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Inside Scots novel born from 'touch starvation' in pandemic

DURING the pandemic, as she was shielding in her parents’ house, Margaret McDonald developed what she calls “touch starvation”, which she…

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Don’t ruin my Netflix series with awful Irish accents, says Marian Keyes

Bestselling author, speaking at Hay Festival, made a plea to the creators of her book adaptation

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California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students

An evangelical seminary in Pasadena, California, is considering revisions to its sexual standards

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas author: ‘If you want the facts of the Holocaust, don’t read a novel’

Author John Boyne appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ where he spoke about the criticism of his 2006 book

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BookTok star Jack Edwards: ‘I got to interview the Gruffalo last year. They say don’t meet your idols’

The social media influencer on how he became a hit on BookTok, democratising book reviewing, and trying to explain to his family what he does for a living

The Guardian - UK

Parade by Rachel Cusk review – a brilliant and unsettling feat

With this freewheeling examination of creation, gender and art, the bold and original Cusk is ever more determined to write about life precisely as she finds it

The Guardian - UK

Alba Arikha, Two Hours review: A wonderful, wry lesson in forging a life without regret

Spanning almost 40 years of a woman’s life, ‘Two Hours’ has all the highly aestheticised self-scrutiny of Rachel Cusk, only much more amusing

The Independent UK

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I have a dream job and family, but I really want to write novels

Get up very early in the morning and just write. You will make mistakes but learn from them. Don’t be in a hurry and keep taking small steps

The Guardian - UK

The play which brings Nan Shephard's The Living Mountain to life

THE Scottish philosopher who inspired Tony Blair may also be the reason Nan Shepherd tried to find solace in the Cairngorms.

The National (Scotland)

New book proposes 'alternative path' for Scottish independence

SCOTS should be able to demand an independence referendum from a People’s Council embedded into a written constitution, an investment manager has…

The National (Scotland)

David Nicholls warns readers against trying to visit novel’s locations

Bestselling writer says Lake District sites in new book You Are Here are ‘genuinely all made up’

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting: I won’t give in to doctors’ unions on huge NHS pay demands

Exclusive: The shadow health secretary vows to be ‘a shop steward for patients’ as he warns: ‘The NHS is not the envy of the world’

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David Nicholls reveals unfilmable Starter for Ten scene that was ‘expensive mistake’

Novelist, speaking at Hay Festival, explained how some great moments in literature are unadaptable

The Independent UK

Anne Enright: ‘Give me Moby-Dick over Persuasion anytime’

The award-winning Irish author on her Women’s prize-shortlisted novel The Wren, the Wren, waylaying poet Paul Muldoon at an airport and why she no longer writes about her family

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Layal Liverpool: ‘Racism is a public health crisis – and we can do something about it’

The science journalist reveals what inspired her to write her new book about racism in medicine, and what really needs to be done to tackle ethnic health inequalities

The Guardian - UK

From Baby Reindeer to Taylor Swift, how amateur sleuths ruined pop culture

In the social media age, artists are using their trauma to bolster their relatability, while dramas are often thinly veiled personal testimonies. The unvarnished truth may be irresistible, but is it bringing out the rubberneck in all of us?

The Independent UK

Matt Lucas blocks writer who complained about rash of celebrity authors. Then admits being ‘oversensitive’

Lucas wasn’t happy with a post calling out ‘prominence’ of celebrity writers in bookshops

The Guardian - UK

‘Is it a betrayal?’ Claire Messud on writing her family into fiction

For her new novel, the author drew from her parents’ letters and grandfather’s memoir. She describes the fears and joys that come with writing about family

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‘I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

The Indigenous campaigner won a historic legal victory to protect Waorani land in the Amazon rainforest. Now she has written a groundbreaking memoir

The Guardian - UK

The Sympathizer: Robert Downey Jr totally steals the show in electric spy thriller

Downey Jr dons bald caps and gnaws cigars to have the most fun imaginable in Park Chan-wook’s inspired espionage show. Believe the hype!

The Guardian - UK

What is a snake’s venom made of and what is ochre? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

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Take a peek inside the serene private homes of Vincent Van Duysen

Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen invites us into his serenely designed private homes in a new book by Rizzoli

The Independent UK

Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel 'The Alienist,' dies at 68

Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat Masha, has died

The Guardian - UK

€100,000 Dublin literary award won by Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu

Cărtărescu’s novel Solenoid, translated by Sean Cotter, was described by judges as ‘wildly inventive with passages of great beauty’

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Harry Hill

Every wondered how he went from being a doctor to narrating You’ve Been Framed!? Here’s your chance to ask the big-collared comedian, writer and TV host about Branston Pickle, badgers and his Blair rock opera

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