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Greater Sins by Gabrielle Griffiths review – a dark discovery upturns a Scottish village

The unearthing of a woman’s body in a peat bog during the first world war is the catalyst for a gritty tale of secrets, guilt and desire

The Guardian - UK

Kaliane Bradley: ‘I dreaded the book going to people I know’

The author of bestseller The Ministry of Time on how lockdown telly, Terry Pratchett and her Cambodian heritage shaped her Arctic time travel tale

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Kit de Waal’s cultural highlights

The award-winning author on the folk musician who inspired her second novel, a Parisian celebration of black artists in France, and the wonder of Whitby Abbey

The Guardian - UK

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The Determined Spy: Frank Wisner, the CIA and a covert career cut short

New biography tells story of operative who directed coups in Iran and Guatemala and grappled with mental illness

The Guardian - US

Novelist Katie Kitamura: ‘As Trump tries to take away everything I love, it’s never been clearer that writing matters’

The Japanese-American author of unsettling new novel Audition talks about why fiction isn’t frivolous, family life with fellow writer Hari Kunzru, and how US authors are facing a critical moment

The Guardian - UK

Name by Constance Debré review – a demolition of bourgeois life

The French author takes aim at marriage, childhood and her illustrious family name in the finale of a landmark autofictional trilogy

The Guardian - UK

Olivia Colman to star in Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice written by Dolly Alderton

Latest adaptation of Jane Austen classic will include Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as Elizabeth and Mr Darcy

The Guardian - UK

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Free by Amanda Knox review: life affirming memoir that is full of grace

Her second book is a moving account of striving to find purpose in the darkest of places

Evening Standard

Bill Belichick Admits Patriots Should Have Drafted Lamar Jackson in 2018

New England drafted running back Sony Michel with pick No. 31. The two-time MVP went 32nd.

Sports Illustrated

Knife by Salman Rushdie audiobook review – 27 seconds that changed everything

The author recalls the attack that almost killed him in an honest, terrifying and life-affirming memoir

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon receives dividend of thousands of pounds from her company

NICOLA Sturgeon has received a £10,000 dividend from the company she set up after signing her book deal ...

The National (Scotland)

Tim Bouverie’s Allies at War recounts the fall-outs and reconciliations of The Big Three with sensitivity and wit

5/5 A powerful and well-researched study of an alliance that was often fractious or worse

The Independent UK

Who is Jillian Lauren? Weezer bassist’s wife shot by police was once part of the Prince of Brunei’s harem

The New Jersey-born author is also a bestselling true crime expert

The Independent UK

Alastair Niven obituary

Scholar and literary administrator who nurtured the talent of many writers from Africa, Asia and the Commonwealth

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I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang review – an unforgettable graphic novel

In their darkly comic story, the Melbourne artist leans into the possibilities of the graphic novel, charting a young woman’s frustrated attempts to be understood

Texas Observer

El Paso’s Still-Untold Story

A new revisionist history lays out an urgent task that it does not accomplish.

The Guardian - UK

Surprise as sealskin is discovered to be cover material of ‘hairy’ medieval books

The findings from volumes kept in a Cistercian monastery in France shed new light on a robust medieval trade network that went well beyond local sourcing

The Guardian - UK

Proto by Laura Spinney review – how Indo-European languages went global

The fascinating story of the ancient words that survive in the mouths of billions of speakers today

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Sex, patriotism and Donald Trump cologne: the US adverts that explain the 00s

The final book in Jim Heimann’s survey of a century of US advertising takes us to a decade where Apple sold a new way of living and mermaids hawked Evian. It’s a ‘swan song’, he says – for his series but also the industry as a whole

The Independent UK

Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife held on $1m bail after cops say she pointed a gun at LAPD officers following frantic car chase

Police officers were reportedly pursuing suspects in a hit-and-run when the incident occurred

The Independent UK

Thomas Pynchon announces new novel Shadow Ticket, his first in 12 years

Like his previous two novels, Pynchon’s next book is a noir detective story

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Pynchon announces Shadow Ticket, his first novel in more than a decade

The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress

The Guardian - UK

Patti Smith to publish ‘intimate’ new memoir, Bread of Angels

Published in November, it will cover everything from Smith’s childhood to her rise as a punk rock star and later retreat from public life

The Conversation

After 100 years, The Great Gatsby still reminds us of the ability of literature to transform everyday life

Last November, I flew to New York to see a play: Gatz, an eight-hour reading of the entire text of The Great Gatsby by the experimental theatre ensemble the Elevator Repair Service.

The Independent UK

Mystery ‘hairy’ material used to make handcrafted medieval book covers finally revealed

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found.

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