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Scottish university 'providing support' as student accuses Neil Gaiman of assault

A SCOTTISH university is supporting a student who alleges sexual assault by famed author Neil Gaiman ...

The National (Scotland)

British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward

Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman has released a statement denying he has ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault

The Independent UK

Brooke Shields’s new book about embracing aging fails to realise one crucial thing

THE READING LIST: Shields was only a newborn when she appeared in her first TV ad, setting off a chain reaction of events that would see her become a generational touchstone of beauty and youth. Her candid new book is a surprisingly optimistic take on aging full of lessons in…

The Independent UK

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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change, racism and economic disparity

The Independent UK

Neil Gaiman: Best-selling author denies sexual misconduct allegations made by eight women

Allegations made by eight women against the 64-year-old were published in New York Magazine

Evening Standard

The Nero Book Awards 2024 fiction winner is a 'hypnotic and eerie' take on folklore horror that surprised our Books Editor

Our Books Editor was taken on a 'wild, dream-like adventure' by the thrilling winning novel

Woman & Home

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Other lives: Historian of the Labour party who wrote a biography of the 1930s leader George Lansbury

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Rare collection of Winnie-the-Pooh letters to be auctioned

Letters sent between Pooh author AA Milne, illustrator EH Shepard and their publisher Frederick Muller were discovered in a carrier bag in a loft

The Guardian - UK

The six books released in 2025 that I can't wait to read

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Curtis Sittenfeld, Daisy Lester rounds up the buzziest titles for this year

The Independent UK

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count was well worth the wait – read my full review

The award-winning authors new novel explores four women’s lives

The Independent UK

Neil Gaiman Faces New Sexual Assault Allegations — Shocking Details Emerge

Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny for Neil Gaiman's second wife, Amanda Palmer, and their son, has made allegations of abuse, including rape. In January 2023, she filed a police report detailing the alleged assault. However, the case has since been closed.

International Business Times

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

From ecology-saving zombies to a murderous tattoo and a chilly new school for magic, the new year launches with fresh twists on familiar themes

The Guardian - UK

I have no plans to resign, says Pope Francis in new autobiography

Pontiff says Church ‘governed using the head and the heart, not the legs’ as he discusses health problems in autobiography

The Independent UK

Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

Pope Francis' autobiography is being released Tuesday

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Colin Barrett’s Wild Houses among winners of Nero book awards

The booker longlisted title takes the debut fiction prize while Adam S Leslie, Sophie Elmhirst and Liz Hyder win fiction, nonfiction and children’s categories

The Independent UK

Pop singer among winners at 2024 Nero Book Awards for English folk horror novel

Four winners have been announced.

Salon

Neil Gaiman's shocking abuse allegations

Years of alleged predatory behavior from Gaiman have come to light via accounts from female fans and employees

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Wu-Tang Clan's ODB is your guide to the multiverse in the new Lyrical Ruckus in the City graphic novel

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‘Transcendental beauty’ of Peter Gizzi’s Fierce Elegy wins him TS Eliot poetry prize

Judges for the £25,00 award say the collection, informed by grief for his two brothers, ‘braves large questions’ with its lyric sequence

Sports Illustrated

Philadelphia News Anchors Start Monday Broadcast With Hilarious A.J. Brown Book Bit

The fun continues.

The National (Scotland)

More than 300 people attend protest over library closures

More than 300 people have protested the proposed closure of five libraries in one council area.

Marie Claire

Why King Charles "Refuses" to Give Kate Middleton Advice About Becoming Queen

"For much of the same reason, Camilla has not felt compelled to speak with Kate about what it's like to be queen."

Marie Claire

Naomi Watts Was "Warned" Revealing Early Menopause Would Make Her Seem "Unf--kable" and She'd "Never Work Again"

"I didn't even really know what menopause meant—except very likely the conclusion of my acting career, which got under way far later than most."

The Independent UK

A.J. Brown's sideline read skyrockets to No. 1 hottest seller on Amazon

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Indie bookshops ‘buck the trend’ of retail gloom as store numbers stay high

Booksellers have increasingly moved to make their shops ‘warm, welcoming and experiential’ places to get customers through the doors.

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