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Salman Rushdie: writers gather in New York to read author’s works in solidarity

Event organized by Pen America champions freedom to write after novelist survived assassination attempt last week

The Guardian - US

Who is Sam Harris and why did his Trump comments cause such a stir?

This isn’t the first time Mr Harris made a bunch of people mad, and it won’t likely be the last

The Independent UK

A Confederacy of Dunces audiobook review – Reginald D. Hunter narrates a comedy classic

The comedian rises to the challenge of bringing John Kennedy Toole’s motley cast of misfits to life

The Guardian - UK

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

On Java Road by Lawrence Osborne; Meantime by Frankie Boyle; Alias Emma by Ava Glass; The Change by Kirsten Miller; Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

The Guardian - UK

Karen Joy Fowler: ‘I resolved to stop pretending I’d read books I hadn’t, like Moby Dick’

The Booker-nominated author on discovering Jane Austen, taking a crash course in Moby-Dick and falling for fairytales

The Guardian - UK

What if Yes won in 2014? This crime thriller trilogy imagines it did

A SCOTS author has had a series of crime thriller novels set in an independent Scotland published.

The National (Scotland)

The Australian’s buried scoop on Morrison raises the question: who knew what, when?

Oz journalists criticised for sitting on dynamite revelations of grab for power for two years. Plus: journalism’s gender gap

The Guardian - AU

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My mother "taught me an eating disorder"

Ex-Nickelodeon star turned No. 1 bestselling author talks to Salon about abuse, OCD and why "I'm Glad My Mom Died"

Salon

Fox freaks after Bible banned in schools

Fox pundits argue only books with gay and transgender themes should be targeted

Salon

'The funniest thing I'd ever read': The joy Diary of a Wombat celebrated on a coin

The honour comes as the much-loved children's book celebrates its 20th anniversary

The Canberra Times

Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie last week, pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assault charges.

Al Jazeera

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

Tribune News Service

David McCullough obituary

Bestselling historian who put the lives and experience of the people who built the US at the heart of his work

The Guardian - UK

Marlo by Jay Carmichael review – a poetic gay love story set in Melbourne’s punitive past

It may not reach the peaks of his debut Ironback, but Carmichael’s 1950s-set story of two men – one white, one Indigenous – breathes life into a forgotten history

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Evening Standard

Man accused of Sir Salman Rushdie attack pleads not guilty

The man accused of stabbing novelist Sir Salman Rushdie last week in New York pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges on Thursday.

Newsroom.co.nz

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

Evening Standard

Sir Salman Rushdie attack: Sales of The Satanic Verses surge

Sales of Sir Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses have rocketed back onto the best-seller lists after he was attacked on stage in the US.

Daily Mirror

Best wild swimming spots in Croatia and Slovenia from waterfalls to shimmering lakes

The best-selling Wild Swimming series has released its latest edition, which focuses on Croatian and Slovenian swimming spots, such as Lake Bled, Lake Bohinj and Kokra Valley

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The Independent UK

Rushdie's attacker indicted, expected to appear in court

A grand jury has indicted the man who stabbed Salman Rushdie as the author prepared to give a talk in western New York

Zenger

Men More Likely Than Women To Buy Books For Kids

Half of parents said they purchase books for their child once or a few times a month.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling: Harry Potter author’s argument with Joanne Harris over trans views explained

Rowling has accused the ‘Chocolat’ author of failing to defend her due to her views on transgender people

The Guardian - UK

Look! We Have Come Through! by Lara Feigel review – in lockdown with DH Lawrence

Feigel gives a candid account of how reading Lawrence made her confront difficult questions about who she is and what she believes

Financial Times

It’s time to turn the page on your TV snobbery

Most novels are not high art. And some TV may prove more serious and delightful

Reason

The Failed Campaign To Kill To Kill a Mockingbird

Recent moves to censor the book have come from Virginia, Mississippi, and California.

The Independent UK

Spook’s fantasy series author Joseph Delaney dies aged 77

The writer’s family said he had been a ‘wonderful dad and a deeply caring man’.

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