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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Other Women by Emma Flint; I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai; Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead; The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish

The Guardian - UK

The Drifted Stream audiobook review – Andrew Motion celebrates poetry’s rich oral tradition

David Rintoul and Shaheen Khan are among the actors who read from Motion’s anthology of British and Irish poetry, spanning from the 14th century to the present day

The Guardian - UK

'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' Review: A Hundred Acres Far Away From Good

In January 2022, Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain. The low-budget horror movie 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' is the sorry, blood-soaked result.

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Kevin Jared Hosein: ‘Bukowski taught me that writers are prone to terrible decisions’

The Caribbean novelist on the floating library that inspired him to read, life-changing poetry, and the video game that made him want to write

The Guardian - UK

Poets’ dress code: what the clothes of Sylvia Plath, Audre Lorde and Stevie Smith tell us about their inner lives

A new exhibition, dovetailing with the 60th anniversary of Plath’s death, showcases a skirt she wore to Paris in 1956, Smith’s collection of pristine shirt collars, and the symbolic asymmetric kaftan worn by Lorde after her mastectomy

The Guardian - UK

HarperCollins union approves contract, ends 3-month strike

Striking union members at HarperCollins have approved a tentative agreement reached last week and will return to work Tuesday, ending a walkout that lasted more than three months and became the center of an ongoing debate about salaries in the industry

The Independent UK

Shirley by Ronnie Scott review – finally, a male author who brilliantly writes women

The author’s second novel is impressively constructed, following a young woman who was raised by a group of men beholden to her celebrity mother

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This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2023 NPD Group.

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Samantha Kochharr's debut book 'Arribada' launched in New Delhi

While the world was under a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Samantha Kochharr, who is the Managing Director of Blossom Kochhar Group and a practising Shaman, tried her hands in writing. Roughly two years later, she has added another feather to her cap by turning an author. Samantha's debut…

The Times of India

This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Review: Wuther true or false, 'Emily' weaves a passionate portrait of a Brontë sister

"Wuthering Heights" was first published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell — a pseudonym for Emily Brontë, of course, and one that she adopted in tandem with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, in their individual novels as well as a book of poetry. "Jane Eyre" was published under Currer…

Los Angeles Times

New Dumbledore coin first in Harry Potter collection to feature King’s portrait

The Royal Mint has revealed a Dumbledore coin which will be the first in the Harry Potter collection to also feature the King’s portrait on the 'heads' side.

Daily Record

Writer Roxane Gay brings live show to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

The show will explore topics ranging from politics and patriarchy to Beyoncé and reality television

Liverpool Echo

How the 6-week Texas abortion ban is now a blueprint for library censorship

Draft ordinances could lead to Texans suing librarians.

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The Independent UK

At 103, Sister Jean publishes memoir of faith and basketball

She’s known simply as Sister Jean -- the Catholic nun who captured the sports world’s imagination as chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men’s basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 2018

The Times of India

Smriti Irani, Paresh Rawal launch Vani Tripathi Tikoo's children's book 'Why can't Elephants be red?' in Delhi

Imagination and curiosity are powerful tools that can take a child to newer heights, and what better way to launch a creative book for kids than amidst the fervor of theater at the Bharat Rang Mahotsav -- the annual theater festival organized by National School of Drama, New Delhi.

Bangkok Post

Activists decry Malaysian ban on LGBT books

KUALA LUMPUR: Activists in Malaysia have criticised a government decision to ban three books for allegedly promoting “LGBTQ lifestyles”, saying it would further erode gay and transgender rights.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Department of Corrections overrules rejection of journalist’s memoir about her time in prison

ORLANDO, Fla. — A book that was banned from being circulated inside correctional facilities across Florida will soon be hitting the library shelves in state-run prisons.

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Commentary: Lawmakers should leave decisions on school curriculum to the teachers

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

The Times of India

Authors Unplugged: Ashwin Sanghi, Preeti Shenoy, Anand Neelakantan on their writing process, using AI for writing, and more

The Times Literature Festival in Delhi saw the who's who of the literary world come together for an exciting exchange of views and ideas over the weekend. In one of the sessions, titled 'Authors Unplugged', the audience got a glimpse of three bestselling Indian authors-- Ashwin Sanghi, Preeti Shenoy, and…

The Guardian - UK

This Other Eden by Paul Harding review – paradise lost

A Pulitzer winner returns with a masterful story of a marginalised American community under threat, which has much to say to our times

The Guardian - US

Pompeo says Israel has biblical claim to Palestine and is ‘not an occupying nation’

Trump’s secretary of state makes comments on podcast to defend former administration siding more openly with Israel

The National (Scotland)

Tories call for Tavistock-style probe into Sandyford gender clinic

THE Scottish Conservatives are calling for a Tavistock-style probe into the Sandyford gender identity clinic in Glasgow.

ABC News

Adelaide Writers' Week defends scheduling author who is critical of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Adelaide Writers' Week defends a decision to schedule an author who has been vocal against Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the event is about debating different views.

The Independent UK

Ancient copy of Hebrew Bible expected to fetch up to £41.5m at auction

Codex Sassoon, which dates back to the ninth or tenth century, is due to come up for auction in May for the first time in more than 30 years.

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