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International Booker Prize: A Quarter of the Finalists Are Latin American Authors

The official announcement declares that "The list heralds a second 'boom' in Latin American fiction"

Latin Times

Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson review – rich literary reading of the first book of the Bible

This careful analysis of the foundational text is full of telling details and keenly observed parallels

The Guardian - UK

Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin review – tales of the country

This playful encore to a much-loved series moves from San Francisco to a grand English estate

The Guardian - UK

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Trump-paid expert quickly debunked fraud

Expert Ken Block gives an inside look into the many different ways the Trump campaign tried to prove voter fraud

Salon

When dads get into character for World Book Day

Letters: Retired army major Richard Amey on how he put his construction skills to good use for a costume. Plus letters from Bryn Hughes, Nick Cuthbertson and Liam Clancy-Kerrigan

The Guardian - UK

How to avoid burn-out: book more meetings (with yourself)

Half of UK workers say their organisation prioritises productivity over staff mental health - here’s how you can ringfence your energy

Evening Standard

The monster mash: Frankenstein is reanimated for dance, stitched together with Greek myths

The choreographer, writer, dancer and musician’s multifaceted, repetitive approach to art-making is nowhere more evident than in his new show, which kicks off this week in Frome

The Guardian - UK

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Aide tried to stop Trump praising Hitler – by telling him Mussolini was ‘great guy’

Ex-president’s second chief of staff tried to convince him fascist dictator was ‘great guy in comparison’, John Kelly tells Jim Sciutto

The Guardian - US

A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje review – a connoisseur of atmospheres

The author of The English Patient returns to poetry with a valedictory collection that is at home with the unknown and the romance of the incomplete

The Guardian - UK

Final Verdict by Tobias Buck review – the weight of collective guilt

Reporting on the trial of a former SS camp guard, the author learns that his own grandfather was an early Nazi in this lucid, timely study of Germany’s fraught reckoning with its past

The Guardian - UK

‘Three big flukes’: how Penguin ended up republishing a 1934 Rochdale plasterer’s tale

Bartender who found Caliban Shrieks in a library says chance encounters helped him get Jack Hilton’s story back in print

The Guardian - UK

The book world doesn’t know what to do with all these heightened sensitivities

The Australian literature world is torn between supporting marginalised, radical voices and hiding behind the industry’s frictionless gentry.

Crikey

Al Pacino to release ‘revealing’ memoir in October

Sonny Boy, the actor’s first memoir, will cover his upbringing in New York, Hollywood career and thoughts on ‘love and purpose’

The Guardian - US

Can you imagine a world without onions?

In his new book, Mark Kurlansky wants to get to the core of the world's rarest of common foods

Salon

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The Guardian - UK

Latin American fiction ‘booms’ again on International Booker prize longlist

Works from the continent make up a quarter of this year’s nominees, which include novels from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil and Peru

The Hindu

Poets, writers must develop political consciousness to uphold what is right, says Shivaganga Rumma

Head of Kannada Department emphasizes literature's role in reflecting social realities and addressing contemporary issues at literary conference.

The Guardian - AU

I didn’t get the credit for my bestselling book: the secret life of the celebrity ghost writer

There’s nothing quite like finding six new releases on display in a bookstore – all of which you’ve written, and none of which has your name on it

Space

'The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' examines Star Wars' sinister Imperial reign

A preview of DK Publishing's "The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire."

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The Guardian - UK

My inability to say no is making me cry. But what can I do about it?

I stupidly said yes to a job I should have run a mile from. This must stop

The Guardian - UK

The Hunter by Tana French review – a master of her craft

In this sequel to The Searcher, the bestselling author picks up with retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper and co in a richly told tale of tangled loyalties

International Business Times

Cheltenham In Rude Health But In Danger Of Losing Diehard Racing Fans

The Cheltenham Festival is "critical" for the image and health of British racing though in "many ways the racing fan is being priced out" of this week's showpiece, William Woodhams, CEO of Fitzdares bookmakers, told AFP.

The Hindu

France’s exceptional women, their imprint on diplomacy

France champions a feminist foreign policy, with a dedicated strategy that seeks to mainstream the promotion of gender equality and the rights of women and girls in all its bilateral undertakings

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Malma Station; Grief Is for People; Ghosts in the Hedgerow – review

A train full of family secrets, a witty and poignant memoir about kinship and loss, and sniffing out the disappearance of our favourite prickly mammal

The Guardian - UK

How to Be Somebody Else by Miranda Pountney review – a constant sense of slippage and precarity

This impressive debut lays bare the highs and lows of an Englishwoman in New York who abruptly abandons her life

The Guardian - UK

The Price of Life by Jenny Kleeman review – the uncomfortable cost of living

The author’s vivid attempt to quantify the value of human life raises challenging questions and yields some unpleasant answers

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