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Not so much has been written about Bengal— except some things in Bangla: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on writing 'Independence'

The Times of India

Prince Harry will attend coronation alone, says insider, with Meghan 'refusing to face music'

Former royal butler says King has 'retained moral high ground' by inviting couple

Nottingham Post

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry and Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks.

The Independent UK

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Review: 'Birnam Wood,' by Eleanor Catton

FICTION: A group of eco-guerrillas encounter a mysterious billionaire in this pre-pandemic literary thriller.

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Jennifer Egan talks about craft, the future and ‘The Candy House’

Jennifer Egan always knew she’d return to the characters in her acclaimed 2011 novel “A Visit From the Goon Squad.”

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Excerpt: 'Wild Things,' by Lynette Reini-Grandell

"Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story" by Lynette Reini-Grandell; Minnesota Historical Society Press (319 pages, $29.95)

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Larry McMurtry auction to include 14 typewriters, animal skulls, his personal book copies

DALLAS — It’s an auction of just about 400 of legendary Texas author Larry McMurtry’s personal belongings from Archer City and it promises to be no ordinary estate sale.

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When will Gillian Flynn write the next ‘Gone Girl’? Later. She’s a publisher now

CHICAGO — Margot Douaihy reached Chicago's Lincoln Park in a roundabout way. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She came from a religious family and a long line of clergy. She went to Catholic school, but as she got older, Douaihy felt distanced from the church. She was queer and…

Chicago Tribune

Review: 'The Nature Book,' by Tom Comitta

FICTION: Tom Comitta weaves canonical descriptions of the natural world into a rich, sweeping fictional narrative — lyrically vast and uniquely thrilling.

Tribune News Service

Adriana E. Ramírez: The extraordinary life of America's, and Pittsburgh's, Agatha Christie

PITTSBURGH — It's not always easy to pinpoint the origin of a cliché, but many of them come from literary fiction. In particular, what we call "genre fiction" — mysteries, crime thrillers and whodunits — has contributed so many of the common phrases in our lexicon.

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Review: 'Dinner Party,' by Sarah Gilmartin

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Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery review – inside Warhol’s Factory

Exploring female friendship, fame and identity, this coming-of-age tale follows two young women in 1960s New York

The Guardian - UK

Sensitivity readers: what publishing’s most polarising role is really about

The Roald Dahl alterations thrust sensitivity readers to the foreground, but the profession is nothing new

The Guardian - UK

The Marriage Question by Clare Carlisle review – the lives and loves of George Eliot

A philosopher examines the meaning of relationships in the great novelist’s life and books

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Many UK primary schoolchildren ‘drastically’ missing out on poetry

Research in January by Macmillan and CLPE found limited books and lack of teacher support means majority study or hear poetry less than once a week

The Times of India

AutHer Awards 2023 Shortlist announced

The AutHer Awards 2023 Shortlists for best women authors in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children’s Literature, and Debut were announced today by a panel of eminent judges. The Times of India received a whopping 2000 plus entries submitted by both publishers and individual authors for the coveted award, the first of its…

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Polish activist convicted over abortion pills, Oprah's 100th book club pick, and energy prices to surge — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed.

The Guardian - US

Trump says the Queen, Diana and Oprah Winfrey ‘kissed my ass’ in letters

Former president promotes book of correspondence with mournful claim that ‘only half’ of those included still like him

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The Independent UK

Author picks up young writer prize for novel about legacy of male violence

Previous winners of the award, which comes with a £10,000 prize, include Normal People author Sally Rooney and Surge poet Jay Bernard.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oprah Winfrey announces 100th pick for her book club

On Tuesday, Winfrey announced that she had chosen Ann Napolitano’s “Hello Beautiful,” a modern-day homage to “Little Women” from the author of the bestselling “Dear Edward.”

The Conversation

Why Old Norse myths endure in popular culture

From Wagner to William Morris in the late 19th century, via Tolkien’s dwarves and CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, through to last year’s controversial film The Northman, Scandinavian gods and heroes have been central to the stories we tell ourselves.

Newsroom.co.nz

Literature's woke psychosis

An essay lamenting identity politics and conformist morality in contemporary writing

Reason

Latest Journal of Free Speech Law Article Published 2 Months After It Was Submitted

One goal of our peer-reviewed Journal of Free Speech Law is to be able to publish quickly, when the author so prefers. We haven't always been as quick as we'd have liked, but it seems like we now have the proper staffing and procedures to be quite good about it.…

Evening Standard

The intimate London exhibition paying homage to a legendary lesbian nightclub

Zara Toppin’s latest work takes inspiration from 1930s Paris nightclub, Le Monocle

The Guardian - UK

John Bramble obituary

Other Lives: Oxford University lecturer who took an unconventional approach to the teaching of Latin literature

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