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Gerry & Sewell review – tragicomic search for a Newcastle United season ticket

Jamie Eastlake’s play about two football fans mixes together song, dance, comedy and dark family drama, with incohesive results

The Guardian - UK

Bridgerton Creators Have Dropped a Major Spoiler Ahead of Its Future Seasons

Marie Claire

Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read

The Guardian - UK

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The Winds of Winter Author George R.R. Martin Admits Relating to Dune Writer Who 'Hated' His Own Success

George R.R. Martin reveals the 'Arrakis trap' behind The Winds of Winter delay, admitting a deep kinship with Dune author Frank Herbert's struggle with success.

International Business Times UK

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh; The Persian by David McCloskey; The 10:12 by Anna Maloney; Very Slowly All at Once by Lauren Schott; Vivian Dies Again by CE Hulse

The Guardian - UK

Who Is Craig Silvey? Australian Author Arrested Over Paedophilia Allegations—What We Know About the Charges So Far

Children's book author Craig Silvey has been arrested over alleged child exploitation offences.

International Business Times UK

George RR Martin explains why he’s ‘struggling’ to finish The Winds of Winter

Author has been writing next ‘Game of Thrones’ novel since 2010

The Independent UK

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Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between?

From classmates to co-parents, the changing dynamics of a female friendship are astutely observed in a novel that explores the boundaries between love, lust and companionship

The Guardian - UK

Call this social cohesion? The war of words that laid waste to the 2026 Adelaide writers’ festival

How a boardroom flare-up sparked an international boycott – and a looming defamation battle

The Guardian - AU

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector

Pleas for scrutiny of system fraught with accusations of negligence after one-year-old’s death in hospital

The Guardian - UK

'Their career is toast': writers' festival anguish

The consequences of cancelling a major literary festival are far-reaching, publishers and writers say, despite a premier declaring there is no economic impact.

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George R.R. Martin says his A Song of Ice and Fire ending won't be as "happy" as the HBO show's, and it's especially bad news for Tyrion and Sansa fans

Daenerys enthusiasts may wind up preferring the books' conclusion over Game of Thrones's, though...

Total Film

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald audiobook review – a soaring journey through grief

The author brings introspection and humour to their inspiring account of how a young goshawk helped them cope after the loss of their father

The Guardian - UK

Mattel and Alex Aster team up for Barbie young adult novel, 'Barbie: Dreamscape'

Mattel Publishing is teaming up with bestselling author Alex Aster for a new Barbie young adult novel

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir recounts her journey after her son's abduction by Hamas

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, known for her advocacy for hostages abducted by Hamas-led militants, has a memoir coming out this spring

The Guardian - AU

Jewish American columnist Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from 2024 Adelaide writers’ week over ‘timing’

Claim comes after former festival board member Tony Berg accused Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah of ‘hypocrisy’ in their accusations of repressing freedom of speech

The Independent UK

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – A country house mystery crackling with wit and escapist glamour

4/5 Netflix manages to capture the seductive appeal of Britain’s Roaring Twenties in this spirited and ingeniously plotted espionage thriller

AAP

Dumped author to consider festival return after apology

A major writers' festival is in damage control as it apologises for dumping a Palestinian-Australian author in a move that triggered a mass boycott.

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People We Meet On Vacation’s Emily Henry Revealed One Scene From Her Book That She Really Wanted In The Movie (And It Wasn’t What I Expected)

I didn't see it coming, but I love this pick.

Marie Claire

Queen Elizabeth's "Private" 2019 Meeting with Ex-Prince Andrew Was Thwarted After She Tried to "Soften the Blow" of Losing Titles

"Andrew understandably felt blindsided," writes royal author Robert Jobson.

Evening Standard

It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover reveals cancer diagnosis

The bestselling author was noticeably absent from the promotion of Regretting You, the latest film adaptation of one of her novels

The Independent UK

Min Jin Lee's 'American Hagwon' to be released in September

Min Jin Lee's new novel, “American Hagwon,” explores why Koreans are so focused on education

Inverse

45 Years Later, David Cronenberg's Infamous Sci-Fi Thriller Is Smarter Than You Remember

Cronenberg redefined body horror, but with 'Scanners,' he secretly mastered another subgenre too.

The Guardian - UK

The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review – a powerful portrait of loss and violence

The death of a friend and the attempted murder of her husband Salman Rushdie loom large in the poet’s moving memoir

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia

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