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How to judge Rishi Sunak? Not as a politician, but as the great improv comic of our age

How lucky we are to have witnessed his masterful performances as ‘chancellor of the exchequer’ and ‘prime minister’, says comedy writer Ian Martin

The Guardian - UK

Oldest Privately Owned Book Sells For GBP3mn At UK Sale

The world's oldest book in a private collection, and one of the earliest books in existence, sold at auction in London on Tuesday for more than GBP3 million.

International Business Times

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society CEO defends Baillie Gifford sponsorship

Investment management firm cancelled deals with UK literary festivals over links to Israel and fossil fuel companies

The Guardian - UK

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Book about book bans banned by Florida school board

Ban This Book by Alan Gratz banned in Indian River county after opposition from parents linked to Moms for Liberty

The Guardian - US

The Autumn Kingdom combines folk horror with sword and sorcery fantasy for a story that's half Spirited Away, half The Green Knight

Writer Cullen Bunn and artist Christopher Mittens are teaming up for a new horror/fantasy title from Oni Press called The Autumn Kingdom

GamesRadar

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Here Now the News: An Inside Scoop Into New York’s Best-Loved Anchors’

White males ruled the local airwaves in the 1970s, but changes were coming

Broadcasting & Cable

Accused double murderer's story 'ticks every box'

Greg Lynn's lawyer has told a jury the accused murderer's story about the accidental deaths of two campers "ticks every box" and has been proven by evidence.

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Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result

As an expert in German and translation, I was pleased to see Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos win the International Booker Prize 2024, one of the most prominent celebrations of translated literature in the UK. The prize is awarded for a book, and to the people who wrote it: in this…

The Conversation

The sexiest books of all time: Goodreads has ranked them – and Mister Orgasm is on top

The Guardian - UK

Charity to offer books at food banks across the UK

Schemes established in London and Norfolk will give away books alongside food, with a programme of author events also planned

The Guardian - UK

I never dreamed I'd recommend a Kindle Paperwhite for reading, but I can't put it down

This impressive little ereader convinced me to switch to ebooks (most of the time)

Woman & Home

How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide

Scotiabank’s military investments have tainted one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards

The Walrus

‘Defeat clarifies so much’: Chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley on the power of losing

The American has seen the best players brought down during his career among chess’s elite. And he does not necessarily see losing as a bad thing

The Guardian - US

Police investigate historical abuse at Earl Spencer’s boarding school

Northamptonshire Police are looking into allegations of abuse said to have taken place in the 1970s at Maidwell Hall School

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International Business Times

Hong Kong Novelists Seek Freedom In Exile After Democracy Crackdown

When Hong Kong author Kay So left her home city in 2020, she had in her luggage two short stories she had written about the huge, at times violent democracy protests that upended the city in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin review – an erudite first novel with horny energy

The bedroom antics of two couples 50 years apart drive the cultural critic’s debut novel, a cerebral comedy full of insights into art, womanhood and ethical quandaries

Reason

Judge Tatel's Vision of the Shadow Docket From Inside the Penumbra

"The Court, we were told, 'would really like us to act tonight'—and, if possible, 'within an hour.'"

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'Shambolic' prosecution case criticised by Lynn defence

Greg Lynn's defence lawyer has labelled the case against the accused double murderer as "bumbled" and "shambolic" in the final days of his jury trial.

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The Independent UK

Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir

Griffin Dunne's new memoir, “The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir,” out Tuesday from Penguin Press, is filled with raucous tales of growing up in Hollywood — from sneaking into his parents’ dinner parties featuring Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra, to Sean Connery saving him from drowning in a pool

The Guardian - UK

‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor

He called her Tiny. She called him Bruno. In this speech from today’s memorial service to the novelist, the legendary magazine editor celebrates her cocky, beguiling and witheringly funny star writer

Marie Claire

King Charles Point Blank Asked Prince Harry to Stop Complaining Publicly About the Royal Family, Royal Author Says

“Everyone knows that when a King asks you to do something, there are going to be consequences if you do not obey.”

The Conversation

We are Lady Parts: how the show continues the legacy of Muslim punk genre taqwacore

I recently binged the first season We Are Lady Parts, a Channel 4 comedy about an all-female Muslim punk band which is back for its second season. The American punk (and Muslim), Michael Muhammad Knight, could not have imagined what he was calling into existence when he came up with…

The Independent UK

Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency

The former home of the late Ursula K

The Guardian - US

Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books because it dislikes ideas within

Conservative-dominated court restores books to school libraries in case spurred by titles containing ‘butt’ and ‘fart’

The Independent UK

Is long haul truck driving the perfect guise for a serial killer?

A new book by former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi offers a terrifying glimpse into the world of some of America’s most notorious serial killers – long haul truck drivers – including Happy Face Killer and Wayne Adam Ford, revealing how they are able to go undetected for decades. Andrea Cavallier…

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