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Putin’s Nightmare: ‘1984’ Is Now A Bestselling Book In Russia

George Orwell’s “1984” has topped the bestseller list in Russia, a year plagued by President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

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Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth – a daughter’s lament

The author of the controversial Will and Testament reopens old wounds in this gripping account of family trauma

The Guardian - UK

Hergé illustration for Tintin in America expected to sell for €2m

The drawing will be auctioned in Paris in February as part of a wider sale of the Tintin creator’s comic-book work

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The best books of 2022 for your summer reading list

From a book that "everyone should read" and another that'll "take your breath away" plus oodles of historical fiction — these are our favourite reads of 2022.

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Should Americans Value Nationalism?

National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.

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Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2022

From historical fiction to arresting poetry, the best books of the year picked by some of the country’s leading writers

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American Nationalism: Rich Lowry vs. Alex Nowrasteh

Should Americans support nationalism? National Review's Rich Lowry debates the Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.

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Don’t give up your day job: how Australia’s favourite authors are making ends meet

According to new research, writing books brings in $18,200 a year on average. This leaves the celebrated authors we spoke to hustling seven days a week

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Before Maharashtra withdrew award, 2 bodies ‘with RSS links’ objected to Kobad Ghandy memoir

The withdrawal of a Maharashtra government award to the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy’s prison memoir over “administrative reasons” has triggered a controversy within academic and literary circles, and its translator Anagha Lele surprised.

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The Woman in Black by Susan Hill audiobook review – immersive gothic horror

Narrator Paapa Essiedu delivers the chills in this atmospheric telling of Hill’s classic ghost story

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The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky; The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard; Celestial by MD Lachlan; The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett; Dark Arts by Eric Stener Carlson

The Guardian - UK

Political Pulse / Work longer and save money to grow old in tomorrow's Japan

Books by elderly women describing how to enjoy life with ingenuity and without spending much money have recently become popular in Japan.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ann Cleeves reunited with lost laptop containing draft of new novel - but only after it was run over

The Vera author lost her laptop in a Shetland blizzard on Monday

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Biography details enthralling life of Prince Mikasa

A biography of Prince Takahito of Mikasa, who was the youngest brother of Emperor Showa and died in October 2016 at age 100, was published Thursday.

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Tim Winton’s Blueback takes on new life as a feature film starring a blue groper and Eric Bana

Tim Winton's 1997 novella Blueback has been adapted to the big screen, filmed entirely on location in Bremer Bay, Western Australia

The Orange County Register

How ‘Kindred’ brought Octavia Butler’s time travel and slavery story to FX

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Actress Mallori Johnson first encountered the work of writer Octavia Butler when she read “Fledgling,” a novel about a young Black vampire. It was the summer before she left home for the Julliard School in New York City.

Evening Standard

Memoirs, cookery and must-read novels: the best books of 2022

Fiona Lensvelt has your guide to the best last-minute buys before Christmas — there’s something for everyone here...

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Amy Bloom: ‘Nigella Lawson is God (if we’re lucky)’

The American author on finding comfort in cookbooks, the allure of Jane Austen, and how Octavia Butler opened her mind to science fiction

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The once-banned dystopian novel that has become Russia’s bestseller

‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ is the most popular fiction download of 2022 on Russia’s online book-selling platform

Evening Standard

Author Ann Cleeves’ laptop containing draft of novel found in snow in Shetland

Crime writer Ann Cleeves appealed for help after losing the device during a blizzard in Shetland.

Daily Record

Shetland author Ann Cleeves loses laptop containing next novel in Scots island snow

The novelist appealed for help after losing the computer, which she feared may have fallen out of her bag as she made her way through Lerwick in wintry conditions on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

White Torture by Narges Mohammadi review – solitary savagery

An Iranian political activist, now in jail herself, interviews 12 female prisoners of the Islamic Republic about their experiences

The Independent UK

Author’s laptop containing draft of novel found in snow

Crime writer Ann Cleeves appealed for help after losing the device during a blizzard in Shetland.

The Guardian - UK

Writer recovers laptop containing half-finished novel after Shetland blizzard

Ann Cleeves, whose novels were turned into TV’s Shetland and Vera, said device had been run over but she had a copy of her work

The National (Scotland)

Schoolgirl finds best-selling Shetland author's lost laptop in winter snow

A SCOTTISH crime writer who lost her laptop and half of her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland has announced that the computer has been found –…

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