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Author and wartime spy trainer Noreen Riols made MBE in New Year Honours

She published her memoir, The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish: My Life in Churchill’s School for Spies, in 2013.

The Independent UK

British journalist sued by Abramovich over Putin claims made MBE

Catherine Belton, author of Putin’s People, has urged the Government to introduce an anti-Slapp law to protect journalist reporting on the super rich.

The Independent UK

Criminal Procedure Casebooks and Generational Change

Thoughts on revising a classic Crim Pro casebook.

Reason

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Last Sherlock Holmes work among 2023 public domain books, movies, music

The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whipsmart detective will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan. 1 include Conan Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes work.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kate Middleton 'left in tears' after Prince William 'changed New Year plans', book says

According to a book Kate was left in tears fearing for the future of her relationship with Prince William.

Nottingham Post

2023 public domain debuts include last Sherlock Holmes work

Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: These historic works are coming free from copyright. Why did it take so long?

It's well understood that Sherlock Holmes dispatched his great nemesis, Professor Moriarty, to his death in the 1893 story "The Final Problem," but not until this New Year's Day does the fictional detective shed the shackles that have bound him to an even longer-lived nemesis: the complexities of copyright law.

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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

The Penguin Book of French Short Stories; Idol, Burning by Rin Usami; Mr Ma and Son by Lao She; A Silence Shared by Lalla Romano

The Guardian - UK

Walter Scott descendent wades into 'racism' row with UK university

A DESCENDENT of legendary Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott has blasted academics at a UK university for warning students against…

The National (Scotland)

After Prince Harry, is Meghan Markle also writing a memoir?

After Meghan and Harry's explosive interviews about their life as senior Royals in the UK and Prince Harry's much-awaited memoir 'Spare', which releasing in January 2023, buzz is that Meghan might also write a tell-all memoir.

The Times of India

Matt Hancock's Covid book flops as sales plummet

Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle Against Covid was released in time for Christmas

Wales Online

Dining across the divide: ‘She sees my generation as not being grateful enough for what we have’

They both vote Labour and agree on Brexit – but what about freedom of speech and cancel culture?

The Guardian - UK

A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley review – madams and murder

This tale of brothel workers in gold rush America lacks mystery and risk

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: In Ukraine, as in other wars, the full history will take years to tell and it will be told by women

Stories of war — the ones we tell the loudest — are often about men. But for the true cost of war to be clear, we must do a better job of telling, and hearing, the stories of women — ordinarily civilians.

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Glasgow Live

Award-winning Glasgow crime writer to appear at book event in the city

Author Alan Parks will be attending the Bookface Sip & Swap event in January where he'll be discussing his award-winning book - May God Forgive - with journalist Maggie Barry.

Daily Mirror

Michelle Obama 'couldn't stand' Barack when kids were young as she admits marriage issues

Former attorney and author Michelle Obama has revealed that she and husband Barack struggled while they were both trying to 'advance their careers' which led to her not being able to 'stand' her husband for over a decade

The Guardian - UK

The New Life by Tom Crewe review – desire on trial

Inspired by the fight to change the law and social mores in Victorian England, this excellent debut dramatises physical intensity and moral dilemmas

The Independent UK

‘Brave’ and ‘necessary’ or just plain regressive? How sad girls with bad boyfriends took over the internet

Every few weeks a different confessional essay goes viral, each one underpinned by gender essentialism and regressive ideas about relationships. Eloise Hendy unpacks the tropes that are rapidly becoming eerily influential

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Salon

The year we were done with Kanye West

Why did people put up with the hip-hop icon's anti-Blackness, misogyny and antisemitic "free thinking" for so long?

The Canberra Times

Canberra's favourite library books for 2022

Australian authors are very popular among Canberrans.

Salon

Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

I went to New York to perform this final ritual for my father, unable to move fearlessly as I once did

Evening Standard

Gravestone-encircled ‘Hardy Tree’ tree falls in Camden

The historic churchyard tree is known for its links to writer Thomas Hardy

Belfast Live

Lisburn shop offering free lunches to children until schools restart

The Woodbrook Avenue Vivo store is offering lunches to help out families during the Christmas holidays

Belfast Live

Belfast author to showcase debut novel at "greatest literature event in the world"

Elaine Canning is attending the Jaipur Literature Festival in India to showcase her book The Sandstone City

The Independent UK

Belfast writer to showcase debut novel at Jaipur Literature Festival in India

Elaine Canning is the author of The Sandstone City.

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