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Allan Ahlberg obituary

Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn't she paid like it?

After recording more than 600 audiobooks, Julia Whelan has become a go-to narrator for books by popular authors including Emily Henry and Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025

How Myles Downey is Transforming Leadership Performance Powered Through Strategic Coaching, Innovation, and Passion

Effective Coaching, first published in 1999 and now in its fourth edition as Effective Modern Coaching, has sold thousands of copies and is available worldwide.

International Business Times · Jul 31, 2025

The Immigrants by Moreno Giovannoni review – family history fuels a novel of understated beauty

Blending fiction and family memoir, the author’s second novel pays tribute to the lives and labour of his parents and their community of postwar Italian immigrants in Australia

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025

The Light of Day by Christopher Stephens and Louise Radnofsky audiobook review – a pioneer of gay liberation

Stephens narrates his account of Roger Butler’s role in the gay rights movement before losing his sight – and their later life-changing friendship

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

The LA Times’s owner wants to take the struggling paper public. Will it work?

In recent years, the newspapers that have fared the best have been those with committed local ownership

The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2025

64 Years Later, The Original 'Fantastic Four' Just Got An Incredible Upgrade

The new 'Fantastic Four' collection from The Folio Society is a must-read for all Marvel fans. Here's why.

Inverse · Jul 31, 2025

Who Is Chad Daybell? What the 'Doomsday Prophet' Did—and Why Lori Daybell Helped Him Kill

Chad Daybell was sentenced to death for three murders tied to doomsday beliefs. Lori Daybell received life for helping plan and conceal the killings.

International Business Times UK · Jul 31, 2025

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

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

Dreaming of Dead People by Rosalind Belben review – rivals anything by Virginia Woolf

More than 40 years on from its first publication, this exploration of one woman’s thoughts and fantasies is a gem worthy of rediscovery

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025