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Why The Man with 100 Kids isn’t actually as unusual as you think

As a new Netflix series shocks the world, one author recounts her own experience with super sperm donors and off-the-grid insemination

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Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting, Labour and arguing on Twitter

‘I THINK we’re all vengeful,” says Irvine Welsh as we meet in a café in Edinburgh’s Canongate. Fuelled up on caffeine, he is ready to…

The National (Scotland)

C Pam Zhang: ‘I was aware of the drift towards fascism in Europe’

The Chinese-born, US-based author, whose debut was longlisted for the 2020 Booker, on pursuing pleasure in a volatile world, her taste for chip butties and the joys of being a naive reader

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Smartphones are bad for kids – we don’t need to call on scientific data to know it

Jonathan Haidt’s claims about the effects of devices on children’s wellbeing have been criticised for lacking proof, but they tell us what we need to know

The Guardian - UK

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died

The Independent UK

On my radar: Cressida Cowell’s cultural highlights

The How To Train Your Dragon author on the most beautiful place on Earth, an epic nature-themed fantasy and the tantalising prospect of a new Jilly Cooper TV adaptation

The Guardian - UK

‘People say my book gave them a panic attack’: When We Cease to Understand the World author Benjamín Labatut

His page-turning books about quantum physics and game theory have given the Chilean writer a cult following – and won him famous fans from Stephen Fry to Björk and Barack Obama

The Guardian - UK

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No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – a true-to-life tale

This refreshingly honest debut explores a south London family shaped by the pain of emotional neglect

The Guardian - UK

Are authors now writing for TV producers rather than readers?

The new novel from Taffy Brodesser-Akner has all the makings of a great TV show, so it’s no wonder an adaptation is already in the works. Is the entertainment industry’s enthusiasm for snapping up novels having an impact on writers, asks Katie Rosseinsky

The Independent UK

Five Great Reads: redirecting history on Palestine, meeting Cindy Sherman, and how to listen

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

Re-reading Alice Munro in the light of the secrets she kept and pain she caused

This week, Canadians heard about the enormity of Andrea Skinner’s suffering, following sexual abuse by her stepfather, and her mother Alice Munro’s decision to stay with and protect him.

The Conversation

Goldsmiths’ redundancy plan shows a lack of commitment to Black British literature

Letters: A group of academics express their concerns that Prof Deirdre Osborne, the co-founder of the MA Black British literature course at Goldsmiths, is facing the threat of redundancy

The Guardian - UK

Wole Soyinka at 90: writer and activist for justice

Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, the legendary African author and activist, is proof of what words and acts can achieve in the struggle for justice and human rights. Soyinka, aged 90, embodies unrelenting activism and literary excellence.

The Conversation

Martha Whittome obituary

Other lives: Teacher and arts administrator who played an important part in the early days of the TS Eliot prize

The Guardian - UK

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Royal Society of Literature names 29 new fellows including Elizabeth Day, Afua Hirsch and Mick Herron

The cohort was announced in addition to 13 honorary fellows including National Black Arts Alliance director SuAndi, amid criticism of the RSL earlier this year

The Guardian - UK

Visit from an Unknown Woman review – gripping study of obsession and fantasy

Christopher Hampton’s sleek adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s 1922 novella adds elements of the Austrian writer’s own life

The Conversation

Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the new children’s laureate – four reasons he’s the perfect choice

Children’s publishing is awash with celebrity authors. So when Frank Cottrell-Boyce was named BookTrust’s Children’s Laureate, some fellow writers may not have been wholly delighted. After all, Cottrell-Boyce is better known by many for his screenwriting work. He has written successful screenplays for a roster of films, including Millions (2004),…

The Guardian - UK

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Curandera by Irenosen Okojie; The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman; The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer; Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

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Five of this summer’s best fiction reads

Looking for a great read to take on holiday with you? We had our experts review some of the hottest books of 2024. From love stories to tales of murders and food, there’s something for every fiction lover.

The Guardian - UK

Stalk, slice, bludgeon: how ‘femgore’ is reinventing horror fiction

From Boy Parts to Brainwyrms, novels by female writers are carving out a new subgenre – but is it a cathartic feminist statement or an internalised version of the misogyny it seeks to subvert?

The Guardian - UK

Eley Williams: ‘I trusted people far less once I’d finished that novel’

The writer on how a creepy, psychological thriller blew her 13-year old mind, her early outrage at unreliable narrators and taking comfort in Saki

The Guardian - UK

Nine Minds by Daniel Tammet review – a new language for neurodiversity

A celebration of the gifts and talents of autistic people refutes the idea that autism and empathy cannot coexist

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'I grew up with my parents playing good cop bad cop’ and experts say the parenting tactic is damaging

Many parents assign 'good cop bad cop' roles when it comes to parenting, but it may have a knock on effect in your relationship

The Guardian - UK

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner review – trials of the wealthy

The follow-up to Fleishman Is in Trouble explores the fallout from a kidnapping in a rich American family

The Guardian - UK

Those About to Die to Lady in the Lake: the seven best shows to watch on TV this week

Anthony Hopkins is the emperor in an epic, gratuitous tale of the last days of Rome, while Natalie Portman stars in a beautiful, gritty noir about a woman on the hunt for a missing girl in the 1960s

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