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London’s local hero: the floating book-seller of King’s Cross

Meet the man bringing literature lovers a curated corner... canalside

Evening Standard

They Eat Our Sweat - new book exposes daily struggles of transport workers in Lagos

Daniel E. Agbiboa’s book They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria explores the world of drivers of minibuses (danfo) and motorcycles (okada) in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. Agbiboa is assistant professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. His research…

The Conversation

Micro review: 'MayDay! Maritime Disasters that Shook the World' by Beetashok Chatterjee

Veteran sea captain Beetashok Chatterjee is back with his second book titled, 'MayDay! Maritime Disasters that Shook the World'. This book unveils the captivating narratives behind 13 of the most significant civilian maritime disasters that ever happened.

The Times of India

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How Trump may get Cannon booted off case

Trump on Sunday praised Cannon as a "very strong judge" who "loves our country"

Salon

The Essex Serpent author named new chancellor of the University of Essex

Writer and ‘proud Essex girl’ Dr Sarah Perry said she is looking forward to supporting and inspiring students.

The Independent UK

Scott Snyder returns to Dark Spaces with Dungeon a "guttural, stomach churning" new thriller

It's the latest instalment in Snyder and Sherman's horror anthology

GamesRadar

To be or not to be? Discover the new literature unpacking the motherhood dilemma

Post-Roe v Wade, authors are tackling the fraught business of parenthood, says Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Evening Standard

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Juliette by Camille Jourdy review – an exquisite story of love and loss in rural France

This gorgeous graphic novel about a woman escaping the pressures of Paris for her home town, and the complications that follow, is a masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

Fifty Shades writer EL James on why she’s in therapy over self-doubt

‘I have imposter syndrome and knowing I’ve sold 165 million books doesn’t make it easier,’ author said

The Independent UK

The Vatican's next doctrinal guardian defends the book on kissing he wrote as a young priest

Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes

The Independent UK

US District Judge James Zagel, ‘Renaissance man’ who presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials, dies at 82

Longtime U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the former leader of the Illinois State Police who went on to preside over the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the landmark Family Secrets mob trial, and many other of the area’s biggest cases, died Saturday night after a long illness,…

Chicago Tribune

Judge James Zagel, judge in Blagojevich case, dead at 82

The federal judge also was a prosecutor in the Richard Speck case. Zagel died Saturday after a long illness.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sarfraz Manzoor says he will use new role to make Luton ‘cool’

Greetings from Bury Park author announces initiatives to ‘bang drum’ for town as he is named chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire

The Guardian - UK

Britney Spears Shares What People Are Going To Think When They Read Her Book

Britney Spears' memoir The Woman In Me is set to hit shelves, and she knows what people are going to think when they read it.

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‘The real deal’: young UK graphic artist nominated for five ‘comic book Oscars’

Unflinchingly depicting her battles with depression, Zoe Thorogood, a 24-year-old from Bradford, has scooped most nominations for this week’s Eisner Awards

The Guardian - UK

Open Throat by Henry Hoke review – inside the mind of a lion king

A puma narrates this humorous experimental novel about humanity’s relationship with animals and nature

The Independent UK

Fifty Shades writer EL James on why she’s in therapy over self-doubt

‘I have imposter syndrome and knowing I’ve sold 165 million books doesn’t make it easier,’ author said

The Guardian - UK

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner review – playfully surreal dark fable

This uncompromising novel, an acerbic takedown of awards, celebrity and success, is a challenging but rewarding read

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It’s in Milan Kundera’s ambiguities and contradictions that we find his truths

The novelist, who died last week, posed questions on identity that resonate to this day

The Hindu

Life after retirement

Retired at 60, I'm writing 60 stories to sum up my life. I devote time to domestic chores, social commitments, fitness & leisure activities. I'm busy doing things I love, proving the myth that "unless you're busy, you're bored" wrong.

The Hindu

The company we keep

: Characters created by great English writers have a greater impact than the authors themselves. Sherlock Holmes, D'Artagnan, Poirot, Miss Marple, and Beau Tibbs are examples. Uncle Ramu, a relative of the author's grandmother, was a master storyteller who created an impression of a glamorous lifestyle. Later, the author realized…

The Guardian - UK

Colson Whitehead: ‘A city summons you into its weird drama’

The double Pulitzer prize-winning author on writing a sequel to Harlem Shuffle, the influence of Stephen King’s Carrie, and why he no longer makes fried chicken

The Independent UK

Hungary fines book chain for selling British author’s LGBT+ novels

Shop penalised for displaying book in young adult section without special covering

The Independent UK

Whodunnit? More than 100 people trapped in Agatha Christie’s house

Tree blocks single-track road outside Christie’s holdiay home trapping vistors and staff

The Independent UK

Author of children’s picture book with football focus wins praise from Lioness

The book called Sammy Striker And The Football Cup aims to encourage young girls to believe in themselves.

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