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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

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Xmas: the best fiction of 2022

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

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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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…

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'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'

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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

Evening Standard

Hay Festival 2023: Dates and line-up with Dua Lipa, Stormzy, Helena Bonham Carter and more

The award-winning literary festival will be welcoming a whole host of famous faces

The Guardian - UK

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel review – an energetic debut

This self-interrogating first novel explores the vertiginous experience of living in contemporary Germany as a queer woman of colour

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Grave Intentions by RV Raman and The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama.

The Guardian - UK

Best films of 2022 in the UK: No 8 – The Wonder

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

Reason

A Holiday Present for Your Friendly Neighborhood Volokh Conspirators

Ilya has already done his annual post on Conspirator-authored books you can give your friends and loved ones as holiday gifts. Allow me to make an additional suggestion. If you appreciate our blogging and have benefited from reading one of your books, why not ask your local library, especially if…

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