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Trump's unpredictability makes us nervous, says Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov

In this episode we take a look at life, war and politics in Ukraine, through the eyes of its most celebrated writer. Andrey Kurkov rose to international fame with "Death and the Penguin" more than 20 years ago, but he has many other novels to his name, including "The Silver…

France 24

Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

Nine of the Top 10 bestsellers in Korea’s largest bookstore chain are works by Han with her win being honoured by politicians, authors, readers and the entire country

The Guardian - UK

All of the bizarre celebrity encounters in Boris Johnson's memoir Unleashed

From mayoral meetings with Lily Allen to bathroom trips with Leonardo DiCaprio, Boris Johnson has had his fair share of odd celebrity run-ins. Claudia Cockerell on the strangest ones to grace the pages of Unleashed, his new book

Evening Standard

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How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books

After an English academic at Oxford complained about students’ attention spans, we get experts’ tips on enjoying the written word

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Of course Camilla scorned a fish knife — could anything be more middle class?

There is something cheering about a world in which we can argue about fish knives. Anne Glenconner, once lady in waiting to Princess Margaret, raised the issue this week at the Cheltenham Literary Festival where she was promoting her book on picnics. She recalled having lunch with Camilla and her…

Evening Standard

May Day by Jackie Kay audiobook review – family, love and activism

The Scottish author and poet is a warm, wry companion in an autobiographical collection of poems, written in the aftermath of her parents’ deaths

The Guardian - UK

Stephen King: ‘I loved Lord of the Flies the way kids love Harry Potter’

The horror author on Dr Seuss, the radicalism of Earl Thompson, and the perfect whodunnit

The Guardian - UK

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Han Kang's Books Sell Out In South Korea After Nobel Win

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win.

International Business Times

The Book of Abba by Jan Gradvall review – dark backstories and new revelations

From Himmler to herring, a Swedish journalist offers unexpected angles on the 70s supergroup

The Guardian - UK

Disclaimer review – only Cate Blanchett could deal with a script this abominable

Alfonso Cuarón’s new drama about a wife whose secrets are exposed looks beautiful. Sadly, it’s also slow, turgid and – despite stars like Kevin Kline – so bad it needs to be pureed into mush

The Guardian - UK

Sweetpea review – Ella Purnell’s deathly dull serial killer show reeks of cowardly decision-making

This insipid, humourless adaptation of CJ Skuse’s blackly comic Sweetpea books has been stripped of everything good. It seems to drag on forever

The Guardian - UK

Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is still in jail in Egypt despite completing his five-year sentence, was selected by PEN Pinter winner Arundhati Roy

The Guardian - UK

Nuclear war rehearsal and Gauguin biography make shortlist for Baillie Gifford prize

Books by Rachel Clarke, Richard Flanagan and Viet Thanh Nguyen are among the six competing for the nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK

The man behind Meghan Markle’s anti-stress patch

The Duchess of Sussex was spotted last year with a blue sticker on her wrist. Will Hosie talks to the man who sold it to her

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The Conversation

Female Nazi concentration camp guards: the true horror lies in their similarities to ourselves

Between 1939 and 1945, around 10% of concentration camp guards were women, yet these Aufseherinnen (overseers) as they were known, barely feature in Holocaust history or literature. On the few occasions they do appear, it is most commonly as a masculinised sadist when the reality was much more complex.

The Guardian - UK

Han Kang’s Nobel win is testament to importance of small press publishing

Literature in translation has long been reliant on indie presses to bring work such as the South Korean author’s to wider audiences

Salon

"Three Women" expands our view of desire

"Everybody should feel important enough to tell their story," Taddeo says on the desired effect of the adaptation

The Guardian - AU

Juice by Tim Winton review – a beautiful story of a horrifying future

The author has simultaneously written a love letter to Australia and hate mail to those who lay waste to the Earth. Read it and weep

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The Guardian - AU

Some people bring drive and passion to their careers but I am more satisfied with conducting errands with aplomb

Though I have unfortunately had a career, my abiding love still remains the little job, the kind that divides the unbearable wash of our days into neat little segments

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson claims 'Union is safe' thanks to Alister Jack

BORIS Johnson has pronounced that the “Union is safe”, giving thanks to Alister Jack ...

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon delivers verdict on Boris Johnson's new autobiography

NICOLA Sturgeon has revealed she felt “a sense of affinity” with Boris Johnson while reading the former prime minister’s autobiography.

Evening Standard

The 10 best (and least preachy) books about mental health for World Mental Health Day 2024

From Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun to Esther Perel’s Mating In Captivity, here are some of the best (and least bulls***) books on mental health

France 24

South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature prize

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the award-giving body said on Thursday.

Tom’s Guide

How to watch ‘Disclaimer’ online – release date, episodes, free trial

Here's how to watch 'Disclaimer' online and on TV, with the premiere episode of the psychological thriller airing on Friday, October 11.

The Guardian - UK

The Catchers by Xan Brooks review – this dark picaresque is a delight

A ‘song-catcher’ trawls rural America for hits in this novel of race and music, set against the backdrop of the great Mississippi flood

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