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'Taboo fiction' author can't hide in child abuse case

A Christian charity's marketing executive facing child abuse charges over her book Daddy's Little Toy has lost a bid to shield her identity from the public.

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Sydney author loses bid to conceal identity amid charges erotica novel contains child abuse material

Woman has pleaded not guilty to all charges as News Corp lawyer argues ‘horse has bolted’ when it comes to suppressing her identity

The Guardian - AU

Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material

Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion

The Independent UK

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Students at Pentagon schools sue Hegseth over book bans on race and gender

Lawsuit argues that culling library books prevents children from learning about health, hygiene, biology and abuse

The Guardian - US

See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home

Residents of a small Michigan community stood side by side to help a local bookstore move 9,100 books — one by one — from its former site to a new location about a block away

The Independent UK

The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism

The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness

The Guardian - US

How to end the "It Ends With Us" drama

The "It Ends With Us" dispute is a textbook case of disastrous conflict resolution

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Book bound in the skin of a 19th-century Suffolk murderer goes on display

The book about the trial of William Corder, publicly executed and dissected after being convicted of murdering his lover, is bound using his skin

The Guardian - UK

‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Saltburn and Priscilla star talks about his first Australian lead role and the physical costs of playing a prisoner of war on the Burma-Thailand railway

The Guardian - AU

Crime and thrillers of the month – review

A couple’s struggle to survive a serial killer, a prank that goes terribly wrong – and the hunt for an old friend who went missing in the woods

The Guardian - UK

Netflix adds Swedish thriller created by bestselling author described as a master of Scandinavian crime writing

The Glass Dome follows a criminologist who was kidnapped as a child — is history repeating itself?

WhatToWatch

Shortlist announced for prestigious Scottish book award

The shortlist for a prestigious book award named after a Scottish author has been revealed ...

The National (Scotland)

HBO's Biggest Fantasy Franchise Just Repeated A Troubling Casting Trend

HBO's 'Harry Potter' series has announced its initial cast, and it highlights a major problem with Hollywood.

Inverse

‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish-language fiction

His breakthrough book was deemed too inflammatory to be taught in my school, and was burned by authorities, but this Peruvian firebrand would reveal himself to be a man of contradictions

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Mario Vargas Llosa obituary

Peruvian novelist, essayist and aspiring politician who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2010

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The Rock to co-author true crime book about Hawaii mob boss to be adapted by Martin Scorsese

Dwayne Johnson is working with investigative journalist Nick Bilton on the project, with a film in the pipeline starring Emily Blunt and Leonardo DiCaprio

Inverse

25 Years Later, Christian Bale's Most Iconic Thriller Is A Misunderstood Classic

'American Psycho' is much funnier, and a much sharper satire, than its reputation would have you believe.

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: Death sets a Thing significant … by Emily Dickinson

The traces of a lost friend are keenly felt in the material things they once touched

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'Great brands retain a degree of mystery’: a day in the life of Julian Kyanston

Propaganda’s founder discusses the key to building a brilliant brand.

The Guardian - UK

The one change that worked: I conquered my fear of public speaking – with just one night of pure panic

When I agreed to plug my book at a literary festival, I was expecting some kind of low-key Q&A. Imagine my terror when I discovered I would have to monologue for almost an hour

The Guardian - UK

Audition by Katie Kitamura review – an evasive experiment

This tricksy novel from the author of A Separation takes its cue from Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy – but what starts as intrigue soon starts to feel like time-wasting

The Guardian - UK

Eclipse review – Tom Conti stars in intriguing but elusive 70s tale of a mysterious death

Conti plays twin brothers, one of whom is suspected of the other’s murder, in this dreamy but frustrating fable

The Guardian - UK

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles

Evening Standard

Mother of daughter with rare disability writes book celebrating difference

Sarah Gannon’s book is inspired by her seven-year-old daughter Ciara who has Charge syndrome and is deafblind.

The Guardian - UK

Same River, Twice: Putin’s War on Women by Sofi Oksanen – review

This harrowing study of the Russian leader’s weaponising of sexual violence argues that misogyny goes hand in hand with imperialism

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