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One of the leading gay writers of his generation known for his bestseller A Boy’s Own Story and his biography of Jean Genet

The Guardian - UK

Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85

Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, memoirs and novels, has died

The Independent UK

The genteel, silver-tongued thinker who fathered US conservatism – and paved the way for Trump

A new biography digs into the life of William F Buckley Jr. Its author thinks the rightwing intellectual has some lessons for the left

The Guardian - US

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The 50 Greatest Designers teaches you the design history you didn't know

Explore this new book by Creative Bloq writer Tom May.

Creative Bloq

Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

The American essayist, playwright and author of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man has died

The Guardian - AU

Writer Bernardine Evaristo receives lifetime accolade for her ‘transformative impact’

The British writer scooped the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award

The Independent UK

Bernardine Evaristo scoops Women’s prize outstanding contribution award

One-off £100,000 prize awarded to Girl, Women, Other writer for entire body of work and ‘dedication to uplifting under-represented voices’

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Bernardine Evaristo receives Women’s Prize outstanding contribution award

The literary honour recognises Evaristo’s body of work and dedication to advancing underrepresented voices.

Evening Standard

Tulisa to recount drugs trial in new memoir detailing her career highs and lows

The singer was arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs in 2013, but the charges were later dismissed.

Evening Standard

Susan Brownmiller obituary

Feminist writer and activist whose 1975 book Against Our Will revolutionised attitudes to rape

The Guardian - UK

‘Five years from now, these readers will be soldiers’: The Russian literature encouraging teens to enlist

Master-race stories of heroic characters battling against zombie Nazis and western spies to recover imperial grandeur are a bleak new spin on an old propaganda tradition

The Guardian - UK

Letters from Max review – rich reflections on life, death and nothingness from a poet who died at 25

Sarah Ruhl’s stage adaptation of the book she wrote with her former student Max Ritvo, who died of cancer at 25, is smartly written if emotionally distant

The Guardian - UK

A Palestinian American writer’s story of exile, addiction and surrogacy: ‘I had to do something with the fragments’

In her new memoir, Hala Alyan reflects on her fractured lineage and having a child against all odds

The Guardian - US

Harry Was Deeply 'Disappointed' By How Diana's Family Reacted to Meghan Markle

Royal author Tom Bower previously made this claim

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8 Divinely Erotic Books to Kick Off Your Hot Nun Summer

With her new memoir, 'The Dry Season,' out now, Melissa Febos shares the surprisingly sexy books she read during her year of intentional celibacy.

The Guardian - US

‘Hard for me to understand’: grappling with the Charlottesville tragedy eight years on

Author, and Charlottesville native, Deborah Baker has revisited the devastating events of 2017 and examined how the events speak to a difficult past

The Guardian - UK

A Family Matter by Claire Lynch review – powerful debut about lesbian mothers in the 80s

A woman is forced to rethink her childhood after she learns that her mother was denied custody, in a decade blighted by homophobia

The Guardian - UK

Electric Spark by Frances Wilson review – the mercurial Muriel Spark

The author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie could be as prickly and problematic as her famous heroine. This account sheds new light on her formative years

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Princess Beatrice and Eugenie set for 'powerful double act' role when Prince William is King

A royal expert predicts that the sisters will be vital when their cousin takes the throne

The Guardian - UK

What It Feels Like for a Girl review – deeply disturbing and totally fearless TV

This extraordinary adaptation of Paris Lees’ memoir follows wild, witty teen Byron as they go from cottaging for cash aged 15 to finding solace in a raucous gang of trans and queer pals. You’ll never look at a loo brush the same way

The Independent UK

An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool

“Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” continues to be a nonviolence teaching tool and an influential historical account in the United States and worldwide

International Business Times

Corey Tabor Announces New Book, History in the Making: 7 Keys to Making History in Your Lifetime

Tabor began his journey as a college minister, mentored over 30 years ago, and developed the 2Ds and the 5Es model through hands-on experience, helping individuals unlock their purpose and shift from potential to purpose-driven action.

Marie Claire

A Surprising Royal "Regularly Set Fire" to Their Room at Buckingham Palace, Says Royal Expert

A Royal Family member's rather "fiery habit" was allegedly responsible.

Total Film

James Cameron is set to adapt a fantasy novel described as "Suicide Squad meets Hammer Horror" as he finishes work on Avatar: Fire and Ash: "It will be a joyful new challenge for me"

Cameron is co-writing the screenplay with author Joe Abercrombie

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Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

An often controversial music, food and arts event will soon return at top capacity, a year after running a reduced offering to get its books in better shape.

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