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An unexpected friendship: A lighthouse across the years

Writer Kao Kalia Yang reflects on her friendship with an older couple who has guided her life – and her career.

Al Jazeera

Hunter mum's toolkit for girls starting high school

Local woman releases book that is a "silent friend" sharing the tips girls - and their mums - wished they'd known before they started high school.

Newcastle Herald

Hidden books in NSW town Braidwood taking kids on literary treasure hunts to encourage reading

Literary treasure hunts are giving children both the thrill of finding a book and the benefits of reading.

ABC News

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Is there a 'right to disobey’? From the Vietnam War to today's climate protests

One of the first moves of the newly elected Whitlam Labour government in December 1972 was to free seven men imprisoned for their beliefs. Their crime had been refusal to comply with the National Service Act, a so-called “lottery of death” that sent some 15,300 young Australians to fight in…

The Conversation

3 NGOs Suspend Work in Afghanistan after Taliban Bar Women

Three big international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programs in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban-run administration's order to stop female employees from working. The administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to send female staff home…

Asharq Al-Awsat

He gave me a battered copy of a book I already owned, and I felt I’d come home – the Christmas present I’ll never forget

Afters years of expectation, hope and disappointment, all it took was one simple, heartfelt gift to show me he was the one

The Guardian - UK

Eastern Flight 401 introduced new safety measures — and books, movies and ghost stories

Eastern Airlines Flight 401 left a mark on the aviation industry — and permanent scars for survivors and loved ones of those who died in the crash.

Miami Herald

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Who is Charlie Mackesy, author of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse?

Charlie Mackesy is a British artist, illustrator and author

Wales Online

Kate and Greg Mosse look back: ‘The shirt I’m wearing has since been made illegal’

Writers Kate and Greg Mosse on how a brief encounter on a train changed their lives

The Guardian - UK

Can you outwit Margaret Atwood? The bumper books quiz of 2022

Which author was this year elected to the US Senate? In what horror story does a vampire appear as a cat? Test your wits with questions set by authors

The Guardian - UK

The End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce review – life in fast-forward

Bold philosophical musings on the end of the world in a thrillingly ambitious debut about a man with a condition that causes rapid ageing

The Guardian - UK

Editions of Jan. 6 report already on Amazon best seller list

It took less than a day for the Jan. 6 report to go from public unveiling to the bestseller list on Amazon

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock's book sales flop as critics slam 'exercise in self-justification'

Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle Against Covid entered the Neilson book charts in 191th place, but has sharply plummeted to outside the top 1,000.

Chronicle Live

Bidens visit patients at Children's National Hospital

President Joe Biden has accompanied his wife, first lady Jill Biden, to Children's National Hospital in Washington

The Independent UK

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Barack Obama reveals list of his ‘favourite books of 2022’

‘I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you,’ former US President said

Los Angeles Times

Review: Ensemble acting doesn’t get much better than in Sarah Polley’s brilliant ‘Women Talking’

For much of “Women Talking,” Sarah Polley’s suspenseful and galvanizing fourth feature, we are in the hayloft of a barn overlooking a remote stretch of farmland, with a lonely dirt road winding toward the horizon. The sunlight spilling in through the window seems to beckon to the eight women who…

Chronicle Live

‘Tiger Who Came For Tea’ finds forever home at Newcastle's Seven Stories

Families can visit the iconic yellow kitchen from The Tiger Who Came to Tea and see the author's original drawings in Newcastle

The Guardian - UK

What time should Christmas dinner be served? We ask an expert

Our festive food habits are based on tradition and imitating innovations by the wealthy, says historian Christopher Winn

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The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

The story of the Earth; an A-Z for language lovers; pop-up Egyptian mummies; an enslaved man’s journey to freedom; and the best YA

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: The lonely exit of Adam Kinzinger

In January 2011, the Chicago Tribune published a Q&A with Illinois' five freshmen in the U.S. House. Among them was Republican Adam Kinzinger, who had run for Congress after three tours in Iraq. When the quintet were asked, "Whom do you admire from the other side of the aisle?" four…

The Independent UK

‘How is this not the norm?’: The campaign to make picture books accessible to visually impaired children

For many of us, picture books are the entry point for a life of reading – but for blind and partially sighted children, they remain inaccessible. Illustrator Dapo Adeola tells Ella Kipling about his campaign to change that

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Pale Blue Eye’: Christian Bale impresses again as detective partnered with young Edgar Allan Poe

Even when the 19th century mystery takes some insanely big dramatic swings, Bale is immersed in his performance.

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

Newsroom.co.nz

Bestselling books of 2022

The Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list for the year, described by Steve Braunias.

Al Jazeera

Greek MEP in EU parliament corruption case protests innocence

Eva Kaili asks a Belgian court to release her from detention under electronic surveillance.

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