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Quartet in Autumn review – Samantha Harvey gives new life to Barbara Pym tale of imminent retirement

The 70s novel about the everyday grumbles of four office workers remains just as relevant, playfully staged by director Dominic Dromgoole

The Guardian - UK

Kobo just took a massive step to make its e-readers more personalised than Kindle

A new partnership will provide loads of reading insights for Kobo users

Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly audiobook review – smart reflections on love, desire and power

This heartfelt story of attraction and friendship, shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction, is sensitively read by Dan Bottomley

The Guardian - UK

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Scottish city receives millions to combat gambling harms

Glasgow is receiving £3.44 million to help tackle gambling harms as the city has more bookmakers than anywhere else in the UK outside of London.

The National (Scotland)

Quartet in Autumn: Crisply funny study of four lonely office workers

4/5 This adaptation of Barbara Pym’s novel is a compelling study of ageing workers grappling with meaning

Evening Standard

The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson review – indie debut on the Women’s prize shortlist

This vivid story of a Caribbean childhood in 1960s Bradford does not stint on accounts of poverty and systemic abuse, yet is pungent with wit and colour

The Guardian - UK

87 Funny And Witty Memes About Writing That Might Inspire You To Grab A Pen

The pen is mightier than the sword. But often, only when it's powered by caffeine, procrastination and a massive looming deadline. Writers can be a creative and witty bunch. They can also be dramatic, chaotic and a slightly unhinged. Here's a list of writer memes that say more than many…

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Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master

Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius

The Guardian - UK

‘You measure every other male by your dad’: Dawn French reflects on a lifetime of grief after losing her father as a teenager

Her loss has also shaped the way the comedian feels about ageing

Woman & Home

Care review – this searing portrayal of dementia raises urgent questions for us all

Alexander Zeldin’s devastating play depicts the gruelling loneliness and confusion of life in a care home

The Guardian - UK

‘Andy Burnham’s life was changed by the poet Tony Harrison’: writers discuss literature, politics and the 100 best novels

What would Trump think of Gilgamesh? And why are 19th-century classics so popular among young people? Writers on why we need the novel more than ever

The Guardian - UK

The Winds of Winter Update: George RR Martin Reaffirms Nobody Else Will Finish His Books If He Passes Away

George R. R. Martin says nobody will finish A Song of Ice and Fire if he dies before completing it, leaving fans fearing the true ending may never come.

International Business Times UK

Every Book to Buy Today to Read Over Memorial Day Weekend

Don't forget to add a good page-turner to your packing list.

Marie Claire

Perks of being Jane Austen’s wallflower

"The Other Bennet Sister" proves it’s the quiet ones we need to be watching

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Rihanna's First Dior Book Tote Was Such a Good Read, She Secured a Second Edition

She got the first edition.

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Remarkably Bright Creatures Made Me Feel Nostalgic For A Kind Of Movie I Watched A Lot As A Kid

I didn't even realize I missed this kind of movie.

The Guardian - UK

Astell and Woolf review – feminist writers unite and share a sherry in the afterlife

In Shelagh Stephenson’s spiky comedy, Virginia Woolf and Mary Astell become celestial companions, discussing religion, science and independence

The Independent UK

IndyBest’s Book Club pick for June is a cult romantasy classic

News has just dropped that Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing book is being adapted for TV

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The Independent UK

Merchant’s notebook recovered in near-perfect condition from 800-year-old German latrine

Archaeologists say medieval latrines are ‘almost always a treasure pit’, but even they are stunned to find a complete book – albeit in somewhat smelly circumstances

The Guardian - UK

Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt review – is culture the best medicine?

A professor of psychobiology argues that art – from painting to theatre – has a measurable impact on our health

The Guardian - UK

Caroline Aherne by David Scott review – portrait of a comedy maverick

A biography of the creative force behind Mrs Merton and The Royle Family focuses on the stories behind her work

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I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder review – romance for the terminally online

What makes this love story fresh is the precise attention to the contemporary environment: the way characters live both in and out of the physical world

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Randa Abdel-Fattah among authors on Miles Franklin list

The longlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award includes a book by a Palestinian-Australian author, who has been embroiled in free speech controversies.

Bangkok Post

Taiwan author wins International Booker for 'slyly sophisticated' novel

LONDON - Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for Taiwan Travelogue , a playful postcolonial novel with a culinary bent.

The Independent UK

Agatha Christie’s typewriter and personal secrets to feature in new British Library exhibition

The author, best known for creating Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, will be the subject of ‘Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery’

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