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But The Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu review – an impressive debut

This observant novel follows a young Malaysian Australian writer as she unpicks her preconceptions of an artist’s life, postcolonialism and Sylvia Plath

The Guardian - AU

Govt transfers probe into death threat letters to writers to CCB, Bengaluru Police

Writers request special probe into death threat letters; Karnataka government hands over case to CCB. Writers happy with dedicated special probe to get to bottom of case and bring culprits to justice. Over 20 threat letters sent to 10 writers since 2022, signed "Sahishnu Hindu".

The Hindu

Most parents want more time reading to young children, study shows

1,000-parent survey also found 33% lack the confidence to read to their child, despite not seeing the activity as a chore

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Tomiwa Owolade: Salman Rushdie’s warning rings true – ignore the Twitter outrage

The ‘updating’ of Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming works are just the tip of the iceberg

Evening Standard

OPINION - Everything I need for work I learned on the job — my degree was a waste of cash

In my last job, £258 of every paycheque was syphoned off to the Student Loans Company. Now that I’ve gone freelance, I sometimes have palpitations about the chunk of money I’ll have to hand over to cover the debt come tax return time.

Evening Standard

How to use Procreate's text tools

Max Ulichney shows you how to use Procreate's text tools to design a children's picture book cover.

Creative Bloq

How we met: ‘I was super-excited. She scowled at me and seemed so unfriendly’

Rebecca and Clare, both 43, became friends at university in 1999. Rebecca describes their relationship as more important than any romance

The Guardian - UK

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No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben review – a bold and provocative debut from Ghana

Black gay American friends explore Ghana’s queer underground while a killer commits a grisly string of murders in this thrilling read

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A very grumpy toddler; poems for the planet; ancient demons unleashed; and a moving YA trafficking tale

The Guardian - UK

Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue review – exquisite imagining of Anne Lister’s first love

The Room author evokes a touching relationship between the lesbian diarist Anne Lister and her boarding school lover Eliza Raine

The Guardian - UK

The Marsh King's Daughter: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the movie

Based on Karen Dionne's best-selling novel The Marsh King's Daughter, the new movie stars Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn. Here's what you need to know.

WhatToWatch

What would Aristotle think about the current state of politics?

In recent years, political debate has degenerated into ever more aggressive partisan mudslinging and character assassination, with no room for a reasoned and non-rancorous discussion of competing alternatives in assessing the policy issues of the day.

The Conversation

Madeleine Gray: the 10 funniest things I have seen (on the internet)

This writer might be ‘bad at internet’ but she has good taste in funny videos, including Kim Cattrall scatting, Robert Pattinson’s hunt for a hotdog and Bob Mortimer

The Guardian - AU

Peek inside The Devil's Cut - first look at new stories by Jock, Scott Snyder, Joëlle Jones and more

Exclusive | Lettered preview pages from DSTLRY's debut anthology

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Rarest Harry Potter Book Ever Published Could Fetch Thousands At Auction

Only 15 copies were produced and they were never offered for sale.

The National (Scotland)

Rare Harry Potter book could 'fetch up to £12k' after surviving devastating blaze

The book is being sold after it survived a devastating blaze.

The Conversation

Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'?

In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife.”

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 female spies in fiction

Women’s role in espionage, largely written by women, leans less on explosions and more on perception, nuance and explorations of sacrifice – though they still kick ass

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How William and Harry's rift has changed the way Kate is raising her children

The Princess of Wales is 'determined to break the cycle'.

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Green Lantern: War Journal will change the way you think about John Stewart

Interview | Phillip Kennedy Johnson is digging deep into the inner life of a Lantern

Marie Claire

The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 is on the horizon - here's everything we know

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The Guardian - UK

Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché review – fun, high-octane sci-fi thriller

Happy memories are weaponised with lethal consequences in the H Is for Hawk author’s stylish co-written techno-thriller

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay and Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue.

The Guardian - UK

O Brother by John Niven review – a blistering memoir of sibling grief

Black humour mingles with vulnerability in the novelist and screenwriter’s moving account of his brother’s life and death

The Independent UK

Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher

Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”

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