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Rachel Cusk wins Goldsmiths prize for novel ‘that turns the world inside out’

Parade, which focuses on three artists, all named G, takes this year’s honour for mould-breaking fiction

The Guardian - UK

This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking

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

The Conversation

Booker prize 2024: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on November 12.

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Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai review – sinister cosmic visions

A physics student calls on Angela Merkel to help him save the world in this one-sentence onslaught from a ‘master of the apocalypse’

The Guardian - UK

Algeria opens book fair opens without winner of top French language literary prize

As one of the Arab World’s largest book fairs opens in Algeria on Wednesday, there is one conspicuous absence

The Independent UK

A Beginner’s Guide to Dying by Simon Boas review – what makes life worth living?

Diagnosed with cancer in his 40s, the aid worker looks back on his life and offers advice on confronting death

The Guardian - UK

She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark review – dark delights

A bona-fide queen of body horror delves into fears and illicit desires in this engrossing short-story debut

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson ‘fired’ from Channel 4 US election coverage for plugging memoir

Boris Johnson has been “fired for banging on about his book” during a guest appearance on Channel 4’s coverage of the US election, according…

The National (Scotland)

Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick returns with FML, a goth-tinged coming of age tale for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy

The new series is drawn by David López

GamesRadar

Prince Andrew Refuses to Leave Royal Lodge Because it Would Be Seen as "Publicly Accepting Guilt," Royal Expert Claims

"He would do himself a great favor if he found an honorable way of moving somewhere else."

Marie Claire

Small Things Like These shows the transformative power of individual action – but conflates the history

This article contains spoilers for Small Things Like These.

The Conversation

Zimbabwe’s public historian Pathisa Nyathi has died – he restored the erased history of the Ndebele people

When an elderly person dies, a library has burned down – the saying is a cliché, but has never been truer than in the case of Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away at the age of 73 on 2 November.

The Conversation

Only 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one − here’s what I learned

Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I’ve daydreamed about learning a trade – something that required both my mind and my hands.

The Conversation

Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick for November is an ‘unforgettable memoir’

The actor has selected ‘We Will Not Be Saved’ by Nemonte Nenquimo for this month’s pick

The Independent UK

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Belgian comic book withdrawn amid outrage over racist depictions

Publisher ‘profoundly sorry’ for hurt caused by Spirou and the Blue Gorgon as it recalls 30,000 copies from shops

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Rivals season 2: cast, plot, latest news and everything we know

Rivals season 2 will take us back to the fictional county of Rutshire for the second part of Jilly Cooper's best-selling novel.

The Guardian - UK

Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez

New film of Juan Rulfo’s novel, revered as founding text of magic realism, is first film adaptation in half a century

The Guardian - UK

The Party by Tessa Hadley review – sex and the postwar city

The author’s novella about two young women whose yearning for freedom comes at a price sometimes feels unconvincing and underpowered

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Scents of the Middle Ages and emo nostalgia – what you should read, watch and do this week

I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I…

The Guardian - UK

Two novels on impact of post-colonial conflict win key French literary awards

President congratulates Kamel Daoud and Gaël Faye for books responding to violence in Algeria and Rwanda

Radio France Internationale

African writers celebrated with prestigious French literary prizes

French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud on Monday won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, for a novel set during Algeria's civil war between the government and Islamists in the 1990s. His main rival was Burundi-born Gaël Faye, who was Monday handed the prix Renaudot, another coveted prize.

The Guardian - AU

David Stratton on a life reviewing films – and the one TV show he thinks is ‘pretty damn good’

The 85-year-old critic has finished his huge history of Australian cinema from 1990 to 2020 – which involved rewatching 650 films. So which beloved classic has he changed his mind about?

The Guardian - UK

Konnie Huq launches free climate crisis ebook for UK primary schools

Children for Change contains stories, poems, and illustrations from more than 80 collaborators including Jamie Oliver, Mary Portas, David Baddiel and Adam Kay

The Walrus

This Is the Most Important Election in History

You have every right to be nervous

The Guardian - UK

Joseph Rykwert obituary

Architectural writer who believed that buildings not be considered in isolation but as part of the fabric of a city

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