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Undercurrent by Barney Norris review – a meditation on love and loss

The author and playwright’s latest novel incisively captures the search for meaning in uncertain times

The Guardian - UK

Writing the White Boyfriend

In romance lit as everywhere else, race matters. These narratives are becoming more diverse, nuanced and vulnerable

Salon

Total by Rebecca Miller review – emotionally complex stories

Wit and wisdom are constant delights in the film-maker and writer’s second short story collection, as she expertly picks apart the confusions of intimacy

The Guardian - UK

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The Eternal Return Of Clara Hart: Stuck in loop where rejection of misogyny is escape

LOUISE Finch’s bold and honest young adult fiction debut proves a nuanced take on both subtle and overt misogyny all within the genre of science…

The National (Scotland)

A Little Life review – Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint-hearted

Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage

The Guardian - UK

How Slaughterhouse-Five Became a Repeated Target of Book Burners

As recently as 2011, a school board in Missouri barred the book from the curriculum and ordered it confined to a special section of the school's library.

Reason

Game of Thrones effect fires up reissues of ‘lost’ fantasy fiction classics

With big-budget TV series about to hit streaming services, publishers hope a string of cult novels will find a new audience

The Guardian - UK

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Seven big-hitter books for autumn 2022, from Maggie O’Farrell to Cormac McCarthy

It’s going to be a vintage autumn for fiction, with new novels from some of our finest writers. Here’s our essential guide

The Guardian - UK

Poison pens: leading writers call for overhaul of UK’s Society of Authors

Literary world riven by conflict as trade union is accused of inappropriately taking sides in culture war

The Guardian - UK

Letters: we praise Salman Rushdie now. Why not then?

The attack on the author of The Satanic Verses has been universally condemned. It has not always been thus

The Guardian - UK

Akram Khan puts nature front and centre in new production of The Jungle Book

A NEW work by the acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan is always a highly anticipated event in the world of dance-theatre. The creator of such…

The National (Scotland)

Clean review – an unsensational documentary about an extraordinary life

Director Lachlan Mcleod follows Australian Sandra Pankhurst and her team of ‘trauma cleaners’: those who scrub crime scenes, suicide sites and clear out hoarders’ homes

The Guardian - AU

Man's search for mystery couple after finding photo of their wedding day

"I would love to know what happened to them"

Liverpool Echo

Giuliani request for pardon intercepted before reaching Trump, book says

Unclear if former New York mayor was involved in request in letter sent by associate that also asked for payment and presidential honour

The Independent UK

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Irvine Welsh: ‘Everything has become so shouty’

The Trainspotting author on his new novel’s transgender storyline, using humour to give his readers a break and the debt he owes to Evelyn Waugh

Daily Record

Ayrshire author turns his hand to fiction writing as new book 'Dead Man Walking' released

The New Cumnock native has previously written the successful books Knockshinnoch and Arran: Travels, Treasures and Tales.

Inverse

5 years ago, the most misunderstood sci-fi franchise finally made its point

Although it has heart, 'Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars' doesn't always feel like it belongs in the same universe as its predecessors. Here's why this animated sequel is charming nonetheless.

The Independent UK

Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie

Friends and fellow authors have spoken out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library

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Internet-famous erotica writer pens new book about sentient lesbian em-dash

The cult-favorite punctuation mark finds love.

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie: writers gather in New York to read author’s works in solidarity

Event organized by Pen America champions freedom to write after novelist survived assassination attempt last week

The Independent UK

Who is Sam Harris and why did his Trump comments cause such a stir?

This isn’t the first time Mr Harris made a bunch of people mad, and it won’t likely be the last

The Guardian - UK

A Confederacy of Dunces audiobook review – Reginald D. Hunter narrates a comedy classic

The comedian rises to the challenge of bringing John Kennedy Toole’s motley cast of misfits to life

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

On Java Road by Lawrence Osborne; Meantime by Frankie Boyle; Alias Emma by Ava Glass; The Change by Kirsten Miller; Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

The Guardian - UK

Karen Joy Fowler: ‘I resolved to stop pretending I’d read books I hadn’t, like Moby Dick’

The Booker-nominated author on discovering Jane Austen, taking a crash course in Moby-Dick and falling for fairytales

The National (Scotland)

What if Yes won in 2014? This crime thriller trilogy imagines it did

A SCOTS author has had a series of crime thriller novels set in an independent Scotland published.

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