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Dune Part 2: 9 Things We're Excited To See Adapted In The Sci-Fi Epic Sequel

We can't wait to see the second half of Frank Herbert's Dune brought to life in Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part 2.

Cinemablend

Roald Dahl museum acknowledges author’s antisemitism

Museum has condemned ‘all racism directed at any group or individual’ in statement about the writer

The Guardian - UK

Queen Camilla’s ruffled sapphire blue dress makes low-key nod to Kate Middleton’s signature summer style

Queen Camilla's ruffled sapphire blue dress was her stunning outfit of choice for a special reception at Windsor Castle

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‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction

Readers might expect celebrities to hire professionals to help them with their memoirs. But when it comes to fiction, things get more complicated …

The Guardian - UK

Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein review – life in limbo

The trauma of the Holocaust is invoked for an uncertain journey into guilt and complicity

The Guardian - UK

Chris Hewitt: Some bestsellers, like 'Lessons in Chemistry,' deserve the love they get from readers

Tribune News Service

Ana Menendez brings worlds to life in ‘The Apartment’

"The Apartment" by Ana Menéndez; Counterpoint (227 pages, $27)

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Review: 'Riveting' novel 'Strange Sally Diamond' takes an extreme look at nature vs. nurture

FICTION: Laurie Hertzel writes that the new psychological thriller provokes powerful feelings.

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Review: 'Into the Bright Sunshine' shows how Hubert Humphrey's Minnesota youth shaped his career

NONFICTION: Samuel G. Freedman's biography looks at the politician's early years, when he championed the rights of Black and Jewish people.

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Author Dean Koontz probably had three more ideas for thrillers while you read this headline

The prolific writer finds inspiration just about everywhere.

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Review: Crooked hero in 'Crook Manifesto' learns that getting Jackson 5 tickets is not as easy as A-B-C

FICTION: The second novel in Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy is a masterwork of stylish noir and social satire.

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‘Behold the Monster’ author Jillian Lauren exposes America’s most prolific serial killer

The Middle Eastern folk tale of Scheherazade unspools in the opening pages of “Some Girls,” Jillian Lauren’s 2010 New York Times bestselling memoir recounting her experiences as a sex worker in the harem of the Sultan of Brunei.

The Orange County Register

Why is Minnesota such a hotbed of book clubs?

We asked Minnesota's book clubs how they operate and what gets members upset — and more than 80 groups were happy to tell us.

Tribune News Service

British family abandons £2.5k Greek holiday over blistering 40C heatwave

Sally Urwin says she and family were forced to flee after hotel turned into a ‘giant oven’

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan and The Baby Does A Runner by Anita Rani.

Evening Standard

‘Lightweight’ Betjeman was initially overlooked for poet laureate

Newly released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment

The Guardian - UK

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah review – criminally entertaining

Prisoners fight for survival on reality TV in an exuberant dystopia of doomed love and industrialised racism

The Independent UK

No 10 dismissed ‘songster of tennis lawns’ Sir John Betjeman as poet laureate

Newly-released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over prestigious literary appointment

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Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened

Gillian Slovo’s play at National Theatre uses words of survivors of 2017 fire at west London tower block

The Independent UK

No 10 turned down poets John Betjeman, Philip Larkin and Robert Graves for laureate job

Newly released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment

The Guardian - AU

Big W removes sex education book from shelves after staff members abused

Publisher of Welcome to Sex by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes defends book after conservative campaigners claim it is ‘teaching sex to children’

The Independent UK

Natalie Beach steps out of the online drama and into 'Adult Drama' with her memoir

Author Natalie Beach rose to internet fame in September of 2019 after writing the now-viral essay “I Was Caroline Calloway” for New York Magazine’s The Cut

The Independent UK

‘Lightweight’ Betjeman overlooked for poet laureate

Newly-released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment.

Zenger

Obama Condemns Growing Book Bans, Stresses Defense Of First Amendment

‌American Library Association Report Identified Banned Books having strong Indigenous, LGBTQ, and People of Colour Representation‌

The Independent UK

Charles and Camilla treated to Shakespeare performances at Windsor Castle event

Celebrations are being staged this year to mark the 400th anniversary of the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collection of plays.

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