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Penguin axes legendary publisher

New Zealand's literary community responds to the shock dismissals at Penguin Random House

Newsroom.co.nz

Rosemary Hobsbaum obituary

Other lives: English teacher who also enjoyed her role as a student guidance counsellor

The Guardian - UK

Squid Game gets real and Sex Education comes to a bittersweet end: autumn 2023’s top TV

The return of Frasier! An explosive doc about the heyday of the 90s supermodels! Wagatha Christie! Brace for loads of incredible television

The Guardian - UK

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‘It’s a zeitgeist-capturer’: climate crisis and trans rights are talk of Edinburgh festival

Walkout by authors over fossil fuel links plus controversies about identity, racism and sexism are hot topics at politically charged event

The Guardian - UK

Indian writer says Amazon Prime series character seems to be based on her

Yashica Dutt accuses makers of Made in Heaven of failing to acknowledge her contribution to story of bride from low caste

The Guardian - UK

Geri Halliwell recalls learning her father died while studying Hamlet: ‘It woke me up to my own mortality’

Singer’s father Laurence died in 1993, one year before she joined the Spice Girls

The Independent UK

O Brother by John Niven review – a searing study of siblings who go separate ways

The novelist brings skill and hard-won wisdom to a meditation on the contrast between his life and his brother’s struggles and early death

The Guardian - UK

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Meet The Winter King cast: who's who in the Arthurian historical TV show

The Winter King cast — here's everyone who's in the new Bernard Cornwell adaptation hitting the small screen.

WhatToWatch

The Guinness heir who became the ‘saviour’ of traditional Irish songs

Arts patron Garech Browne is the subject of a new book that hails him as a cultural rescuer who helped preserve Ireland’s folk tunes and poems

The Guardian - UK

The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright review – a supple, spellbinding scrutiny of familial relationships

A dead poet’s daughter and granddaughter must come to terms with his troubling legacy in the Booker winner’s bravura new novel about language and connection

The Guardian - UK

Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché review – an enjoyable homage to The X-Files

An idea born of lockdown conversations over Zoom, Macdonald and Blaché’s intriguing sci-fi is infused with their own cultural nostalgia

The Guardian - UK

Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so

Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it

The Independent UK

The Royal Family Was Looking for a “Particular Kind of Girl” When It Came to Finding Prince Charles a Wife, Author Says

One Diana Spencer fit the bill perfectly.

Marie Claire

7 Novels Centering On Queer Characters I Loved, And 8 I Want To Read Next

Red, White and Royal Blue is one of the great LGBTQ+ books that I have read, and here are some others.

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The Hindu

Love for books

Reading is key to education success; I learned this when I was 9 and met a boy at the bus stop who asked if I read story books. We discovered authors like Enid Blyton, W.E. Jones, Anthony Buckeridge, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.K. Narayan, and P.G. Wodehouse. Reading these books helped…

The Hindu

In an antique bookshop

Visiting an antique bookshop in London was rewarding. Ammu and the narrator found rare books and manuscripts from the 16th and 17th centuries. Sarah, the shopkeeper, showed them a copy of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from 1602. They left with a musty, rustic aroma and Ammu's freshness.

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Coe: ‘People say, where’s the anger? It’s still there’

The acclaimed author on writing his most personal novel to date, finding inspiration on Twitter, and why he was horrified by Granta’s list of the best young British writers

Salon

The books in "Red, White & Royal Blue"

The movie was adapted from a rom-com novel, and the choice in vacation reading material is thoughtfully appropriate

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The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2023 week two roundup: to the stars – via Essex

A dazzling drama about women slipping the surly bonds of male-dominated Nasa joins Essex poetry, New York silliness and Lorna Rose Treen’s laugh-fest as second-week treats

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Ruben Östlund’s cultural highlights

The two-time Palme d’Or-winning director on a fanastic Danish fiction trilogy, his favourite new Italian city, and the genius of the Oppenheimer soundtrack

The Times of India

Juggi Bhasin explores world of powerful individuals in new novel

Author Juggi Bhasin explores the world of powerful individuals, their strength and weaknesses in terms of ambition and love among other aspects in his new novel "Those Who Wait". Bhasin, who has written books like "The Terrorist", "The Avenger" and "Bollywood Deception", says the "massive changes taking place over the…

The Independent UK

A mushroom cook and her killer family lunch that left three dead: The mysterious case gripping Australia

A bizarre case has enthralled people all across the globe – involving mushroom poisoning, a series of deaths, a tearful interview and now reports of a past mystery illness. Tara Cobham and Bevan Hurley report

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like comfort eating’: why readers are hungry for Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover’s novels took the top six places on last year’s New York Times bestseller list, while in the UK she rivals Richard Osman as the biggest author in recent times. How has she done it?

Tom’s Guide

Reacher season 2: Everything we know so far

What to know about Reacher season 2, including potential release date, cast and plot

The Independent UK

No death penalty for a Utah mom accused of killing her husband, then writing a kid book about death

Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a Utah mother who's accused of killing her husband, then writing a children's book about coping with grief

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