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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

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Coe's Bournville is a prescient 'sate of the nation' elegy

IS Jonathan Coe the most prescient novelist working on these islands today? In his new novel, a grandson introduces his girlfriend to his…

The National (Scotland)

On my radar: Colm Tóibín’s cultural highlights

The Irish writer on New York’s hidden music scene, poetry and the wonders of Peru

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West Belfast children become authors after launch of special book

In total, 42 children contributed to the project, penning personal tales of their time during the Covid pandemic

Belfast Live

Fran Lebowitz on life without the internet: ‘If I’m cancelled, don’t tell me!’

The writer is easy to spot if you spend long enough in New York, but interviews have to be over her landline, as she is permanently offline. She reveals why Andy Warhol wasn’t so smart, and how she learned to love a good party

The Guardian - UK

The Leeds bookshop tucked away but so vital to the city's LGBTQ+ community

Ray said that it's important to have the shop as a daytime venue

Leeds Live

Book discussion at FIU turns into emotional rebuke of claims that Cubans are not exiles

MIAMI — It was supposed to be another routine event in the series of regular book presentations organized by Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute: on the podium, a respected scholar authoritatively presenting her most recent research. In the audience, a few attendants asking polite questions.

Miami Herald

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Writers festival rolls out first stars

Much-loved Australian writers Craig Silvey and Pip Williams, and debut authors Mawunyo Gbogbo, Andrew Quilty, and Amy Thunig, have been announced as the first of what will be 100 artists in the 10th Newcastle Writers Festival.

Newcastle Herald

Poem: Steady the World

A poem by the late Monty Jones, who lived in Austin, TX, with a memorial message from his friend Fleet Lentz.

Texas Observer

Marijane Meaker obituary

Groundbreaking author, initially of lesbian-themed fiction including the 1952 bestseller Spring Fire

The Guardian - UK

Review: Never a dull moment (but many Dahl moments) in the charming ‘Matilda the Musical’

“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” — an unwieldy title but a better one, surely, than “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: The Movie” — is an enjoyably bright and chipper adaptation of a moving, melancholy story I’ve loved since childhood. I wasn’t alone; I imagine “Matilda” was catnip for a lot…

Los Angeles Times

Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle is stepping down

The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down

The Independent UK

Bad Sex Award cancelled, but John Le Carré’s still a winner

Judges say a tell-all memoir about the spy writer would have won this year

Evening Standard

Twisted dad Chris Watts revealed how he killed wife and kids in sick letters

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Twisted dad Chris Watts confessed to 'murdering' his two daughters 'twice' in one of the sick and twisted letters he sent to true crime author Cherylin Cadle from his prison cell

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The Guardian - UK

Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles audiobook review – a cosy mystery with charm

Reverend Richard Coles captures the rhythms of English village life in his reading of his debut novel

The Guardian - UK

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics

Evening Standard

Best Kindles of 2022: From Paperwhite and Oasis to Kindles for kids

Aficionado of the eWord, Stuart Pritchard, gets eyes-on with the latest line-up of Amazon’s kick-bottom Kindles…

The Guardian - UK

RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award

RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

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‘You don’t have to be Bono or Bruce’: the business behind the current glut of music books

In 2022, you can’t budge for new music memoirs and scene histories. But who’s reading them, where’s the quality control – and the diversity?

The Guardian - UK

Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin review – addictive short stories

The Argentinian author explores domestic suspense and psychological imbalance in a disturbing and compelling collection

The National (Scotland)

Study on how the Highlands benefitted from slavery is named Scottish Book of the Year

DAVID Alston’s Slaves And Highlanders: Silenced Histories Of Scotland And The Caribbean was named as Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year at…

Chicago Sun-Times

For Sandra Cisneros, writing a poem is like driving in the dark

The Chicago-born author, who won acclaim for her 1984 novel “The House On Mango Street,” recently had her first collection of poems in 28 years published — “Woman Without Shame.”

Daily Record

Pat Kidd has put pen to paper which tells stories of everything from hardships to the love he has for his mum.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Which last longer, ebooks or physical books? The answer may surprise you

The internet engineer and entrepreneur Brewster Kahle took a shot at the book publishing industry a few weeks ago by pointing out something well-known to technologists but unappreciated by the general public: that ebooks and other digital artifacts have shorter lifespans than the physical items.

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 3, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.

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