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The Acme Novelty Datebook is Chris Ware’s last volume of intriguing sketchbooks and thoughts

Chris Ware presents his ‘artisanal rewritings of personal conflict’, a third and final volume charting the American artist and author’s process

Wallpaper

Giuliani’s book is silent on $150m award for defamation but noisy on election lies

Disgraced and disbarred former NYC mayor and Trump lawyer also says Biden administration is persecuting him

The Guardian - US

Showrunner of Dune prequel series confirms you don't need to have seen the movies to watch: "This can be a point of entry"

Exclusive: Alison Schapker says you don't have to be a Dune head to enjoy the Bene Gesserit-based spin-off

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Autocrats and cities: how capitals have become a battleground for protest and control

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the world’s longest reigning female political leader, fled Bangladesh on 5 August 2024 for the safety of India. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of protesters descended on Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. The crowds ransacked her official residence, occupied the nation’s parliament and burnt down her family home.

The Conversation

Hit Apple sci-fi show Silo will feature big changes from the novels in season 2, including character deaths

Exclusive: Silo showrunner Graham Yost teases that we can expect big changes from the books with the second season

Total Film

49 Years Later, The Tiny Bird Stephen King Marked As An Omen Of Death Still Haunts Us

Conservationists estimate that eastern whip-poor-will populations have declined by about 70% since the 1970s.

Inverse

Netflix's Ramit Sethi Reveals His Top 10 Money Rules; Netizens Agree #10 Is The Most Important

Financial guru Ramit Sethi's practical money rules and scientific evidence reveal how strategic financial decisions can significantly impact wealth.

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Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake review – a writer’s place is not in the kitchen

A fun but often unpalatable collection of recipes by authors including Robert Graves, Norman Mailer and Beryl Bainbridge should come with a trigger warning. Anyone for Instant Mince or Dutch Onion Crisps?

The Guardian - UK

Australian PM defends himself after being accused of seeking free flight upgrades from Qantas boss

Anthony Albanese says he has always “acted in a transparent and appropriate way,” after a new book claimed that he repeatedly requested free upgrades from Qantas Airways

The Independent UK

Manga fans around the world saved an underrated series at risk of cancellation: "I never would’ve imagined that so many people would be willing to go all in"

Love Bullet is getting a reprint, which is a good sign for a new manga

GamesRadar

Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions

The authors are among 1,000 books industry figures pledging not to work with any publishers, festivals or publications ‘complicit in violating Palestinian rights’

The Guardian - UK

Gerry Foley obituary

Other lives: Energy expert who challenged the idea that 1970s patterns of energy production and consumption could continue indefinitely

The Guardian - UK

‘I was high, drawing my self-portrait in a toaster’: the thrilling return of graphic novelist Charles Burns

The comics artist’s book Black Hole made him a cult hero, revered for his horror-tinged tales of US teens. He talks about the memory that broke chronic writer’s block – and why his books haven’t been filmed

The Guardian - UK

George R. R. Martin reveals another Game of Thrones spin-off was shelved "a couple of years ago" at HBO

It seems we aren't headed to Braavos just yet

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The Guardian - AU

Highways and Byways by Jimmy Barnes review – compassionate collection from a master yarnsmith

Reflective memories and short stories from the Cold Chisel singer show he has lost none of his raconteur’s flair

The Guardian - UK

Novelist and poet Paul Bailey dies at 87

The twice Booker prize-shortlisted author was best known for his novels, which included At the Jerusalem and Gabriel’s Lament

The Independent UK

Nicholas Sparks reveals which film adaptation is his favourite: ‘It just works’

Author says he watched the film with his children when they asked what he did

The Guardian - UK

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – broken, bedbound, but unbowed

The author’s memoir recounts his life since the accident that left him paralysed and mixes typically forthright takes on sex and scatology with ruthless candour about his physical state

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Tove Jansson murals, with hidden Moomins, seen for first time in Helsinki show

Paradise exhibition focuses on public works for factory walls, hospitals and nurseries – long before Moominmania took hold

Radio France Internationale

Original 'Little Prince' typescript to go under the hammer

A specialist London bookstore is selling an original typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's children's classic "The Little Prince", complete with the author's handwritten corrections and revisions.

The Guardian - UK

Letters by Oliver Sacks review – valuable insight into a curious mind

From loving letters to his parents expressing early anxieties to later exchanges with scientific heavyweights, this collection of correspondence only cements Sacks’s legacy as a man of great compassion

The Guardian - UK

The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz review – witty, tightly plotted follow-up

The sequel to bestselling thriller The Plot takes the wife of the first novel’s protagonist and throws her into a satisfyingly twisty, literary satire

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Forsyte Saga, Parts 1 and 2; Othello – review

Over five hours, John Galsworthy’s family epic unfolds with intimate clarity on an almost bare stage. At the RSC, Emilia and Desdemona steal the show

The Guardian - UK

Where punk meets Catholicism: Andrea Modica’s portraits of 1980s schoolgirls

While a photography student at Yale, Modica visited her old school and found the captivating subject she’d been looking for: teens whose big hair, eyeliner and rolled-up skirts still radiate personality decades later

The Independent UK

How dead authors’ characters became the hottest property in publishing

THE READING LIST: Author Nick Harkaway has revitalised his father John le Carré’s most famous character in a new novel – can he make it work? Katie Rosseinsky explores how literary legacies became big business in publishing

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