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La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman audiobook review – the gripping prequel to His Dark Materials

Michael Sheen gives a richly textured performance as he brings Lyra Belacqua’s magical world to life

The Guardian - UK

Vogue Williams says opportunity to write first kids' book is 'so exciting' ahead of release

Vogue's new book Jump For The Stars is available to buy this week and the mum-of-three told how reading is a huge hobby in her home with her family

Dublin Live

Northumberland author wins Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction 2022

Jacqueline Auld impressed the judges with her submission The Children of Gaia and has won a £2,500 cash prize to support her work

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Downstate wisdom doesn’t wash

You can’t be anti-choice and pretend you value freedom.

Chicago Sun-Times

This week's best-selling books

This 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

Lanarkshire novelist lands number one best seller on Amazon

Sophie Gravia's newest book 'What Happens in Dubai' follows on from her first hit novel 'A Glasgow Kiss'

Daily Record

‘A masterpiece’: why Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book is as relevant as ever at 50

She might be better known as the creator of the Moomins but the Finnish author’s tender hymn to nature and tolerance is as relevant today as it was a half-century ago

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Vogue Williams shares excitement after publishing first children's book

'It’s like something I never thought I would be able to do'

Irish Mirror

Some "Classified" Events

Some upcoming events, plus a new review and a podcast.

Reason

‘All these beautiful stars!’: Trent Dalton and acting royalty bring Boy Swallows Universe to the screen

After Boy Swallows Universe broke records , and became a hit stage production last year, Netflix has announced cast and production is now underway in Brisbane

The New Daily

Paisley greats including Paolo Nutini to feature in free colouring book available at Spree Festival

A limited run of 2,000 copies will be up for grabs.

Daily Record

Christmas 2022: Longleat Festival of Light set to return this year featuring Roald Dahl extravaganza

It returns in November after a two-year absence

Bristol Post

Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises by AN Wilson review – a poignant memoir

The controversialist is in a reflective mood as he examines his parents’ troubled relationship and the failures of his first marriage

The Guardian - UK

The White Rock by Anna Hope review – Mexican gods, looters and miracles

In this deeply satisfying novel, a sacred rock provides the fulcrum for four loosely connected stories exploring ancient ritual and healing

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

The writers retelling Libya’s history through a feminist lens

How Libya’s women novelists are reframing the country’s stories in a post-Gaddafi era.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling says new novel ‘genuinely wasn’t’ inspired by backlash to her comments on the trans community

‘The first draft of the book was finished at the point certain things happened’

Pedestrian.tv

Litty Committee: Spring Is Officially Here & So Are These Blooming Brilliant Books

Virgos, time to update your birthday wishlist.

WEKU

J.K. Rowling's new book, about a transphobe who faces wrath online, raises eyebrows

In The Ink Black Heart, a popular cartoonist is harassed and killed after her work is criticized as transphobic. Observers say the plot mirrors Rowling's experience, though she calls it a coincidence.

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Newsroom.co.nz

Book of the Week: Speed, LSD and other thrills

Philip Matthews on a reissued stoner classic

Inverse

'White Noise' review: Noah Baumbach’s apocalyptic new movie is the most American film ever made

'White Noise,' Noah Baumbach’s black comedy about an "airborne toxic event," has plenty to say about death, family, and our addiction to spectacle.

Bangkok Post

Amazon to unveil its $1bn bet with 'Lord of the Rings' prequel launch

LOS ANGELES - Stanley Kubrick once famously said that J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of novels was unfilmable.

Mic

Did J.K. Rowling write a 1,000+ page book because Twitter hurt her feelings?

The egregiously long book is about a transphobic animator who gets murdered after creating a story about a hermaphroditic worm.

The Guardian - UK

White Noise review – Don DeLillo adaptation is a blackly comic blast

DeLillo’s novel of campus larks and eco dread has long been ogled by Hollywood. Now it gets an elegant, droll treatment from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in August

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of After The Lights Go Out by John Vercher and The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves.

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