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Slow Horses: high drama and comedy abound in this gripping spy thriller about reject spooks

The slow horses are a group of MI5 rejects who have been condemned to Slough House (their name a pun on the building they work in) after messing up, but not enough to get fired. Here, this group of misfits grind though dull administrative tasks under the occasional verbal abuse…

The Conversation

The First Friend review – one of history’s greatest monsters reimagined in jet-black satire

A toxic friendship between a Soviet despot and his chauffeur is the basis for a novel that channels Armando Iannucci with a laconically Australian twist

The Guardian - AU

Melania Trump promotes new ‘deeply personal’ memoir with dramatic video

Ex-First Lady says her forthcoming book will ‘clarify the facts’

The Independent UK

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Five of the best books translated from Polish

The wide breadth of Polish humour and humanity is all here, from reportage and absurdist satire to historical epics and soulful poetry

The Guardian - UK

Nadine Dorries pledges to expose 'Westminster group sex parties' in bizarre book ad

FOR everyone that didn’t read Nadine Dorries’s first book about the shadowy figures plotting to bring down democracy in the UK, there is another…

The National (Scotland)

How Sigmund Freud attempted to solve the ‘riddle’ of Leonardo da Vinci’s genius

The idea that prowess in activities like playing chess or writing poetry might be “fuelled” by frustrated, unconscious sexual desire is fairly well known today. But writing more than a century ago, Sigmund Freud was considered radical in his explanation of how sexual impulses could be transformed into creative or…

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Melissa Lucashenko wins $30,000 prize for novel that ‘elevates our understanding of Queensland’s soul’

Edenglassie, about the colonisation of the place now called Brisbane, has won the highest accolade at the state’s 2024 literary awards

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90 Years Later, The Weirdest Lord of the Rings Character Just Got Even More Elusive

Tom Bombadil has made his long-awaited live action appearance in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.' But do we know more or less about now than before?

Inverse

What women fantasise about – according to Gillian Anderson’s unflinching new book

From doing it with Harry Potter characters to craving good old fashioned tenderness, it’s all there in this new collection of fantasies

The Independent UK

The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle review – hilarity and hard times

In the third Paula Spencer novel, set during lockdown, mother and daughter are haunted by a history of violence, but revel in some late-life freedom

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie’s knife attack memoir longlisted for Baillie Gifford prize

Books by Richard Flanagan, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Rachel Cockerell and Jonathan Blitzer also in running for £50,000 nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK

‘Simpler is not better’: George RR Martin blasts House of the Dragon over plot changes

Game of Thrones author reveals he ‘argued against’ a character being removed entirely, saying other planned changes will result in ‘larger and more toxic’ complications

The Guardian - AU

Want by Gillian Anderson reveals 'women's deepest internal desires' – the thought-provoking read is hard to put down

The 'dear Gillian' project saw over 1800 women anonymously submit their deepest sexual fantasies

Woman & Home

Stephen King on Fla. banning his books

Twenty-three of King's books have been banned in Florida school libraries

Salon

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The Independent UK

George RR Martin complains House of the Dragon changes ‘weakened’ the story

Author also warned there are ‘larger and more toxic’ changes planned for seasons three and four

Marie Claire

Princess Diana’s Former Dance Teacher Says the Royal Struggled to Understand Why She Was “Not Enough” For Husband, Prince Charles

“I think he prefers an older woman.”

Marie Claire

How Princess Kate will change royal history when she becomes Queen

The Walrus

The Best Books of Fall 2024

Our top ten picks of the season, featuring fiction, nonfiction, and more

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Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre in running for crime writing prize

NOVELS set in 16th century Florence, Perthshire and the US are among those in the running for a major crime writing prize...

The Guardian - UK

Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki review – noir debut of forbidden love

The fantasies of myth are a channel to explore queer life in modern-day Iran

The Independent UK

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, 'Lovely One,' at Apollo Theater

In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson avoided naming names or pointing fingers

Reason

Court Watchers Can Safely Skip Justice Jackson's New Book

She doesn't write about the Court, and the press is strictly prohibited from asking about anything of interest.

The Independent UK

Vance once endorsed conservative family agenda from Project 2025 authors

Marie Claire

Princess Diana Had a "Very Naughty" Sense of Humor and Loved TV Show 'Dynasty'

"She always had plastic vomit or plastic dog poop in her bag to place on people’s seats."

Evening Standard

The story of Liz Truss in swear words

The ex-PM’s potty mouth has been revealed in a new book

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