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Out of the Blue review – the rise and fall of Liz Truss

How did Liz Truss become the seven-week prime minister? This juicy tale of high political farce hints at an answer

The Guardian - UK

Auchencairn Primary pupils enjoy visit from author Jack Meggitt-Phillips

Jack read from his book The Beast and the Bethany and left 20 copies as a gift

Daily Record

Poem by retired Castle Douglas nurse included in landmark publication

Betty Craig’s work Epona features in the origin stories section of Scotland’s Stories: Tales from the People

Daily Record

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Library containing English and Hindi books inaugurated; revival of Gandhi’s Tolstoy Farm continues

A library replete with books in English and Hindi related to Mahatma Gandhi, India’s relations with South Africa and literary works by Indian writers was officially inaugurated at the Tolstoy Farm, the commune where the Mahatma started his Satyagraha campaign at the turn of the last century.

The Times of India

The Fall of Númenor by JRR Tolkien review – masterful world-building from the father of fantasy

Following Amazon’s Rings of Power series, this beautiful compendium of Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth stories offers the ideal palate cleanser

The Guardian - UK

Children’s authors of colour published in UK rose to 11.7% of market in 2021

BookTrust research shows, however, that the overall picture ‘remains far from representative’ with some writers and illustrators reporting tokenism

The Guardian - UK

Judge warns Trump he needs to lawyer up days before E Jean Carroll expected to file rape case

So far, statute has barred E Jean Carroll from bringing direct rape allegations in court, but that changes on Thursday

The Independent UK

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Talking is Golden

Stars Judith Ivey and Sheila McCarthy on matters worth discussing in Sarah Polley’s emotive feminist feature, Women Talking.

Texas Observer

Bob Dylan’s publisher admits $600 books contained replica autographs

Limited-edition copies were supposedly hand-signed by the singer

The Independent UK

Fauci gives ‘final message’ to Americans in last public briefing after 54 years of service

“So if they want to remember me — whether they judge rightly or wrongly what I’ve done — I gave it all I got for many decades,” he said during Tuesday’s White House press briefing

The Independent UK

Meet the Edinburgh Indian priests turned city centre bookshop owners

Fathers Baji Puthiyaparambil and Shinto Karimattathil, who will launch St Paul's Bookshop at St Mary’s Cathedral on Broughton Street, say it's a "dream come true".

Edinburgh Live

Send us a tip on a literary bar – you could win a holiday voucher

Tell us about your favourite drinking spot in the UK or Europe where you enjoy a drop with the ghosts of writers past

The Guardian - UK

She Said: plot, cast, release date of the new Harvey Weinstein investigation film

The seismic 2017 journalism investigation is becoming a film

Evening Standard

Sexual harassment ‘has become very common’ among school children say Bristol charity

The charity says girls in Bristol schools say they are regularly pressured into sending nude images

Bristol Post

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Daily Record

Renton pensioner's new fiction book released about growing up in the West Dunbartonshire town

Tom McBride describes the book as a 20-year labour of love, with the book detailing his childhood as a 50s kid from Renton.

WEKU

Mike Pence, pondering a presidential run, condemns Trump's rhetoric on Jan. 6

Former Vice President Mike Pence tells Morning Edition that he and former President Donald Trump have gone "our separate ways." Pence looks back on pivotal moments and ahead to what he might do next.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Star Soprano Renee Fleming Returns to Met Opera with 'The Hours'

A powerhouse trio of American song will interpret the voice of Virginia Woolf on New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera stage, as the highly anticipated run of "The Hours" makes its world premiere Tuesday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Oscar-nominated film explores how threads of English writer Woolf's "Mrs.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq International Book Fair to Host 350 Publishing Houses

The third edition of the Iraq International Book Fair is set to kick off in Baghdad next month. Running from December 7 to 17, the event is organized by Al-Mada for Media Culture & Arts, a media and cultural foundation that moved from Damascus to Baghdad after 2003 Over 350…

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The Guardian - UK

You Don’t Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska review – Ukrainian child’s poignant diary

This intimate and immediate account of a 12-year-old girl under siege in Kharkiv includes photos and WhatsApp texts to heart-rending effect

The Independent UK

Michelle Obama pleads for paparazzi to leave her daughters alone

‘They are not looking to be followed by the paparazzi just because their mom wrote a book’

Chronicle Live

Tyneside libraries drop late fees as council encourages people to come in out of the cold

All libraries run by North Tyneside Council are scrapping late fees from December as the cold sets in

The Guardian - US

Paramount scraps $2.2bn sale of Simon & Schuster publishing to Penguin

Penguin owner Bertelsmann will not appeal US judge’s ruling that merger would be illegal because it would hit authors’ pay

The Guardian - UK

David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count review – a doc so shocking it sounds like a siren

In this fascinating and timely film, the comedian corners Jewish celebrities to discuss antisemitism – and David Schwimmer reveals he has ‘never felt white, ever’

Daily Record

Bookworm students from Perth shine on TV literary discussion show

An English set text came to life for Perth High School students who went on television to talk about books.

Salon

Bram Stoker's Dracula and sexy killers

30 years after Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula," the start of the sexy killer craze can be traced back to 1992

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