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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Julia by Sandra Newman and The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith.

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Uyghur academic named 2023 PEN writer of courage

Professor and global expert on Uyghur folklore Rahile Dawut was reportedly sentenced to life in prison after going missing six years ago

The Guardian - UK

Michael Rosen names Uighur scholar Rahile Dawut PEN Writer Of Courage 2023

The British author announced Dawut as an award winner on Wednesday during an event held at the British Library in London.

The Independent UK

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The sleep secret: how lucid dreams can make us fitter, more creative and less anxious

Freud described dreams as windows into our repressed desires. Today, researchers are using them to boost athletic performance and help veterans with PTSD, unlocking huge benefits for us all

The Guardian - UK

In these troubled times we all get the ‘bothers’ but I have a surefire cure: write them down

The sentence was created to make sense of the world, but some things are beyond logic, says writer Michael Rosen

The Guardian - UK

Authors join online campaign to save ‘vital’ Devon mobile library services

Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen say that councillors’ choice to discontinue the vans would restrict people’s access to books and amounts to an ‘act of cruelty’

The Guardian - UK

What Is Stagflation and How Can Investors Prepare?

Stagflation occurs when economic growth slows and the unemployment rate spikes and can create a challenging environment for investors.

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Illegal Migration Bill would bring a ban on seeking asylum, protesters argue

Around 50 people, including poet and author Michael Rosen, demonstrated outside Parliament as the Commons voted on amendments.

The Independent UK

Michael Rosen praised for his moving tribute to the NHS during BBC Breakfast

Rosen recalled his own encounters with the NHS, including the death of his son and his Covid-related coma

The Independent UK

Michael Rosen lost for words as The Repair Shop preserves special diary chronicling his battle with Covid

The much-loved children's author choked up as he was presented with the special book that was written in daily by nurses during his 40-day coma

Wales Online

Author Michael Rosen recounts 50% chance of waking up from induced coma

The 77-year-old said he was put into an induced coma for around 40 days when he contracted Covid in 2020.

The Independent UK

Michael Rosen ‘honoured’ by prize in memory of fellow injustice fighter Pinter

Past winners of the award have included Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sir Salman Rushdie.

The Independent UK

Author Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for ‘fearless’ body of work

Writer of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a ‘passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish’

The Guardian - UK

Author Michael Rosen chokes up in Repair Shop NHS special after near-death coma

BBC One viewers are in for an emotional ride as The Repair Shop marks the 75th anniversary of the NHS by restoring everything from a Thomas The Tank Engine catering trolley to a vintage doctor's bag

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Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey to publish ‘accessible’ poetry collection

Contributions by Russell Brand and Maxine Peake feature in Poetry for the Many, which aims to help readers shake off the idea that verse is only for ‘posh people’

The Guardian - UK

Anyone who’s lost a loved one knows the pressure to visit shrines to the past. But it doesn’t always help

Four years after my husband’s death, the question of where to locate my grief still isn’t easy to answer, says the writer Kat Lister

The Independent UK

Michael Rosen echoes Gary Lineker comment during speech outside Downing Street

The former children’s laureate cited Lineker during a speech to hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Whitehall.

The Guardian - UK

Many UK primary schoolchildren ‘drastically’ missing out on poetry

Research in January by Macmillan and CLPE found limited books and lack of teacher support means majority study or hear poetry less than once a week

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Unexpected Twist review – Oliver gets a phone in beatboxing version of Dickens’s classic

Michael Rosen’s update of Oliver Twist gets the musical treatment in this high-energy show about a schoolgirl ensnared by a street gang

Daily Mirror

Michael Rosen: 'Thank you nurses Monique and Wincey, now I'm here to support you'

Celebrated author and former children's laureate Michael Rosen tells the Mirror why he's standing shoulder to shoulder with striking nurses on the picket line

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: female fantasies, coping with grief and a nuanced take on a plagiarism scandal

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

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How Nadhim Zahawi was fired from government

In today’s newsletter: Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long, and what exactly was the Tory party chair guilty of?

The Guardian - UK

‘I knew my son had gone’: Michael Rosen on the moment that changed his life – extract

In this extract from his new book, Getting Better, the author and poet describes the death of his beloved teenage son, Eddie

The Guardian - UK

Getting Better by Michael Rosen review – a survivor’s manual

The children’s author uses his experience of Covid as a hook to examine loss, mourning, and what comes next

The Independent UK

Poet Michael Rosen marches with nurses out of ‘gratitude’ after his Covid coma

The 76-year-old said he was in hospital for three months after being put in an induced coma after falling seriously ill with Covid in March 2020.

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