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‘The Life and Times of George Fernandes’ released in Bengaluru

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The Hindu

JK Rowling: Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to Harry Potter author

Author shared screenshots of a message from a user who had written ‘don’t worry you are next’ in response to her tweet about Salman Rushdie

The Independent UK

In brief: Bibliomaniac; She and Her Cat; The Babel Message – reviews

Madcap tales of Britain’s bookshops, the power of feline friends, and the glories of words, ancient and modern

The Guardian - UK

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The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li – clever, witty novel of friendship

The writer explores the bond between two French teenagers in her profound and dramatic seventh novel

The Guardian - UK

Chicago gay bars get their due

A former Chicagoan conducted hundreds of interviews to document the sometimes shadowy establishments.

Chicago Sun-Times

It's the perfect time to read They Both Die At The End

They Both Die At The End is a romance in a capsule

The National (Scotland)

The History of the London Underground Map by Caroline Roope review – the lines of beauty

At the heart of this clear, thorough study of the London Underground map’s evolution is the man whose brilliantly comprehensible design for an untidy city has never been surpassed

The Guardian - UK

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The Book Thief review – assured and courageous musical adaptation of global bestseller

The paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult

The Guardian - UK

Prince Harry feared he would become ‘irrelevant’ after Prince George turns 18, new book claims

Duke of Sussex was allegedly determined to make an ‘impact’ while he was a working royal

The Independent UK

How Mairi Kidd is changing the narrative around Scotland’s witches

Sara Sheridan interviews Mairi Kidd about her latest book, We Are All Witches.

The National (Scotland)

Frankie Boyle reveals he may give up stand-up comedy to write books

The comic, 50, penned his acclaimed debut thriller Meantime at home during lockdown and is already planning a second fiction book.

Daily Record

The best new books released in September as selected by avid readers and critics

Our critics’ picks include a historical melodrama based on a real-life maybe murder, a romp through the illegal dance halls of 20s London and a gloriously biting satire set in Rwanda.

ABC News

British cuisine translated in Chinese?

How do you get a reader in 1930s China to understand what a mince pie is?

Salon

William Boyd: ‘The books world is much tougher now’

The author on his latest ‘whole-life’ novel, the brutal realities of modern publishing and the inspirational influence of Catch-22

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Prince Harry feared he would become ‘irrelevant’ after Prince George turns 18, new book claims

Duke of Sussex was allegedly determined to make an ‘impact’ while he was a working royal

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Strout: ‘There’s a quiet rumbling of violence in America. Is it going to expand and explode?’

The Booker-shortlisted author on the enduring popularity of Olive Kitteridge, cancel culture and why she couldn’t avoid US politics in her latest Lucy Barton novel

Manchester Evening News

I work in town: Loll Perkin, P&D hairdressers - 'My favourite view of Manchester? Sunset in Middleton'

'Any sort of artistic thing that you want to be into, Manchester has got it'

The Guardian - US

The Long Alliance review: sure guide to Biden and Obama’s imperfect union

Gabriel Debenedetti masters the crosscurrents of the Democratic party as well as relations between two presidents

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The Independent UK

‘Oh, she gets away with so much’: The mischievous world of Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson’s books have won prizes and been made into TV dramas, but the author prefers to let her work speak for itself. As her 12th novel ‘Shrines of Gaiety’ is released, Nick Duerden explores how she became one of our most brilliantly idiosyncratic bestsellers

Daily Mirror

Meghan 'threatened to dump Harry' if he didn't announce she was his girlfriend - new book

A new book claims Meghan pressured then-boyfriend Harry into revealing their relationship to the public back in 2016 in an ultimatum that caused the Prince to "freak out"

Chicago Sun-Times

Book shows personal side of ‘Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee

The book is like sitting on a porch and hearing tales of Lee’s childhood and family in rural Alabama, her later life in New York and everything in between.

The Guardian - UK

Dame Hilary Mantel obituary

Double Booker prize-winning author best known for her Wolf Hall trilogy based on the life of Thomas Cromwell

The Conversation

Hilary Mantel was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more

Dame Hilary Mantel was a writer of immense skill and originality, and her death represents an incalculable loss to British literature. She will be chiefly remembered for her trilogy on the life of the Tudor politician Thomas Cromwell.

The Independent UK

Book shows personal side of 'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee

A new book shows the personal side of the late “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee

The Guardian - UK

Hilary Mantel revealed the magic and metaphor of life. I will miss her deeply

An encounter with the writer heightened the senses; her shimmering perceptiveness always left its mark, says Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins

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