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The moment I knew: I told him I missed other people’s company so he put on a silly accent to make me laugh

On a months-long overseas trip, Melanie Kinsman craved someone to talk to other than Sam, her partner. He stepped up to the challenge with a comical impersonation

The Guardian - AU

The Observer view on Peter Mandelson’s U-turn on Donald Trump: it’s easy to mock, but that’s diplomacy

It’s not often politicians admit to a change of heart. Perhaps it’s a trend that could – and should – catch on

The Guardian - UK

Colin Barrett: ‘My wife is astonished that I’m able to write’

The award-winning author on his move from short stories to novels, writing marginal characters in small-town Mayo and the Irish fiction he rates most

The Guardian - UK

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Angela Rayner tried to block Prince Andrew from royal duties, book claims

The deputy prime minister reportedly contacted Buckingham Palace and senior civil servants in a bid to remove the disgraced Duke of York from a list of royals who could step in for the King

The Independent UK

I Who Have Never Known Men: the lost dystopia finding new readers after buzz on TikTok

First published in 1995 then virtually forgotten, a bleak tale of women caged by men has been embraced as a gen Z Handmaid’s Tale

The Guardian - UK

Superman and Spanish artists lead the charge at Angoulême Comics Festival

The Angoulême International Comics Festival is in full swing, with a major Superman exhibition, a spotlight on Spanish women cartoonists and three dedicated manga showcases.

Radio France Internationale

Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires

The timing is uncanny for Pico Iyer’s new book “Aflame: Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire

The Independent UK

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Tash Aw: ‘There’s something hyper-masculine about writing an epic’

As he embarks on a quartet of novels following one family, the Malaysian author talks about storytelling, family silences – and the legacy of colonialism

The Guardian - UK

Why less is more when crafting horror art

AngieHoffmeister reveals how she created the eerie art for The Folio Society's The Lottery and Other Dark Tales.

Creative Bloq

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – ‘like being inside the internet’

A questionable male feminist, a closet sadist and a disaffected Twitter addict populate this acerbic story collection that captures the spirit of our doomscrolling age

The Guardian - UK

These beautiful enamel pins are a delight for bookworms

Judy Kaufmann creates "A book to wear".

Creative Bloq

What drove Jane Austen's sister to become one of literature’s most notorious vandals

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra to burn nearly all the writer’s letters after her death. Keeley Hawes and the cast, as well as the series director, talk to Katie…

The Independent UK

Bill Belichick Offers Teaser for His Upcoming Book 'The Art of Winning'

The North Carolina coach is on his way to becoming a published author.

Sports Illustrated

LA Times "distorted" RFK Jr. op-ed

Eric Reinhart said the Los Angeles Times changed his piece to make it look like he backs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Salon

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The Guardian - UK

Simon & Schuster imprint will no longer ask authors to obtain blurbs for their books

Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors say

The retailer is in talks to sell its 500 high street stores, which could be a ‘nail in the coffin for British writers’

The Guardian - UK

Dave Crook obituary

Other lives: Bookseller, writer and editor of the cultural magazine Out of the Circle

The Guardian - UK

Once more unto the breeches: the 20 best Jane Austen TV dramas – ranked!

Colin Firth in a wet shirt! Elizabeth Bennet as a YouTuber! As the BBC marks the author’s 250th anniversary with four-parter Miss Austen, we pick her finest television outings

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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white

“Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.”

WhatToWatch

Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes on their lavish period drama Miss Austen

An interview with Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes about Miss Austen.

Evening Standard

Archive of Scottish war poet who died in battle to go under the hammer

The poems, notebooks, photos and letters of James Alexander ‘Hamish’ Mann are valued at £3,000 to £4,000.

The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Modern Poetry and Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss; That Broke Into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott; My Secret Life by Krisztina Tóth; The Grimoire of Grimalkin by Sascha Aurora Akhtar; Flood by Jessica Mookherjee

The Guardian - UK

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney audiobook review – modern love and loss

The stark differences between two brothers are thrown into relief as they navigate grief in this moving novel from the Normal People author

The Guardian - UK

Niall Williams: ‘When I first read Chekhov, I thought: “He’s not so great”’

The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’Brien

The Independent UK

Zadie Smith on her groundbreaking debut, White Teeth, 25 years on: ‘I never think about my novels a year after I’ve written them’

INTERVIEW: The Cambridge student was only 24 when she released her ostentatious debut. Critics and fellow writers fell over themselves with enthusiasm, hailing Smith the voice of fiction’s future. Now, 25 years later, the author speaks to Nick Duerden about the book that changed her life

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