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‘We don’t celebrate Black creativity enough’: why the Black British book festival is bigger than ever

Ahead of the BBBF this weekend, authors who’ll be in attendance explain the crisis in publishing of Black writing, and why coming together is the solution

The Guardian - UK

Best smartphones for reading: Top picks for book lovers in 2025

Stuart Pritchard reads between the lines on a selection of smartphones designed with the bibliophile firmly in mind

Evening Standard

Is Baek Sehee Cause of Death Suicide? Writer's Demise Felt 'Planned', Draws Parallelism to Her Book

Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, has died at 35, with her decision to donate her organs—saving five lives—seen as a poignant extension of her message of empathy and hope.

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A prophetic 1934 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all

Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Blind date: ‘It was hard to know how to react to his enthusiasm for a Vegas wedding’

Emma, 32, a doctor, meets Julien, 41, an advertising creative

The Guardian - UK

Was Baek Se-hee's End Preventable? Cause of Death Fuels Questions About Mental Health Care

Baek Se-hee's death at 35 has sparked questions about mental health care in South Korea. Her family declined to confirm the cause of death.

International Business Times UK

Five Great Reads: When Virginia Giuffre met Jeffrey Epstein, Malala Yousafzai, and life as a diagnosed narcissist

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

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Alex Hassell reveals Rivals season two will pay tribute to Dame Jilly Cooper after author’s death aged 88

The British actor also teased what’s in store for his character Rupert Campbell-Black in the Disney+ series

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Austen and Brontë adaptations: purists may reel, but reinvention keeps classic novels alive

Editorial: The appetite for onscreen versions of much-loved literature is endless, but dogged faithfulness to a text is not the only way to stay true to authors’ spirit

The Guardian - UK

'Trump Couldn't Have Been Friendlier': Epstein Accuser, Giuffre Opens Up About Her Brush With the President

Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, 'Nobody's Girl', recounts being recruited from Mar-a-Lago and says 'Trump couldn't have been friendlier' when they met in 2000.

International Business Times UK

The Stories Malala Yousafzai Was Most Nervous to Share in Her New Memoir

In a candid conversation ahead of the release of her new book, the activist reflects on life beyond advocacy—from her years at Oxford to falling in love and learning to live on her own terms.

Marie Claire

Strange New Words: Space's sci-fi reader's club (June 2026)

Join Space.com's monthly, virtual reading community where we enjoy science fiction one short story at a time.

Space

Was Oscar Wilde Gay? Questions Resurface After His Library Card Is Reissued 130 Years After Being Revoked Over Suspicions of Homosexuality

Oscar Wilde's reading pass for the British Library was reissued after its revocation 130 years ago.

International Business Times UK

‘Time to take the big leap’: Reese Witherspoon’s first novel hits the shelves

Oscar-winning actor and producer has written Gone Before Goodbye with bestselling author Harlan Coben

The Guardian - UK

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Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre suffered nightmares of ‘greedy men on top of her’ years after abuse, new memoir reveals

Giuffre described the aftermath of her abuse in the posthumous book Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan; The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves; The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer; Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet; The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek

The Guardian - UK

Maurice Rutherford obituary

Poet who wrote with originality, warmth and mischief about his home city of Hull, after turning to writing later in life

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Baek Se-hee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, dies aged 35

The Korean author’s hit self-help memoir, which follows her conversations with her psychiatrist, sold more than a million copies worldwide

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The Guardian - UK

Joelle Taylor: ‘I picked up The Weirdstone of Brisingamen in a swoon of nine-year-old despair’

The poet and playwright on queer classics, cinematic TS Eliot and the comforts of a ghost story

The Guardian - UK

Leonard and Hungry Paul review – this Julia Roberts-narrated comedy is the perfect antidote to modern life

Alex Lawther and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell star in this adaptation of Rónán Hession’s understated 2019 novel. Its quiet celebration of the gentle life is the opposite of today’s frantic TV – even if it does feature a Hollywood megastar’s voice

The Guardian - UK

Blue plaque to be unveiled at home of Thomas the Tank Engine creator

Ceremony marks 80 years since release of the Rev W Awdry’s first book and coincides with railway bicentenary

The Guardian - US

Trump files amended $15bn defamation complaint against New York Times

Refiled complaint, after judge tossed initial suit last month, also targets individual reporters and book publisher

Marie Claire

Queen Elizabeth's Over-the-Top Reaction to This Event Once Scared her Security Into “Thinking Something Terrible Was Happening”

This passion "liberated another side of her character."

International Business Times UK

'The Winds of Winter' Update: Struggling George R.R. Martin May Not Release TWOW This Year Because of This

"The Winds of Winter" Update: Struggling George R.R. Martin May Not Release TWOW This Year Because of This---headline Fantasy author George R.R. Martin has hinted that The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, may not be released in 2025 as…

The Guardian - UK

Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men, UK experts say

Women’s campaigners say book excerpts reveal ‘network of privilege’ that protected Jeffrey Epstein amid wider misogynistic culture

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