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Renée Zellweger's surprising undercover job before filming Bridget Jones

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Five of the best science fiction books of 2024

From a post-apocalyptic dystopia to a brilliant time-travel debut, a far-future take on humanity and more

The Guardian - UK

Best non-fiction books of 2024: True crime, fandom and the dangers of nostalgia

THE LIST: From investigations into digital algorithms and the impact of smartphones to a history of Victoria’s Secret, there’s something for everyone in Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of 2024’s best non-fiction

The Independent UK

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How to read the Bridget Jones books in order – including Mad About the Boy

The film is set for release on Valentine’s Day

The Independent UK

OPINION - Tomiwa Owolade: Salman Rushdie’s warning rings true – ignore the Twitter outrage

The ‘updating’ of Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming works are just the tip of the iceberg

Evening Standard

‘There’s an industry-wide mental health crisis’: authors and publishers on why the books sector needs to change

After a survey revealed the stresses that authors face when placed in the spotlight for the first time, publishing houses and industry bodies have pledged extra training and pastoral care

The Guardian - UK

The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world

Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books

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Ashleigh Nugent: ‘Black stories were always about London’

The writer on the long gestation of Locks – his debut novel set in 90s Merseyside – his work in prisons and what Virginia Woolf has taught him

The Guardian - UK

Literary escapes! 10 top London authors on their summer must-reads

Classic romance novels, epic sci-fi, poetic prose — Alex Peake-Tomkinson quizzes writers from Jessie Burton to Diana Evans on their all-time favourite literary escapes

Evening Standard

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh; The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan; Not Alone by Sarah K Jackson; Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

The Guardian - UK

Bret Easton Ellis: ‘James and the Giant Peach changed my life’

The provocative novelist on looking back at his teenage self, the sales generated by a hostile Q&A and his obsession with Marilyn Monroe

The Guardian - UK

The Passenger and Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy review – still apocalyptic after all these years

The American novelist – typically striding a fine line between profound and preposterous – has brought a new interest in quantum mechanics to the story of two ill-fated siblings

The Guardian - UK

Why sensitivity readers matter

A well-intentioned writer might get things wrong, and avoiding false beliefs is ethically and morally important

Salon

Why sensitivity readers matter – and should be paid properly

Last month, controversy was reignited in the UK around teacher Kate Clanchy’s memoir Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, about her time teaching kids from diverse backgrounds to write poetry.

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The Guardian - UK

Jackie Kay on Jamaica Kincaid: ‘I’ve never read anyone like her’

The Scottish poet’s tribute to the Antiguan-American author’s ‘fearless’ coming-of-age novel Annie John

The Guardian - UK

The book that tore publishing apart: ‘Harm has been done, and now everyone’s afraid’

Kate Clanchy’s memoir about teaching won the Orwell prize. Then, a year later, it became the centre of a storm that would engulf the lives of the author, her critics and dozens of people in the book trade. So what happened?

The Guardian - UK

Kate Clanchy’s controversial memoir reissued by independent publisher

Swift Press has acquired Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me after its author and original publisher Picador ‘parted company’ last month following widespread criticism of the book

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