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Maryse Conde: Daring Storyteller Who Explored Black Identity

The mother of four, who once said she "did not have the confidence to present her writing to the outside world", was in her eighties before she won a major award, in 2018.

International Business Times

Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean 'grand storyteller' dies aged 90

Author of novels drawing on African and Caribbean history enjoyed international acclaim, including the New Academy prize, which stood in for the Nobel in 2018

The Guardian - UK

Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings review – a perfectly realised fictional creation

A South African woman’s woes are slowly illuminated in a stark, darkly humorous novel by the author of the Booker-longlisted An Island

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Law book publishers who print statutes should be extra cautious, any mistakes may invite contempt or perjury proceedings: Karnataka High Court

High Court of Karnataka warns publishers of legal books to avoid errors or face legal consequences and blacklisting.

The Hindu

Malayalam author C. Radhakrishnan quits Sahitya Akademi citing political interference

Controversy in Sahitya Akademi as Malayalam author resigns over political interference in literary body's autonomy.

The Hindu

Revenue not so much, but recognition is returning to Sulekha’s sought after inks

Sulekha, the socially conscious 90-year-old brand of fountain pen ink has already regained some of its past glory, having resumed production during the first COVID-19 lockdown four years ago

The Hindu

Scottish authors criticise cancellation of Glasgow literary festival Aye Write

Val McDermid and Douglas Stuart were among many writers to express outrage after Creative Scotland turned down the literary festival funding application

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Barnes & Noble workers plan union drive at largest US bookstore chain

Despite pushback from CEO James Daunt, employees are organizing for better pay, ‘dignity’ and working conditions

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Picture books for children – reviews

Bashful cats and lonely ponies stalk the pages of this month’s choices

The Guardian - UK

Amended Federal Rule of Evidence 702 on Expert Evidence

An article I coauthored spurred an amendment to the Federal Rules of Evidence

Reason

Phelps reflects on career in service of the public

She has reached the pinnacle of medicine, politics and social advocacy, but Kerryn Phelps is not done yet with giving back to her community.

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The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians review – unpicking the lexicon of America’s leaders

New York Times columnist Carlos Lozada examines the speeches, writing and linguistic tics of presidents and members of Congress to expose ‘inveterate deceivers’

The Guardian - UK

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Fake News, Lies, and Other Familiar Problems," by Prof. Sam Lebovic

The fifth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium.

Reason

How to Make a Bomb by Rupert Thomson review – struck by sickness, an academic seeks solace in love

A man swaps his comfortable existence for an affair in Thomson’s lyrical study of a midlife crisis

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‘I want to be a Clifty’: Charmian Clift’s unfinished last novel finally gets its moment

More than 60 years after it was put aside to help her husband George Johnston write My Brother Jack, Clift’s novel The End of the Morning is being published

The Hindu

‘Load the box’ concept to promote book reading

Kitab Lovers' innovative "Load the Box" concept offers affordable books at Mysuru book fair, catering to all readers.

The Guardian - UK

Diva by Daisy Goodwin review – a novelisation of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’s tumultuous affair

This powerful reimagining of the soprano’s toxic relationship with the Greek shipping tycoon captures the drama and heartbreak of one of the most celebrated singers of all time

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Frankenstein review – Imitating the Dog’s experiment never quite comes to life

The company’s trademark fusion of live performance and digital wizardry doesn’t quite hang together in a radical take on Mary Shelley

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Kazuo Ishiguro: I come up with book titles by looking through cookbooks

The Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author also talked about how confused he is by fellow writers who do not know how they will finish a book.

The Guardian - UK

Helen Garner: ‘People would give me death stares in the street’

The novelist and nonfiction writer on her love of courtroom drama, the trials of cancel culture and why she wouldn’t have been a good psychoanalyst

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‘I wanted people to laugh not at me, but with me’: Tom Shakespeare

The activist, academic and now novelist explains why, when you use a wheelchair, it’s good to be able to see the funny side. By Donna Ferguson

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When an outgoing Tory minister like Robert Halfon channels Gandalf, the magic of Tolkien begins to pall

From hippies to death metal and MPs, one book seems to rule them all but, oh, how I wish it didn’t

The Guardian - UK

‘I was always an uncertain and confused observer’: war photographer Peter van Agtmael on decades on the frontline

The American photojournalist on his new book, which brings together the US’s foreign wars and its divisions at home, with often disturbing results

The Hindu

Arab world welcomed Aadujeevitham, says Arabic translator

The Hindu

Children’s fantasy series: Into the magical village of Gol Gumbad

Discover magical Indian fairy tales for children in Shobita Narayan's debut book, Midaash & Maitreyi’s Magical Mayhem.

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