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The Guardian view on the Gruffalo: a well-timed comeback, wart and all

Editorial: The next challenge for Julia Donaldson’s monster is to get its claws into parents and persuade more of them to read aloud

The Guardian - UK

The Best Samurai Epic Of The Decade Is About To Take A Huge Risk

'Shogun' Season 2 will take place after a 10-year time jump, clearing the way for an original continuation of the story.

Inverse

Little World by Josephine Rowe review – a beautiful novella that lacks heft

Australian literature is littered with dead girls in the bush – and this finely wrought tale is narrated by a corpse who feels like just a gauzy metaphor

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Actor Diego Boneta is trying something new with debut novel 'The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco'

Diego Boneta grew tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narcos storylines for Latinos, so he decided to shake things up by writing his own self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business empire

The Independent UK

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan audiobook review – a bold memoir of life and near-death

History and autobiography are brilliantly intertwined as the Booker-winning author explores the choices and chance connections that shape our existence

The Guardian - UK

New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel

The Next Big Story competition, run by writing school The Novelry, is encouraging entries from would-be authors ‘historically overlooked by the publishing industry’

The Guardian - UK

Gruffalo to return in first new book in 20 years

The first two books from Julia Donaldson sold more than 18.2 million copies globally

The Independent UK

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The Pretender by Jo Harkin review – a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue

This fantasia on the life of Lambert Simnel, who finds himself a claimant to the English throne, is a romp through late-medieval identity and historical uncertainty

The Guardian - UK

Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests

New work says novelist, who was a censor during second world war, may been employed to look for coded messages

The Guardian - UK

Bill Belichick Defends Jordon Hudson While Tearing Into CBS Over Viral Interview

The Tar Heels football coach released a statement.

Sports Illustrated

Pope Francis Saw Clergy's Lack Of Humility As A 'Cancer': Author

Pope Francis saw priests' embrace of the trappings of power as a "cancer" corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff.

International Business Times

Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book

The book, which is being published on November 4, also includes a foreword written by Sir Paul.

Evening Standard

Indara Meets Yaddle In An Exclusive Excerpt From 'Star Wars: The Acolyte — Wayseeker'

In a new excerpt from the 'Star Wars' novel, 'The Acolyte: Wayseeker,' Jedi Indara gets an assignment from Yaddle.

Inverse

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

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have announced they are working on a new outing for the monster in the deep dark wood, due out in September 2026

Salon

MAGA's coping strategy: More fantasy

The right’s go-to conspiracy theory can help explain why Trump’s base won’t drop him anytime soon

The Guardian - UK

Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata review – a future without sex

The Convenience Store Woman author imagines the creep of a new worldview, in a novel that highlights the weirdness of normal life

The Guardian - UK

Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests

Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love

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Evening Standard

The Names by Florence Knapp review – What's in a name? Rather a lot in this intriguing debut novel

Do we choose our children’s fate when we name them? Three names, three fates.

The Independent UK

Mysterious skull found decades ago could belong to legendary king, archaeologists say

Hungarian king was renowned for reforming justice administration and for being a patron of art and science

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon to launch memoir at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon will launch her memoir at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Evening Standard

Sturgeon to launch memoir at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Also on the line-up are authors Maggie O’Farrell and Ian McEwan, as well as Gavin And Stacey co-creator and writer, Ruth Jones.

International Business Times

Kardashian Robbery Suspect Says Heist Was One 'Too Many'

At the Paris trial of 10 people accused of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in 2016, a defendant who wrote a book about the jewellery heist Tuesday said he regretted participating while one of his co-accused vehemently denied any involvement.

The Guardian - UK

Jane Gardam obituary

Prolific novelist and short-story writer with a taste for the absurd

Inverse

The Most Divisive Sci-Fi Movie Of 2024 Is Getting A Strange Sequel

Francis Ford Coppola's self-funded magnum opus is getting a new life on the page.

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