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Sir Michael Morpurgo remembers the Queen as ‘heart and soul of who we are’

The author was knighted in 2017 and this year released a book to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Independent UK

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Malarkoi by Alex Pheby; Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley; The Coral Bones by EJ Swift; Expect Me Tomorrow by Christopher Priest; and The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle

The Guardian - UK

New book to focus on Trump probes

The book examines Trump's conduct "through the eyes of veteran prosecutors seeking to enforce legal norms."

Axios

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Rising to the Surface by Lenny Henry review – the breakthrough years

In the second instalment of his memoir, the comedian reflects the fame and frustration that came with hitting the big time

The Guardian - UK

'The Little Prince in Old Age' Has Been Released in English

The English version of “The Little Prince in Old Age” by author and artist Nabil Abu Hamad was released in collaboration with Cygnus Publishing, London. The book includes 77 pages, and features watercolor drawings inspired by the text. The story of the book revolves around “The Little Prince”, the famous…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Treated as guinea pigs': Law firm launches women's health book

The free e-book covers abortion, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, surgery, ageing, pain, sexual and other violence, mental health and aged care.

Newcastle Herald

In book, ex-US prosecutor from NY derides Trump-era meddling

In a new book, the man who was U.S. attorney in Manhattan during over half of Donald Trump's presidency says he was repeatedly pressured by Justice Department officials to use his office to aid them politically

The Independent UK

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Dinesh D’Souza ‘2,000 Mules’ book removed from shelves, contains potentially ‘libelous’ claims

‘It sounds like a bunch of lies committed to paper. And there are legal consequences for doing that,’ an attorney said in response to D’Souza’s claims

The Independent UK

Harry Potter star brings Beyond the Wand book tour to Edinburgh in October

Harry Potter star Tom Felton, who played bad boy Draco Malfoy in the successful film franchise, will be bringing his Beyond The Wand book tour to Edinburgh in the autumn.

Edinburgh Live

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 3, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

Tribune News Service

Wildflowers by Peggy Frew review – a profound portrait of addiction, family and sisterhood

The Miles Franklin-shortlisted author dissects the love and disappointment of family in a story of three sisters, broken in different ways

The Guardian - AU

The Sandman: a masterclass in unfaithful adaptation

Whether it’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Call the Midwife or, more recently, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, most of us will have enjoyed a book-to-TV adaptation. In the process, we might also have had to endure a family member or friend smugly informing us that what we’re watching is, in fact, “nothing…

The Conversation

This week's best-selling books

The week's biggest-selling New Zealand books, as recorded by the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list and described by Steve Braunias

Newsroom.co.nz

Robert Galbraith: Why JK Rowling chose her pen name

The Harry Potter author chose to go undercover to release her crime series, the Cormoran Strike novels

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Television Q&A: What has David Duchovny been up to in recent years?

You have questions. I have some answers.

The Guardian - UK

Lord Ashcroft and Sun political editor to publish Liz Truss biographies

The peer, known for 2015’s Call Me Dave, promises an ‘open-minded’ study of the new PM’s first year in power, while Out of the Blue by Harry Cole and James Heale is slated for 8 December

Los Angeles Times

Peter Straub, influential horror author and Stephen King collaborator, dies at 79

Horror writer Peter Straub, who cemented his place in the genre with works including “Ghost Story,” “The Talisman” and “A Dark Matter,” has died. He was 79. Straub’s son, Benjamin, told the Los Angeles Times he died “surrounded by love ones” in Manhattan on Sunday from complications due to a…

Evening Standard

Autumn reads — the best new books for 2022

Clear a physical space in your house and a mental space in your head for this season’s biggest-hitting new releases, says our resident expert bookworm Francesca Brown

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The Independent UK

Ex-chancellor Merkel's memoirs to be published in 2024

Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany for 16 years, will release her political memoirs in 2024

Evening Standard

Why JK Rowling uses Robert Galbraith pseudonym for Cormoran Strike series

As the sixth instalment of the book series is released, JK Rowling explains why she used a pen name

The Guardian - UK

Undercurrent by Barney Norris review – a fine study of fate v free will

A man’s encounter with the woman whose life he saved triggers this heartfelt tale of a search for home and meaning

The Guardian - AU

Queensland Literary awards: winners list reflects ‘a moment of change for the nation’

Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Chelsea Watego, Claire G. Coleman and Quentin Beresford among those recognised by the judges

Evening Standard

How my life got quite a lot better when I went back to an old school Nokia

When Jimi Famurewa really needed to focus on his book deadline, he realised he needed to banish the smartphone and go back in time to something a whole lot... dumber

The Guardian - AU

Babel: the BookTok sensation that melds dark academia with a post-colonial critique

Set at Oxford in the 1800s, Rebecca F Kuang’s new novel is a magic-infused allegory for structural oppression – and social media can’t get enough of it

Los Angeles Times

With libraries under threat, Literarian Award goes to Watts-raised super-librarian Tracie D. Hall

LOS ANGELES -- Tracie D. Hall has spent most of her professional life working in service to others: as a curator, a librarian, an advocate for digital literacy and equitable access — and currently as the executive director of the American Library Association.

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