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New Book Narrates Successes, Disappointments of the ‘Battle for Change’ in Damascus

Discussing Sami Moubayed’s book “Tramway: The Road to Modernity Passed through Damascus,” which is scheduled for release by Riad El-Rayyes Books in Beirut in early September, Amin Maalouf said that the new book “awakens nostalgia and some hope.” The release represents the sixth collaboration between Moubayed and El-Rayyes Books.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Author Val McDermid claims Agatha Christie’s estate has warned her over ‘Queen of Crime’ title

Scottish crime writer has called correspondence from Christie’s estate ‘astonishingly pitiful’

The Independent UK

Nicholas Goldberg: Remember when we thought George W. Bush was the worst president ever?

Twenty years ago next month, President George W. Bush stood before the United Nations and warned that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a "grave and gathering danger," setting the stage for an invasion six months later based on false premises about super-destructive weapons and purported connections to the 9/11 attacks.

Los Angeles Times

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Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris review – a master writer leads us on a 17th-century manhunt

This rich and riotous novel, following the search for two of the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant, is also an important book for our own historical moment

The Guardian - UK

The book of the affair

Why cheat on someone you love?

Newsroom.co.nz

Appearing on University Challenge was terrifying – now I’m setting the questions

My mixed experiences on quiz programmes taught me that the real joy lies in acquiring knowledge, not showing it off, says writer Lillian Crawford

The Guardian - UK

How J.K. Rowling Became Targeted by Both Progressive Millennials and Christian Conservatives

Perhaps Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has the mark of a great story—everyone can find cause both to love it and to hate it.

Reason

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Dublin schoolgirl stars in new book about her rare skin disease

Maria Maciukas, 7, will start her first day in her new primary school, Scoil Bhride Cailini in Blanchardstown, this Thursday

Dublin Live

Travel for Two: Writer's plantation in Kenya a novel place for a getaway

If ever there was a single place that evokes a sense of romance, it would have to be Bogani, also called Mbogani, author Karen Blixen’s stately home where she lived in a leafy neighborhood just outside of Nairobi near the Ngong Hills.

Tribune News Service

Outlander fans left hanging as Diana Gabaldon hints at end for Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe

The 70-year-old author took to social media to suggest that Sam and Caitriona may not be featured in the prequel.

Daily Record

They named a school after him, and now they’re not sure if students should read his book

DALLAS — You name a new school building after a man or woman, and decades later few remember who that person was. In the case of the late George Dawson of Dallas — he of George Dawson Middle School fame in Southlake’s Carroll ISD — the reason his name is…

Tribune News Service

Scots crime author Val McDermid says covering Lockerbie bombing as journalist left her mentally scarred

The best-selling author says she is still haunted by tragedies including Lockerbie and the Hillsborough disaster, both of which she covered during her time at paper The People.

Daily Record

Best book fair ever

All roads lead to Eureka

Newsroom.co.nz

In brief: Ghosts from the Library; How to Live When You Could Be Dead; Between the Covers – review

‘Lost’ tales of witches from golden age crime writers; the late Deborah James’s irrepressible guide to life; and Jilly Cooper’s old newspaper columns

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The White Rock by Anna Hope review – back to the very beginning

A sacred Mexican rock unites four people over 200 years in Hope’s thoughtful, ambitious fourth novel

Salon

"Sandman," Trump & the American Dream

Yes, the Corinthian is a killer with mouths for eyes, but his methods mirror our former demagogue-in-chief's

The Guardian - UK

Reporter Luke Mogelson: ‘I was surprised by the lunacy of the conspiracy theories in Michigan’

The New Yorker writer whose new book follows the militarised rightwing protests in Michigan that prefigured the Capitol attacks, on extremism and the possibility of civil war

Reason

Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses Enraged the Muslim World

In 1989, Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini called for the author and those involved in the book's publication to be put to death.

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The week in theatre: A Little Life; Medea; Muster Station: Leith; Detention Dialogues

The hurt is all too real in Ivo van Hove’s visceral staging of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller; Liz Lochhead’s Scots Medea burns bright; and audience members abandon sinking Britain in Grid Iron’s latest

The Guardian - UK

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell review – the doomed duchess

The Hamnet author has found her sweet spot in stories of 16th-century women – but this promising narrative isn’t as gripping as it should be

The Independent UK

Smutty novels are blowing up BookTok – but why are their covers so discreet?

Sexually explicit literature is no longer dismissed as ‘filth’, with the TikTok generation embracing erotic fiction like never before. But these books boast some key differences from their historic predecessors, writes Laura Hampson

The National (Scotland)

Whisky galore as archive search hits jackpot and inspires new book

‘THE initial feeling was that what we had found was great, but we assumed it was in print because there was so much interest.” That was how Leon…

The Independent UK

Nicholas Evans: Bestselling novelist who penned The Horse Whisperer

The book made the author millions and secured him loyal fans around the world

Daily Mirror

JK Rowling breaks silence on Harry Potter reunion and year-long Twitter break amid fallout

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has lifted the lid on why she never appeared in the franchise's 20-year reunion special as she breaks her silence after taking a year off Twitter amid severe backlash

Salon

John Waters talks Biden on "Real Time"

"I love Joe Biden," Waters said. "He's a Catholic for abortion and gay marriage. So what if he's senile?"

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