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Myself and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell review – hidden gems

A collection of articles, talks, letters and unpublished writing fills important gaps in the great naturalist’s life story

The Guardian - UK

One Hundred Years of Solitude review – Gabriel García Márquez’s classic makes for startling TV beauty

This 16-part series does justice to Gabriel García Márquez’s magical-realist masterwork – although the novel’s sexual politics have aged badly

The Guardian - UK

Netflix’s new adaptation of this beloved book is pretty much perfect

‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’, Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal novel, weaves superstition, sex and the surreal into an unparallelled Spanish-language epic. Helen Coffey assesses whether a new Netflix show can possibly do justice to the original

The Independent UK

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Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid best-selling book of the year on Amazon UK

Rory Stewart’s memoir Politics On The Edge topped the biography category.

Evening Standard

Amazon keeps having to pull merch related to Brian Thompson’s murder from online shelves

Amazon said the items violated its guidelines

The Independent UK

Veteran Ohio Public School Teacher Suspended Without Pay Over Pro-LGBTQ Books in Classroom

An Ohio teacher with over 30 years of service has filed a lawsuit after being suspended for including books with LGBTQ+ characters in her classroom library.

Latin Times

Why we must save English literature degrees

Letters: Cancelling degree courses on the subject is a form of cultural vandalism, says Linden West. Plus a letter from Diana Hirst

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James Fleming obituary

Novelist and editor who owned the Book Collector, the magazine founded by his uncle and James Bond creator Ian

The Guardian - UK

Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for “I”

Haruki Murakami’s most recent novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls, revolves around two parallel stories, one focusing on a 17-year-old boy, the other on a 45-year-old man. Readers of the translated English version will gradually become aware of the two worlds, as each first-person narrator establishes his respective setting…

The Conversation

Society of Authors calls for celebrity memoir ghostwriters to be credited

Many celebrities’ books are actually written by others, the writers’ union says, and it’s time they were acknowledged

The Guardian - UK

Spectator breached code with trans comment in Nicola Sturgeon article, watchdog says

A MAGAZINE’S reference to Juno Dawson as a “man who claims to be a woman” in an article on Nicola Sturgeon was discriminatory, the press…

The National (Scotland)

10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump

Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans still found time to read

The Independent UK

Lunden Roberts Supports President Biden's Pardon Of Hunter Biden

Lunden Roberts expresses support for President Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden, highlighting parental love and the desire for family unity amidst challenges.

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The Borrowers review – Arrietty and co’s awfully wordy adventure

With a cumbersome script and no sense of danger or atmosphere, this production loses its way

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Sarah Jessica Parker joins Booker Prize 2025 judging panel

The Hollywood actress owns her own literary imprint.

The Independent UK

Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel for 2025 Booker Prize

The panel is said to be a ‘a jury of creative peers like no other’

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Jessica Parker joins judging panel of 2025 Booker prize

Sex and the City star says being asked ‘felt very daunting’, as she signs up to pick the year’s best novel with Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

The Guardian - US

Maga on the River Plate as global populist right descends on Argentina

CPAC jamboree draws big names from Trump world as Milei positions Buenos Aires as international conservative hub

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The Independent UK

Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died

The Guardian - AU

Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet of the Black Arts Movement, dies aged 81

The award-winning US poet and author of works like Black Feeling, Black Talk and Those Who Ride the Night Winds has died after a third cancer diagnosis

Latin Times

Author of Elon Musk-Endorsed Book Praised by Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Responds:'You Missed the Point'

The author of a self-help book on the U.S. political environment said that the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer missed the point of his book.

Salon

Prue Leith wants you to cheat

In her new cookbook, "Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom," Leith gives cooks permission to cheat

The Guardian - UK

John Rose obituary

Other lives: London student recruited to undertake anti-apartheid actions in South Africa in the 1960s and 70s

The Independent UK

New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law

The Guardian - UK

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