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Is a Life Lived through Art Really Lived at All?

The questions posed in Patrick deWitt’s The Librarianist feel personal and existential

The Walrus

Scottish author named on Booker Prize longlist

SCOTTISH author Martin MacInnes has been named on the Booker Prize longlist for 2023.

The National (Scotland)

Booker Prize 2023: Longlist announced with 10 first-time nominees and a new record for Irish authors

Prestigious literature prize reveals 13 nominees for 2023 competition

The Independent UK

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Booker prize reveals ‘original and thrilling’ 2023 longlist

Previously nominated authors Sebastian Barry, Tan Twan Eng and Paul Murray join 13-strong field including four debuts

The Guardian - UK

Irish writers, debuts – and groundbreaking sci-fi: the Booker longlist in depth

The personal meets the political in a list that includes dystopia and SF as well as little-known debuts

The Guardian - UK

'Books are my first love': New owner takes over city's last independent book store

Kathy Sloss has bought the Beaumont Street institution from long-time owners Amanda and Max Shirley.

Newcastle Herald

Behold, the optical illusion book we never know we needed

It looks gorgeous.

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Scottish book festival unveils line-up for 25th anniversary

SCOTLAND’S “national book town” has unveiled its full line-up for its annual book festival, which is returning for the 25th year ...

The National (Scotland)

Arthur children’s book faces ban in Florida after parent activist claims it will ‘damage souls’

Conservative activist took issue with book’s inclusion of ‘Spin the Bottle’ game

The Independent UK

King Charles Still Hasn’t Read ‘Spare,’ as It’s “So Hurtful” for Him

As the King plans to head to Balmoral for the royal family’s traditional end-of-summer getaway, will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle join him?

Marie Claire

A Perfect Story cast: who's who in the Spanish romantic comedy

A Perfect Story cast — who's who in the Spanish romance series.

WhatToWatch

Wolf cast: who's who in the thriller series

Wolf is a chilling new series on BBC One. Here's everything you need to know about the cast.

WhatToWatch

Short story collection by Pedro Almodóvar to be published next year

An English translation of 12 stories, which the Spanish film director calls his ‘fragmentary autobiography’, will come out next September

The Guardian - UK

Best school shoes to step into the new academic year

Look smart, feel smart

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Book Review: True crime meets history in Sara DiVello's 1920s murder mystery 'Broadway Butterfly'

The unsolved murder of the beautiful Dot King captivated New York

The Guardian - AU

Tim review – a frustratingly outdated story of a disabled man who falls in love

Ben Goss gives a generous performance as the titular character but despite some tweaks to Colleen McCullough’s 50-year-old story, it still feels behind the times

The Conversation

Kole Omotoso, the Nigerian writer, scholar and actor who inspired a continent

Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, better known as Kole Omotoso, the Nigerian novelist, playwright, journalist, scholar and actor, died on 19 July 2023. His son Akin Omotoso, a filmmaker, announced the death of the writer on Instagram.

The Independent UK

Book Review: Richard E. Grant’s emotional roller coaster memoir, 'A Pocketful of Happiness'

In his memoir, “A Pocketful of Happiness,” Swazi-British actor Richard E

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The Independent UK

Melanin Magic: London bookstore opens to create ‘safe space’ for black children

Founder Kelly-Jade Nicholls wanted to create a ‘fun’ place that allows ‘black children to be children’.

Chicago Sun-Times

New Illinois laws affecting schools throughout the state, including cover book bans, bullying and more

A roundup of the new Illinois rules and resources that were made into law for the 2023-2024 school year.

Radio France Internationale

Riverside booksellers in Paris refuse to clear out for Olympics

The open-air booksellers who line the Seine in Paris are refusing to be moved, despite concerns from French authorities over security for the opening of the Olympic Games on the River Seine.

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow had two alleged accomplices in her children’s murders. One will never face justice

Alex Cox can never be brought to justice as he dropped dead as the net closed in on the doomsday cult killings. So was he an equal co-conspirator or was he – as he feared – Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell’s ‘fall guy’? Rachel Sharp reports

The Guardian - UK

Capote’s Women by Laurence Leamer review – super creeps in haute couture

A rehash of Truman Capote’s fallout with a coven of Manhattan socialites lacks their style and his imagination

The Guardian - UK

Why I could not tell my story of domestic abuse in my book – or put my name to this piece

It feels like a Greek myth: to wait a lifetime to speak out, only to find you are cursed with eternal silence, says an anonymous author

Newsroom.co.nz

Death of an author who sued Helen Clark for $50,000

A tribute to ex-con, ex-author, bullshit artist and sensitive bohemian John Yelash (1935-2023)

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