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Xmas: the best poetry books of 2022

ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the year's best 10 or 11 collections of poetry

Newsroom.co.nz

The love boom: why romance novels are the biggest they’ve been for 10 years

The books that might once have been hidden in bedside drawers are flying off the shelves – and young readers are the driving force. How did happy ever after come back in fashion?

The Guardian - UK

Shirley Hughes remembered by Clara Vulliamy

Herself a children’s author, the daughter of the prolific picture book creator looks back on her mother’s immense energy and dislike of housework

The Guardian - UK

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Sons of the Prophet at Hampstead Theatre review: this queasy tragicomedy drags

The characters are self-consciously quirky, the situations forced, the wit overdone

Evening Standard

Adjoa Andoh and Robert Webb to judge Booker Prize in 2023

Bridgerton star Andoh, 59, and the Peep Show actor, 50, are judging the annual award for the first time.

The Independent UK

Willacy war tales win PM's literary prize

Mark Willacy's Rogue Forces has won the non-fiction prize at the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, while novelist Nicolas Rothwell received the fiction prize.

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Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2022: Nicolas Rothwell and Mark Willacy win major prizes

Rothwell’s second novel collected the fiction prize with Willacy’s follow-up to his 2020 investigation Killing Field winning for non-fiction

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Nicolas Rothwell wins the Prime Minister's Literary Award for his novel Red Heaven

Nicolas Rothwell has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, beating out strong contenders in Hannah Kent and Tony Birch.

ABC News

Trump planning to publish book of his private correspondence with celebrities and world leaders, report says

The book is expected to include former president’s letters with Elton John, Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, CNN reports

The Independent UK

Edinburgh author Sir Ian Rankin to make special appearance at capital bookshops

The author who is well-known for his crime fiction book series, Rebus will be signing copies of his new book A Heart Full of Headstones which was released earlier this year only a few months ago.

Edinburgh Live

Xmas: the best illustrated books of 2022

ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the year's best picture books

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How are books made?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

Behold the spine-chilling TerrorTome: Garth Marenghi puts the ‘boo’ into book tour

Matthew Holness’s fictional horror author is on the road reading from his novel – prepare to be terrified at the tills while we dream of his full return to the stage

The Guardian - UK

JK Rowling says ‘I do not consider myself cancelled’ over controversial trans views

‘The only time I’ve ever made reference to being cancelled, my book sales went up,’ author said

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Legally bookish: Reese Witherspoon and the boom in celebrity book clubs

The star has deposed Oprah Winfrey as queen of the online literary discussion groups – and plenty more A-listers are getting in on the act. Our reporter dives under the covers

The National (Scotland)

The story of the McCash Scots Poetry Competition and why poets should enter

ST ANDREW’S Day was our prompt. The annual McCash Scots Poetry Competition, run jointly by Alan Riach from the University of Glasgow and Lesley…

The Guardian - UK

Strike: Troubled Blood review – the show’s real hook: will Robin and Strike finally get together?

Never mind the murder investigation: the will-they won’t-they relationship between the two detectives is the beating heart of this Robert Galbraith (AKA JK Rowling) adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Struggling authors know writing is a rich person’s hobby

Letters: Stephen Carver, Guinevere Glasfurd, Brian Needham and Jo McMillan respond to Joanne Harris’s article about horribly low pay in the publishing world

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Xmas: the best non-fiction of 2022

ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the year's 10 best books of non-fiction

The Guardian - UK

Evelyn Waugh’s once-beloved Cotswold mansion up for auction at £2.5m

Grade-II*-listed eight-bedroom, six-bathroom Piers Court is where Waugh wrote many illustrious novels, including Brideshead Revisited

The Guardian - UK

Framing men as the ‘villains’ gets women no closer to better romantic relationships

Romantic victimhood allows us to believe we’re forever the wounded party – and that men are incapable of change, says Moya Lothian-McLean, a contributing editor at Novara Media

The Guardian - UK

The best books to give as presents this Christmas

Authors and Observer critics choose the books they will be giving as gifts this year – and the one they’d like to find in their own stocking

The National (Scotland)

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket review - A series that continues to thrill

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket

The Guardian - UK

What was Dracula really like? 550-year-old clue to life of Vlad the Impaler emerges

Scientists are hoping ‘historical biomolecules’ on a 15th-century missive written by Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s vampire count, will reveal more about him

The Guardian - UK

Steer clear of ‘mediocre writing’ by celebrities for Christmas, authors plead

Books by TV personalities and other high-profile figures will top bestseller lists, but critics say professionals lose out

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