker Ian Jefferies about the life, writing and cultural impact of…

The Independent UK

Book Review: Millie Bobby Brown of 'Stranger Things' weaves a romance novel into a WWII disaster

Millie Bobby Brown, best known as the actor who plays the character Eleven on hit TV show “Stranger Things,” has written a romance novel set during London in World War II

The Guardian - AU

School libraries are an ally to students needing an escape. We can’t let them vanish

Shortfalls in funding are causing these precious places to close across Australia – and children are falling behind as a result

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‘Experiences of all walks of life must reflect in literature’

Vikram Visaji, Dean of School of Humanities and Languages at Central University of Karnataka, believes experiences of all walks of life should be reflected in literature to keep language growing. At an interaction on Satish Chapparike's novel, Ghandruk, in Kalaburagi, Mr. Visaji said it captures the conflict between corporate world's…

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‘Most writers are engaged in speaking about the dangers created by the global military industrial complex’

Satish Chapparike's novel Ghandruk is multi-dimensional, exploring themes such as love, longing, infidelity, LGBTQ, geo-politics, corporate culture and family values. At a meet-the-author event, Chapparike discussed the dangers of the global military industrial complex and how it supports unending rule of despots. He argued that religion should preach equality, love…

The Independent UK

‘You’re welcome’: Dawn French playfully accuses Richard Osman of ‘imitating’ her book cover

Former ‘Pointless’ star Osman has since responded to ‘Vicar of Dibley’ actor’s claim

The Guardian - UK

‘This family is being devoured’: Lemn Sissay on why Kafka’s Metamorphosis is a tale for our times

The poet has teamed up with Frantic Assembly to bring the novella, about a man who turns into an insect, to the stage. He explains why this story of family meltdown is all about modern life

The Guardian - UK

Absolutely & Forever by Rose Tremain review – high style and bittersweet yearning

Set in the England of the 1950s and 60s, this short but brilliant novel about life and thwarted love is nothing short of magical

The Guardian - US

‘Obama’s education legacy needs to be questioned’: the scholar fighting for reparations for Black students

Bettina Love believes decades of victimization, brutalization and belittlement of Black students by the US education system should be rectified with $2tn in reparations

Newsroom.co.nz

A brief note on Māori literature, 2023

The capital of New Zealand writing is set to be Rotorua, as host of the 2023 Māori Writers Festival

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