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Five of the best books about female friendship

Sally Rooney, Alice Walker and Nancy Mitford are among the writers who have charted complex and profound bonds that can last a lifetime

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

‘These books captured our hearts’: Jacqueline Wilson’s Girls series is back – and millennials are rejoicing

The beloved children’s author reunites readers with Ellie, Magda and Nadine, now 40 and grappling with parenthood, sex and divorce

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2024: Andre Dao wins $80,000 for debut novel Anam

Judges praise book as ‘profoundly relevant’, with Daniel Browning, Amy Crutchfield and Will Kostakis also winning in their categories

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2024

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Dao's 'Anam' takes out PM's Literary Award for fiction

André Dao's novel Anam has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, while a biography of Donald Horne by Ryan Cropp took out the prize for history.

AAP · Sep 12, 2024

That’s me, Mum! The Nigerian author who wrote a book about her children … and joined a publishing revolution

Simone, 8, has Down’s syndrome. Unable to find stories that reflected her modern African family, her mother decided to fill the gap, then publishers came knocking

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie review – Succession-style satire

A vile multimillionaire dies in mysterious circumstances in this entertaining follow-up to How to Kill Your Family

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

First look: Alighieri marks ten years with jewellery for book lovers

The Alighieri Bookworm jewellery collection is a treat for literary mavens

Wallpaper · Sep 12, 2024

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Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate

There is power in paper. Anyone who denies the potency of history’s dusty documents needs only look at the current incendiary debates over proposed legislation tackling the “principles” of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2024

UK English curricula should focus on ‘inclusive and diverse’ stories, author says

Ex-children’s laureate Malorie Blackman says no student should feel English is irrelevant because they do not see themselves reflected in the literature

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

51 Years Later, a Legendary Sci-Fi Writer's Most Underrated Novel Will Finally Become a Movie

Denis Villeneuve still has a third 'Dune' movie to make, but the beloved sci-fi director is already eyeing another book series from the genre's golden age.

Inverse · Sep 11, 2024

2024 Wainwright prizes are ‘heartwarming’ tribute to a new generation of nature writers

Top nature writing honour goes to Late Light by Michael Malay, which explores modern Britain through the ‘unloved’ lives of eels, moths, crickets and mussels

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Dynamite's new The Terminator comic takes James Cameron's killer robot saga back to its terrifying "pulp noir" roots

Interview | Writer Declan Shalvey on bringing The Terminator back

GamesRadar · Sep 11, 2024

Graham Rawle obituary

Author, artist and designer who created the collage series Lost Consonants for the Guardian in 1990

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Chip Zdarsky and David Brothers' new sci-fi thriller is an epic time-traveling romance comic with real heart

Interview | Time Waits co-writers Chip Zdarsky and David Brothers on their new comic for DSTLRY

GamesRadar · Sep 11, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Literary prize drops name of its sponsor from title after protests over Israel arms link

Canada’s Giller prize – formerly known as the Scotiabank Giller prize – will keep the bank as its main sponsor

WhatToWatch · Sep 11, 2024

We Solve Murders Netflix adaptation: everything we know

We Solve Murders sees Richard Osman introduce a new crime-solving duo...

GoodToKnow · Sep 11, 2024

Two brand new Mr Men books hit shelves today and we can all relate to them

Mr. Fib and Little Miss Surprise are the first new Mr. Men characters in three years

Reason · Sep 11, 2024

On the Responsibilities That Come with the Freedom to Speak Freely

The best practitioners of the freedom of speech are those who do not assume that everyone who disagrees with them operates from bad motives.

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – when Olive Kitteridge met Lucy Barton

The worlds of Strout’s previous books converge in this quietly stunning novel of interlocking stories

Wallpaper · Sep 11, 2024

Discover London’s lesser-known design gems with ‘an opinionated guide’

‘An opinionated guide to Design London’ by Sujata Burman and Wallpaper’s Rosa Bertoli is a carefully curated tour of intriguing design spots across the capital

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Playground by Richard Powers review – the wonder of the oceans

This ambitious, rapturous Booker-longlisted epic explores life underwater, generative AI, climate crisis and the power of play

Marie Claire · Sep 10, 2024

Meghan Markle's All-White Outfit Reminds the World Why She's the Queen of Minimalism

She broke the "no white after Labor Day" look with grace.

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2024

Waiting for owners: former Chelsea home of Samuel Beckett for sale for £5.5m

48 Paultons Square has been home to two Nobel Prize winners: dramatist Samuel Beckett, who lived there in 1934, and physicist Patrick Blackett from 1953 to 1969

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2024

The Perfect Couple: a cocktail of Succession, The White Lotus and Agatha Christie that ultimately fails to deliver

“Nantucket!” exclaims Ishmael, the narrator of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851). “Look at it – a mere hillock, and elbow of sand; all beach, without a background.”

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024

Trump’s ‘lazy’ $99 coffee table book includes 10 pages of him with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

One critic described Trump’s photos captions as akin to a ‘fascist Emily Dickinson’

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