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The bestselling books at Xmas

The weekly Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list at Xmas, described by Steve Braunias

Newsroom.co.nz

Spice Girl Emma Bunton surprises Amazon employees in early Christmas present for staff

Mum-of-two Spice Girl Emma Bunton has recorded a new children's audiobook for Amazon, which is now available to download for free on Kindle

Daily Mirror

James Patterson to complete unfinished Michael Crichton book

Late author’s estate has shared a manuscript with the bestselling novelist centered on a volcanic eruption in Hawaii

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Should Courts Appoint Historians as Experts in Second Amendment Cases?

Courts, not “experts,” should say what the law is.

Reason

Emma Bunton surprises Amazon staff to mark launch of new audio book

Emma is narrating a children's book about teamwork

Wales Online

Best movies of 2022 in the US: No 7 – The Wonder

A strange and beautiful period drama full of mystery and miracles – and Florence Pugh is a wonder herself, with a bristling, transfixing performance

The Guardian - UK

Disquiet as Maharashtra withdraws award to Kobad Ghandy book, scraps award panel

Days after the Maharashtra government withdrew an award for the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy’s memoir, the chairman of the Marathi language committee and four members of the literary board have reportedly resigned in protest.

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Euphoria by Elin Cullhed review – inside the mind of Sylvia Plath

The Swedish writer offers an audacious, gripping novel imagining the poet’s final year and the conflict between creative genius and domestic life

The Guardian - UK

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ copy of Don Quixote fetches €500,000 at auction

Total of €900,000 paid for Cervantes’ works that a diplomat bought on a shopping trip to London in 1930s

The Guardian - UK

Xmas: the best fiction of 2022

ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the year's 10 best works of fiction

Newsroom.co.nz

The Amazing Maurice movie review - a breezy film that will please Terry Pratchett devotees

The adaptation of the 2001 Discworld novel plays with audience expectations in a smart way

Evening Standard

Ann Cleeves loses laptop containing draft of new book in Shetland blizzard

Crime writer offers reward for return of computer, thought to have fallen out of bag during wintry weather

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow fans of Sam Heughan told to take foodbank donations to book signing

The Outlander star has been inundated with gifts during his Waypoint book signings, however, the publisher is asking Glasgow fans to bring donations to the event this weekend

Glasgow Live

Vera author Ann Cleeves loses laptop containing draft of new novel in Shetland blizzard

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The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis review – a classic laid bare

TS Eliot’s life and influences are meticulously investigated in this impressive account of artistic creation

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Kindred's' transfer to TV keeps the novel's plot intact, but loses its spirit

Sixteen years after her premature death, Octavia Butler is having a moment. As one of the first Black women to write science fiction, Butler has been celebrated and studied for a long time, but she has lately come into wider view. Her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" jumped onto…

Liverpool Echo

'Guru Geoffrey' was 'always on fire to succeed' but paedophile hunters brought him down

Self-styled business expert promised people he could 'rekindle their passion for life'

Tribune News Service

Laurie Hertzel: Life's too short for boring books

Choose your reading materials wisely and you will finish every book you start.

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Review: 'Last Circle of Love,' by Lorna Landvik

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Best Graphic Novels 2022: Free Comic Book Day founder gives his 8 picks

I don’t mess around when I want recommendations for the best new graphic novels.

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Review: 'The Magic Kingdom,' by Russell Banks

FICTION: An ambitious look at the promise of America through a tiny Florida Shaker community in the early 1900s.

Tribune News Service

Louise Penny paints a dark picture in ‘A World of Curiosities’

"A World of Curiosities" by Louise Penny; Minotaur Books (398 pages, $29.99)

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Presence of Absence,' by Simon Van Booy

FICTION: Simon Van Booy uses a simple story about an author telling a story to explore the anything-but-simple process of telling a story.

The National (Scotland)

Crime writer loses laptop containing new draft of novel in Shetland blizzard

CRIME writer Ann Cleeves is appealing for help after losing a laptop containing the draft of half her next novel in a blizzard in Shetland.

Wales Online

Author Ann Cleeves loses new novel as laptop falls out of bag in blizzard

The novelist's books have been adapted into the television series Shetland

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