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Poppy Starr Olsen skates onto new page-turner

Newcastle skateboard legend Poppy Starr Olsen has combined forces with award-winning Newcastle children's book author Jess Black on a new book, The Colourful World of Poppy Starr Olsen.

Newcastle Herald

Javier Zamora: ‘Now the chances of me crossing the border and surviving would be slim’

The Salvadorian poet on his journey to the US as a nine-year-old, the exciting literature coming from his homeland – and why he is indebted to Dave Eggers

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong jails five over ‘seditious’ children’s books

HONG KONG: Five Hong Kong speech therapists were sentenced on Saturday to 19 months in jail for conspiracy to publish seditious children’s books, featuring cartoons of sheep and wolves that prosecutors had deemed anti-government.

Bangkok Post

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Hong Kong speech therapists sentenced to 19 months for books

A Hong Kong court has sentenced five speech therapists to nearly two years in prison for their role in the publication of children's books deemed seditious

The Independent UK

Trump backed failed campaign coup against Kushner, Navarro book says

Ex-adviser says president agreed son-in-law had to be replaced by Steve Bannon in summer 2020 but did not dare try to fire him

The Guardian - US

Amy Huberman reveals on Late Late moment that Queen Elizabeth poked fun at Brian O'Driscoll's nose

Huberman, who met the Queen twice, said she had a "genuine warmth"

Dublin Live

Pervert who was 'always looking for little girls' walks free from court

Francis Logan had a total of 1909 indecent images of children including "young babies"

Liverpool Echo

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‘Unhinged’ Rudy Giuliani behaved in drunken and Islamophobic manner at law firm dinner, book claims

“Rudy was unhinged,” writes former US attorney Geoffrey Berman of Mr Giuliani’s behaviour at a dinner party in 2016

The Independent UK

Dictators, dresses and dorgis: the books that throw unexpected light on Elizabeth II

From the woman who picked her hats to the nanny who was drummed out of her flat, we pick the writers who got to the heart of the Queen – and the phenomenon of modern monarchy

The Guardian - UK

King Charles’ in-tray: Harry’s memoir, poll ratings and threats to the union

One of the monarch’s charities is also under police investigation, and what to do about Prince Andrew?

The Guardian - UK

Art Spiegelman to receive honorary National Book Award

“Maus” cartoonist Art Spiegelman will receive an honorary National Book Award this fall, a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

The Independent UK

Peter Straub obituary

Award-winning horror writer whose novels included Julia, Ghost Story and the bestselling The Talisman with Stephen King

The Guardian - UK

Sir Michael Morpurgo remembers the Queen as ‘heart and soul of who we are’

The author was knighted in 2017 and this year released a book to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The Independent UK

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Malarkoi by Alex Pheby; Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley; The Coral Bones by EJ Swift; Expect Me Tomorrow by Christopher Priest; and The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle

The Guardian - UK

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New book to focus on Trump probes

The book examines Trump's conduct "through the eyes of veteran prosecutors seeking to enforce legal norms."

The Guardian - UK

Rising to the Surface by Lenny Henry review – the breakthrough years

In the second instalment of his memoir, the comedian reflects the fame and frustration that came with hitting the big time

Asharq Al-Awsat

'The Little Prince in Old Age' Has Been Released in English

The English version of “The Little Prince in Old Age” by author and artist Nabil Abu Hamad was released in collaboration with Cygnus Publishing, London. The book includes 77 pages, and features watercolor drawings inspired by the text. The story of the book revolves around “The Little Prince”, the famous…

Newcastle Herald

'Treated as guinea pigs': Law firm launches women's health book

The free e-book covers abortion, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, surgery, ageing, pain, sexual and other violence, mental health and aged care.

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The Independent UK

In book, ex-US prosecutor from NY derides Trump-era meddling

In a new book, the man who was U.S. attorney in Manhattan during over half of Donald Trump's presidency says he was repeatedly pressured by Justice Department officials to use his office to aid them politically

The Independent UK

Dinesh D’Souza ‘2,000 Mules’ book removed from shelves, contains potentially ‘libelous’ claims

‘It sounds like a bunch of lies committed to paper. And there are legal consequences for doing that,’ an attorney said in response to D’Souza’s claims

Edinburgh Live

Harry Potter star brings Beyond the Wand book tour to Edinburgh in October

Harry Potter star Tom Felton, who played bad boy Draco Malfoy in the successful film franchise, will be bringing his Beyond The Wand book tour to Edinburgh in the autumn.

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

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

The Guardian - AU

Wildflowers by Peggy Frew review – a profound portrait of addiction, family and sisterhood

The Miles Franklin-shortlisted author dissects the love and disappointment of family in a story of three sisters, broken in different ways

The Conversation

The Sandman: a masterclass in unfaithful adaptation

Whether it’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Call the Midwife or, more recently, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, most of us will have enjoyed a book-to-TV adaptation. In the process, we might also have had to endure a family member or friend smugly informing us that what we’re watching is, in fact, “nothing…

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This week's best-selling books

The week's biggest-selling New Zealand books, as recorded by the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list and described by Steve Braunias

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