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Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld review – lights, camera, attraction

The US author’s zingy new novel tackles celebrity, lockdown and frustrated love lives with ambition and panache

The Guardian - UK

Prince Andrew 'fully supports' Sarah Ferguson ahead of major career move

Sarah, Duchess of York, is in talks to turn her novels into a major television drama and admits her former husband, Prince Andrew describes her work as "fabulous"

Daily Mirror

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‘I seem to have escaped that particular whipping’: Ian McEwan on sensitivity readers, Succession, and his next novel

As he prepares for a special performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Booker Prize-winning novelist talks to Kevin E G Perry about his love of classical music, the trouble with the monarchy, and why he’s more concerned about Putin than edits to Roald Dahl

The Independent UK

Márquez overtakes Cervantes as most translated Spanish-language writer

Author of One Hundred Years of Solitude tops list of those most translated into 10 languages this century ahead of Don Quixote creator

The Guardian - UK

DeSantis team welcomes contrast with Trump 'chaos' candidacy

Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are gaining confidence in his White House prospects as former President Donald Trump’s legal woes mount

The Independent UK

Lucky Hank episode 2 recap: Hank gets an unwelcome visitor

In Lucky Hank episode 2, someone from Hank's past arrives at Railton and gets on Hank's nerves. Plus, Gracie and Rourke get petty.

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William and Kate want 'as normal as possible' childhood for George, Charlotte and Louis

The Prince and Princess of Wales have been described as modern parents but an expert says their children's upbringing does not reflect the life of everyday people

Wales Online

Bill Zehme, master of the celebrity profile, journalism’s ‘bastard stepchild,’ dies at 64

Chicago author Bill Zehme had a genius for writing celebrity profiles and making friends. He wrote biographies of Frank Sinatra, Andy Kaufman and Jay Leno.

Chicago Sun-Times

Agatha Christie novels being rewritten due to 'modern sensitivities'

Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters no longer used the N-word, the term ‘Oriental’ or 'native' in the Queen of Crime's mysteries

Wales Online

Book fair returns to Queen Sirikit Center

The 51st National Book Fair & 21st Bangkok International Book Fair 2023 will feature a diverse selection of books at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center's Hall 5-7, Ratchadaphisek Road, from Thursday to April 9.

Bangkok Post

Great Expectations review: Even with the infusion of sex and violence, it’s hard to feel excited about this new take on Dickens

The desire to sex up Victoriana is predictable and lazy, and demonstrates an odd lack of imagination

The Independent UK

Education expert John Hattie's new book draws on more than 130,000 studies to find out what helps students learn

In 2008, I published my book Visible Learning, which aimed to explain what works best to help student learning. At the time, others claimed it was the world’s largest evidence-based study into the factors that improve learning.

The Conversation

Strictly judge Shirley Ballas becomes author as she pens sexy murder mystery novel

Shirley Ballas, who has been Strictly Come Dancing head judge since 2017, says her debut novel Murder on the Dance Floor blends "sex, lies and intrigue"

Daily Mirror

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Porn and the middle classes

The explosive opening chapter of a new novel

Marie Claire

After the Success of ‘Spare,’ Prince Andrew Is Apparently Considering Writing His Own Memoir

It’s being colloquially dubbed “Spare 2.0.”

The Guardian - UK

In brief: The Wakes; Humanly Possible; A Tidy Ending – reviews

A wittily poignant tale of friendship, death and unexpected joy; an impressively wide-ranging history of humanism; and a darkly comic crime novel

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have passages edited by sensitivity readers for latest HarperCollins editions

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Daisy Jones & The Six fans in tears as author reveals heartbreaking alternative ending

The TV adaptation of Daisy Jones & The Six came to an end on Amazon Prime on Friday, but the books author Taylor Jenkins Reid has shared a never-before-scene extract from the book and revealed the story's original heartbreaking ending

The Guardian - UK

Deep Down by Imogen West-Knights – fluid and skilful debut about domestic abuse

The effect on two siblings of their violent father’s death is told with sharp wit and vivid shifts in time in this accomplished first novel

Salon

Paris Hilton: "They stole my childhood"

On "Salon Talks," the original influencer opens up about motherhood, her deepest traumas and her ADHD "superpower"

The Independent UK

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Guardian - UK

Stretching his 15 minutes of fame: why Andy Warhol still has the power to inspire

The array of new exhibitions, plays and books shows the maverick artist has struck a chord with the digital generation

The Guardian - UK

Reach for the Stars by Michael Cragg review – hot gossip from pop’s golden age

In this hoot of an oral history the stars of 90s chart acts recall how their innocence collided with a cynical music industry

Glasgow Live

A 97-year-old Glasgow author believes writing helped her cope with loneliness

Nancy Barr, 97, wrote a book about her and her mother's life in Glasgow after she was gifted a laptop in 2011. Readers can experience decades of the city's history through a first-person perspective.

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