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How a digital detox day could help people take control of downtime

Offline Club’s first global event on Sunday will begin with tips on how to be phone-free for 24 hours every week

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

Jeff Bezos leaves a glowing Amazon review for Lauren Sanchez’s new children’s book

The billionaire gave his fiancee five stars and a glowing 11-word review

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024

Arundhati Roy to publish first memoir

Booker prize-winning author of The God of Small Things will reflect on her life and complex relationship with her late mother in ‘radically honest’ book

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

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Queen Camilla Could Be the First Royal to Join TikTok

Watch out for the next BookTok star.

Marie Claire · Sep 20, 2024

Slovakia targets ‘wealthy’ book buyers with steep VAT rise

Booksellers, publishers and pro-Russia groups deride proposed rate increase to reduce public deficit

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

50 years after 'The Power Broker,' Robert Caro's dreams are still coming true

Robert Caro spends most of his days writing the fifth and final volume of his Lyndon Johnson series, more than a decade in the making and still without a scheduled release date

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024

College can be confusing for first-generation students – but it doesn’t have to be

In his new book, “Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education,” sociology professor Blake R. Silver examines some of many ways that college students can slip through the cracks at public colleges and universities. In the following QA with The Conversation U.S., Silver expounds on what…

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2024

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman; Guide Me Home by Attica Locke; Five By Five by Claire Wilson; The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani; I Died at Fallow Hall by Bonnie Burke-Patel

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

When is the next Sally Rooney novel out? Everything you need to know about Intermezzo

The Irish author’s latest novels hits shelves in September

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2024

Pat Barker: ‘When I first read Pride and Prejudice, I hated it’

The author on reimagining Homer, the sexiness of John Donne’s sonnets, and what she’s learned from Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

Sally Rooney Returns With 30-something Questions

Irish author Sally Rooney, hailed as the "voice of a generation" after the runaway success of "Normal People", examines modern love in all its glory and friction in her fourth novel "Intermezzo" released next week.

International Business Times · Sep 20, 2024

Lost GK Chesterton essay about detective stories published for first time

Unpublished essay linked to author’s membership of ‘secret society of mystery writers’ to be printed in Strand Magazine

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2024

Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, sued for plagiarizing children's book

Former yoga instructor Alanna Zabel filed a lawsuit against Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancée, for allegedly plagiarizing her children's book.

Latin Times · Sep 19, 2024

Author Nadine N'Tasha Richards Releases Roses From Concrete, A Black Feminist Leadership Model For School Reform

Nadine's work focuses on the state of New York and introduces a comprehensive roadmap for building a more equitable educational landscape.

International Business Times · Sep 19, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez sued by former yoga instructor over children’s book

The Emmy Award-winning journalist released her first children’s book on September 10

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2024

The cult of Sally Rooney: how she became the most talked-about author of a generation

As her highly-anticipated new novel Intermezzo is published, Emma Loffhagen speaks to both fans and sceptics of the hugely influential millennial author

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2024

Methane is pitched as a climate villain – could changing how we think about it make it a saviour?

Surging methane emissions put our ability to meet Paris agreement climate targets in jeopardy. But a timely new book presents the scientific, policy and technological challenges and solutions for achieving rapid climate gains by addressing this once overlooked powerful greenhouse gas.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 19, 2024

Rare first edition Robert Burns book sells for more than £60k at auction

A rare first edition book of poetry by Robert Burns has sold for more than £60,000 at auction.

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The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

Intermezzo review: Sally Rooney ditches the style that made her ‘voice of a generation’

With her fourth novel, Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess – the reward is transcendent

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2024

Diving, Falling by Kylie Mirmohamadi review – death of the artist, husband, monster

This charming debut follows a middle-aged woman who is liberated after her famous husband dies, in a crowded field of new books unpicking heterosexual marriage

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review – surprise moves in love, loss and chess

The Irish author explores bereavement and age-gap relationships in a breathtakingly intimate tale of two brothers and the women they turn to

Total Film · Sep 19, 2024

Zack Snyder talks reinterpreting figures like Thor and Loki in his new Netflix show: "What we've done with them is put them back to a more mythological representation"

Exclusive: Zack Snyder and Wesley Coller talk diving into Norse mythology for Twilight of the Gods

The Walrus · Sep 19, 2024

Kevin Lambert Proves That Literature Can Still Be an Invigorating Slap in the Face

His elegant and vicious new novel tracks the fall of a good billionaire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

My Roman Year by André Aciman review – Memento amore

The Call Me By Your Name author’s memoir looks back on his teenage years

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

Jimmy Carter receives Holbrooke award from Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving an award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

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