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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they read last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Now isn't the time for a tell-all memoir from Meghan Markle as the public is 'overloaded with stories' an expert urges

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly signed a four-book deal with Penguin Random House

Woman & Home

Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson audiobook review – tales of fantastical mundanity

Paterson Joseph reads short stories of talking animals and ghostly revelations that weave into a melancholic, askew chimera of magic and quotidian woes

The Guardian - UK

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African writer ruined by row with Graham Greene finally gets chance to shine

Fifty years after being accused of plagiarism, book is reissued in a bid to rehabilitate gifted Malian author Yambo Ouologuem

The Guardian - UK

The book ‘The Parents I Met’ by Mansi Zaveri puts the spotlight on parents silently playing an irreplaceable role

Mansi Zaveri's new book, The Parents I Met, is an anthology of in-depth interviews with parents of personalities from different fields. It offers solace to parents and helps them navigate emotions. The book is available online and in bookstores for ₹400.

The Hindu

‘It’s an ongoing challenge’: Will the culture wars come for Britain’s books?

Books that discuss race, racism and sexuality are being banned or censored across America, igniting further conflict across the political spectrum. It’s happening in the UK, too, if – so far, at least – to a lesser extent. But should we be worried, asks Francesca Specter

The Independent UK

Perumal Murugan wins JCB Prize for Literature, to get ₹25 lakh cash prize

Tamil writer Perumal Murugan wins the coveted JCB Prize for Literature for his novel, Fire Bird, an English translation of his Tamil novel Aalandapatchi. The award carries ₹25 lakh cash prize.

The Hindu

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Hannah Lowery obituary

Other lives: Archivist who spent a quarter of a century at Bristol University, where she expanded its collection of documents

The Guardian - UK

NHL considers more cut protection after player dies from a skate cut to the neck in England

Commissioner Gary Bettman and Players’ Association executive director Marty Walsh touched based Sunday in the immediate aftermath of the death of former Penguins player Adam Johnson.

Chicago Sun-Times

Interest in neck guards spikes after a hockey player's tragic death

Interest in cut-resistant neck guards is surging: "That could be one of the positive things that might come out of this terrible tragedy," said Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan.

WEKU

The Penguin Book of Elegy by Andrew Motion and Stephen Regan review – surprisingly uplifting

From Charlotte Brontë grieving Emily to Ted Hughes lamenting a lamb, this exceptional anthology of poems is full of scholarly discernment

The Guardian - UK

Dear Harriet

Dame Fiona Kidman on one of the great editors in the literary pantheon, Harriet Allan, made redundant by Penguin.

Newsroom.co.nz

Coleen Rooney announces new autobiography that promises ‘inside story’ into Wagatha Christie trial

‘My Account’ will give readers insight into Rooney’s legal battle with Rebekah Vardy and a ‘full account’ of her life to date

The Independent UK

Russell Brand publisher pauses all future books with comedian

Bluebird, who were due to publish Brand’s new self-help book in December, took the decision in light of ‘very serious allegations’

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Newsroom.co.nz

A brief note on Māori literature, 2023

The capital of New Zealand writing is set to be Rotorua, as host of the 2023 Māori Writers Festival

The National (Scotland)

Neil Oliver resignation shows ‘how extreme GB News has become’, say campaigners

THE resignation of Neil Oliver from a prestigious academic organisation shows “how extreme GB News has become”, according to campaigners.

The Guardian - UK

Richard Osman: ‘I would have been terrible in MI6. I’m too tall, spill secrets and can’t lie’

After getting ‘the tap’ at Cambridge, he went from a behind-the-scenes TV ideas man to a fixture in front of the camera. Then the Pointless star’s Thursday Murder Club books became the biggest thing in fiction since Harry Potter

Newsroom.co.nz

Penguin axes legendary publisher

New Zealand's literary community responds to the shock dismissals at Penguin Random House

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Evening Standard

Sanditon series 3 ‘has nothing do to with Jane Austen’, says expert

‘Heteronormative’ author would never have written a gay love story, claims Professor

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak: my Hindu faith gives me strength as Prime Minister

The PM visited joined a Hindu recital at Cambridge University yesterday

Guitar World

Behold the Paisley Penguin – the limited-edition Gretsch guitar that gets the brand’s full tuxedo and Rolex treatment

Unveiled alongside a new Bourbon Stain Sidewinder, the two new Professional Edition models bring the bling to the firm’s already-fancy flagship range

Birmingham Post

Movers and Shakers: 1284, Michael Smith Switchgear, Penguin PR, Belmayne, Cambridge & Counties, Salloway Property Consultants, Purpose Media & Avant Homes

Latest news on two ex-newspaper editors, a business bank and a regional housebuilder

The Guardian - AU

‘Exciting’, ‘bold’, ‘laugh out loud’: the best Australian books out in July

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

Tribune News Service

Ron Cook: An ode to Patric Hornqvist, the unsung dirty work hero of 2 Stanley Cup wins for the Penguins

The news passed quickly and quietly last week, lost in the hype surrounding phenom Connor Bedard as the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL entry draft and the impending start of NHL free agency.

The Independent UK

Nancy Mitford novel The Pursuit of Love to be reissued with new ‘trigger warning’

New edition of the 1945 book warns readers of ‘prejudices’ depicted within its pages

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