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Leonardo DiCaprio will play cult leader Jim Jones in film based on Texas author’s book

DALLAS — It’s something many authors dream about: writing a bestselling book and selling it to the movies. For Fort Worth-based Jeff Guinn, it just came true. His 2017 book, "The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple," is heading to Hollywood, and Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio wants to…

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University ridiculed after telling students Jane Austen is offensive

Students have been alerted to certain themes in ‘Northanger Abbey’

The Independent UK

Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward over The Trump Tapes for $50m

Washington Post reporter and publisher Simon & Schuster say lawsuit ‘without merit … we will aggressively defend against it’

The Guardian - US

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Former Shanghai bookseller's wife hit with 'exit ban'

Chinese police have prevented a woman from returning to her home in Florida in an effort to compel her husband to return to China, she wrote in a letter he made public

The Independent UK

Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes

‘The Trump Tapes’ features hours of the ‘raw’ audio from interviews with Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Trump lawsuit: Former president sues Bob Woodward over interview recordings for book “Rage”

The journalist participated in more than a dozen interviews with Trump from 2019 through 2020.

Axios

Trump sues journalist Bob Woodward over interview recordings

Donald Trump is suing author Bob Woodward over eight hours of interviews taped between 2019 and 2020.

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Trump lawsuit claims Woodward audiobook violates copyright

Former President Donald Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward, claiming the reporter didn't have permission to release interview recordings of Trump to the public

The Independent UK

Prince Louis' £8,000 Disney-themed gift from uncle Prince Harry in honour of Diana

Prince Harry bought a first edition of A.A Milne's Winnie the Pooh book for his nephew, Prince Louis - an idea which was inspired by his memories of his late mother

Daily Mirror

Open Books expands into Logan Square, selling used books to give back

The Logan Square storefront, which opened Jan. 18, makes Open Books the largest used bookstore chain in Chicago. The literacy nonprofit dedicates funds to provide free books and after-school programming for local students.

Chicago Sun-Times

Met police urged to prosecute Iranian accused of backing Rushdie fatwa

Officers are reviewing a dossier accusing Sayed Ataollah Mohajerani, who lives in London, of encouraging terrorism

The Guardian - UK

Julie Otsuka, Ed Yong win Carnegie Medals for Excellence

Julie Otsuka’s novel “The Swimmers,” in which a group of swimmers collectively narrate their daily routines and what happens when they’re disrupted, has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

The Independent UK

Amina Luqman-Dawson’s “Freewater' wins John Newbery Medal

A middle-grade novel about a secret community of formerly enslaved people has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book

The Independent UK

Prince Harry 'incentives' to attend Coronation - 'high-profile seat and title promise'

King Charles reportedly wants his estranged son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle to attend the coronation in May - and according to a source, he could be given several assurances that could persuade him to attend

Irish Mirror

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Retired librarian discovers Harry Potter books left on shelf for 20 years are now worth thousands

'The Potter books were a godsend to libraries, they got so many kids into reading, they had to keep up as they liked to discuss the plot with their friends'

The Guardian - AU

In praise of dog-eared pages: the joy, memories and gentle ghosts to be found in beloved books

Some find folding down the corners akin to literary vandalism. For Jane Howard, to revisit those paper scars is to be haunted by – and reminded of – a past self

The Guardian - AU

If you’re up all night with a newborn, why not try these activities

Muttering odd things, doom-scrolling social media or simply going insane are just some of the fun things you can entertain yourself with in the early hours

Evening Standard

The joy of saying no — and how to do it, according to a recovering people-pleaser

Are you an Avoider who dodges conflict or an Efforter for whom nothing is too much trouble? Natalie Lue tells Michael Odell that it’s time to stop people-pleasing

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Evening Standard

Welcome, Marie Kondo, to the ranks of the chaotic

First off: heard of Marie Kondo, the Japanese tidiness guru? She is the woman who made folding clothes a multi-million pound business, with a number of best-selling books and a Netflix series. She is huge, a byword for a way of life epitomised by having a calming sock drawer. Yep.…

Daily Mirror

Paul Burrell fumes Prince Harry has 'lost the plot' after 'disloyal' memoir

Paul Burrell has said that he was 'saddened' by Prince Harry's memoir, saying that the Duke of Sussex has 'lost the plot' and that he 'doesn't recognise him anymore'

The Independent UK

Harry Potter books signed by JK Rowling 23 years ago now worth thousands

Two Harry Potter books signed by JK Rowling and left on a shelf for more than 20 years are now worth thousands.

Salon

Why moral panic over "grooming" works

Experts explain the history of the right creating false narratives that connect LGBTQ issues to pedophilia

The Guardian - UK

Elite universities aren’t hotbeds of ‘wokery’: our research shows they’re rife with racism and classism

In both the US and the UK, students described being told that they were beneficiaries of affirmative action, write authors Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers

The Guardian - UK

Why Don’t You Love Me? by Paul B Rainey – a marriage made in hell veers into the unknown

In this clever and savage tale about a horribly miserable couple, redemption comes with a sci-fi twist

The Independent UK

Marie Kondo says she’s ‘kind of given up’ on cleaning

The organisation guru welcomed her third child, a boy, in April 2021

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