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People laughed at my interest in my grandson’s footy team - but I found it a source of strange bliss

I always knew football draws to the surface a whole well of emotion. What I didn’t know was I too contained such a well

The Guardian - AU

Graduate students explore America’s polarized landscape via train in this course

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

Shortlisted 4thWrite prize stories reveal ‘desire to connect’

The six entries in the running for the short story prize for unpublished writers of colour, share a common interest in ‘exploring interiority and the nature of human existence’

The Guardian - UK

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You Are Here by David Nicholls audiobook review – a rain-soaked rural romcom

Narrators Lydia Leonard and Lee Ingleby capture the wit and wisdom at the heart of the One Day author’s story of a hike in the Lake District

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s Pentagon pick Hegseth wrote of US military taking sides in ‘civil war’

Defense secretary pick said in 2020 that should Democrats win election the military ‘will be forced to make a choice’

The Guardian - US

After 11 years, The Witcher series is getting a brand-new book and it sounds like everything Geralt's actor wants from The Witcher 4

The book goes back to Geralt's "teenage years"

GamesRadar

Tracy Chevalier: ‘Woolf’s The Waves will be like medicine – I won’t like it, but it will do me good’

The novelist on the comfort of Dodie Smith, how Anne Tyler made her want to be a writer – and why she doesn’t reread books

The Guardian - UK

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“We go very deep into the struggles of starting the band, the impact of the tape-trading community back then, and loads of stories and interesting moments that led to the band being where we are today”: A Kreator biography is coming in 2025

Singer/guitarist Mille Petrozza has co-written a book about the thrash metal veterans’ first 10 years of service, expected next year

Metal Hammer

Microsoft launches imprint that aims to be faster than traditional book publishing

Named after an Intel microprocessor, 8080 Books aims to ‘shorten the lag between the final manuscript and the book’s arrival in the marketplace’

The Guardian - UK

Queen congratulates teenage winners of Commonwealth essay competition

The awards ceremony was hosted at Buckingham Palace.

Evening Standard

Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser review – what should a novel look like?

The Miles Franklin winner’s most experimental book yet opens as fiction interrupted by a narrator who starts picking apart her life and feelings about writing

The Guardian - AU

Downfall by Nadine Dorries review – wild wild Westminster

The former culture secretary’s ‘real-life political thriller’ takes in sex parties and pasta plotters – but raises more questions than it answers

The Guardian - UK

Seeing the Unseen

"The perfect gardener leaves the yard looking as though it were nature itself. ... And thus, say I, are we."

Texas Observer

Neighbours react to critical report into running of Captain Tom Foundation

The charities watchdog found there had been repeated instances of misconduct by the veteran’s daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband Colin.

Evening Standard

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HBO sternly addresses JK Rowling complaints as new Harry Potter series nears production

HBO doesn’t care if you’re angry about author’s views on trans people

The Independent UK

‘You’ll die alone like a dog’: Daughter tells French man accused of drugging wife in mass rape trial

Dominique Pelicot has admitted to orchestrating scheme to have men rape his wife while she was unconscious

The Guardian - UK

Duets review – co-written stories that sing

From the horrifying to the hilarious, this collection of collaborative tales is endlessly inventive

Evening Standard

Captain Tom's family 'made £1m for themselves' through charity link, damning report states

The Charity Commission said his daughter and son-in-law displayed a "pattern of behaviour" in which they benefitted personally from the Captain Tom Foundation

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The Guardian - AU

Percival Everett wins National Book Award for fiction with retelling of Huckleberry Finn

Everett’s novel, James, which focuses on Twain's enslaved character Jim, won the $10,000 prize

Reason

That Time Solicitor General Fried Redacted The Word "Plenary" From a Printed SCOTUS Reply Brief With A Marker

A fascinating tidbit from the excellent new book, "The Meese Revolution"

The Conversation

A new stage adaptation of Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs is a delightful homage to theatrical storytelling

Jack Maggs is a delight and a homage to theatrical storytelling in Australia.

The Independent UK

Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards

Percival Everett’s “James” has won the National Book Award for fiction

The Guardian - UK

Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded, report finds

Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct

The Guardian - UK

Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings

A book deal, personal appearance and plans for a swimming pool were all criticised by the Charity Commission

The Independent UK

Ingram-Moores ‘made more than £1m from family link to Captain Tom Foundation’

The Charity Commission began looking into the Captain Tom Foundation in March 2021.

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