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Ruth Artmonsky obituary

Other lives: Co-founder of the psychometric testing consultancy SHL who went to write books about art and design

The Guardian - UK

Atonement review – guilt and love battle for an unhappy ending

This stage version of Ian McEwan’s devastating class novel shows inspiring touches and the cast play adeptly, yet the tale’s emotional sweep feels underpowered

The Guardian - UK

Air-raid alerts and frontline memoirs: Kyiv hosts literary festival amid war

Visitors flock to Book Arsenal in Ukraine’s capital as wartime writing takes centre stage

The Guardian - UK

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Search for lesbian grandmothers who inspired children’s book

Mama G wants to dedicate her book, The Proudest Bird in the World, to pair after chance Blackpool Pride encounter

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Wang Is Exploring Mother-Daughter Relationships, Plastic Surgery and Reality TV in Her Darkly Funny Debut, New Skin

Book Talks: How Sarah Wang Writes Both Depth and Humour

Marie Claire

Meet the writer being called Scotland's answer to Quentin Tarantino

HIS new book, Family Man, has led to him being dubbed North Edinburgh’s Tarantino and Colin Burnett is very happy with that

The National (Scotland)

JD Vance Says Charlie Kirk's Assassination Moved Usha to Have a Fourth Child After Years of Refusal

JD Vance discloses how the assassination of his friend Charlie Kirk influenced his wife's decision to have a fourth child, highlighting the personal impact of Kirk's death on their family.

International Business Times UK

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Dr Jill Biden speaks out on what Queen Elizabeth was like behind closed doors and how candid she could really get

The former US First Lady has suggested there was one key difference between the late Queen’s public and private personas

Woman & Home

Jill Biden’s book is the last thing we need right now

CNN anchor Jake Tapper joined a chorus of voices accusing the former first lady of rewriting history and dodging accountability for the 2024 loss

The Guardian - US

Move over Middlemarch! Readers’ top 100 novels

After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels of all time, we asked readers to choose their favourites. Thousands of votes came in from around the world ... which books did you choose that were missing from the original list, and what has pushed George Eliot off the top…

The Guardian - UK

Lady Pamela Hicks obituary

Witness of the partition of India as the daughter of Lord Mountbatten and bridesmaid to the future Queen Elizabeth II

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the UK’s first centre for illustration: visual literacy, and the sheer joy of images, matter

Editorial: A national institution for this overlooked artform shows it is finally getting the recognition it deserves

The Guardian - UK

What happens after happily ever after? This sun-soaked romance will sweep you off your feet

We sat down with the author of After Ever After, Hannah Luckett to hear more about her second-chance romance set in France - perfect for the beach this summer

Woman & Home

Novel ways to master reading books

Letters: Malcolm Bellamy on how he is finally getting through Middlemarch. Also letters from Roger Osborne and Roz Connery

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Best Australian books out in June: a buzzy novel, gripping nonfiction and an extremely unusual debut

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

Marie Claire

The Royal Family Loses One of Its Longest Friends as King Charles's Goddaughter Shares Emotional Post

India Hicks called her mother "the last of her kind."

The Guardian - US

Unseen Edith Wharton short story is published more than a century later

The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazine

International Business Times UK

How Did Marjane Satrapi Die? Heartbreaking Cause of Death Revealed for Persepolis Author at 56

Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel Persepolis, has died at 56. Her work, rooted in her Iranian heritage, championed women's rights and left a lasting global impact.

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The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Haunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph; Selected Poems by Leontia Flynn; Sparrow on the Rooftop by Rachel Long; You Must Live: New Poetry from Palestine, edited by Jorie Graham; Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai; Somebody Should Have Pressed Record by Galia Admoni

The Independent UK

Hidden for more than 100 years, this Edith Wharton story is finally being published

Titled ‘The Men Who Saved the World’, the previously unpublished work will appear in The Strand’s new issue

AAP

Iranian-French author known for Persepolis dies at 56

Iranian-French artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent human rights advocate and the author of the autobiographical book Persepolis, has died at 56.

The Guardian - UK

The Children by Melissa Albert review – intriguing fairytale of creativity’s dangers

In her first novel for adults, the YA author explores the dark side of writers who fictionalise their children’s lives

International Business Times UK

Who Was Marjane Satrapi? Net Worth, Career and Heartbreaking Romance Behind 'Persepolis' Creator's Final Years

Marjane Satrapi's life, career, net worth and final years explored following her death at 56, including her work behind Persepolis.

The Guardian - AU

The Ruiners by Ellena Savage review – a playful and subversive take on Great Expectations

In her sharp and intellectual first novel, the author finds tragic comedy in socialism, inequality and the flawed ways we connect as the world burns

Newsroom.co.nz

This week’s bestselling books – June 5

The latest NielsenIQ BookScan chart of NZ books, plus win a book on the meaning of NZ life

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