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My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes review – love and shenanigans in a new Walsh sister story

In the bestselling novelist’s latest, Anna Walsh moves back to Dublin and falls for an old flame in a comical tale of grit, growth and self-acceptance

The Guardian - UK

The Other Boleyn Girl review – the sexual strategising of the conniving Boleyn family brought sharply to life

Mike Poulton’s adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s novel shows how the sisters refuse to be passive victims

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Sunset Song review – a lively if melodramatic take on Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel

Morna Young’s new adaptation, directed by Finn den Hertog, captures the earthiness of rural life in early 1900s Scotland, but it needs to dig deeper

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An Unholy Traffic: how the slave trade continued through the US civil war

In a new book, Robert KD Colby of the University of Mississippi shows how the Confederacy remained committed to slavery

The Guardian - US

In brief: Earth; Vassal State; The Penguin History of Modern Spain – review

John Boyne’s pacy novella about an Irish footballer caught up in a sex scandal; Angus Hanton’s exploration of our ‘special relationship’ with America; and a cliche-free portrait of Spain

The Guardian - UK

‘Generous and reflective’: letters show other sides to macho Ernest Hemingway

In the mid-1930s, the novelist, then a controversial war correspondent, encouraged aspiring writers with frankness and humour

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

Taken over several years, the British photographer’s latest series shows her world narrowing as loss, and lockdown, strike

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A tree called poetry

Discover simple, accessible poems in this insightful narrative

The Hindu

Moses McKenzie: ‘I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora’

The award-winning Bristol-raised novelist on his new book about a teenage Rastafarian living in the city in volatile times, how he was influenced by The Catcher in the Rye - and being celebrated by a Tory politician

The Guardian - UK

‘These people matter’: why Diana Matar photographs the sites where US police have killed civilians

The celebrated US photographer’s new series is a quietly devastating commemoration and a critique of modern American culture

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Shami Chakrabarti’s cultural highlights

The politician and lawyer on Salman Rushdie’s remarkable memoir, Manchester’s magnificent music school and powerful depictions of wars both real and imagined

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie’s Knife: Poignant, but the writer plays second fiddle to the activist

A little more than a decade ago, speaking at a conclave in India, Salman Rushdie reminded his audience of how the ancient Indian text Natya Shastra had specific mention of the gods defending the idea of freedom of expression and, more specifically, in the realm of arts. In particular, Rushdie…

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‘My favourite stories are love stories’: Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction

With four million copies sold and three books in adaptation, the Beach Read author is riding high. She talks about hope, TikTok tropes and escapism

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England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines are drawn

Two teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debut

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South Dakota Gov. Noem Faces Backlash Over Animal Killings

Governor Kristi Noem faces criticism for euthanizing pets in upcoming book, sparking ethical debate.

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Rapper Ziggy Ramo rewrites history in contentious book

In his first book, rapper Ziggy Ramo argues the dehumanisation of the first Australians is at the root of incarceration rates and gaps in life expectancy.

The Guardian - US

PEN America cancels festival after authors drop out in support of Gaza

Cancellation of World Voices festival comes days after organization cancelled 2024 edition of its annual awards ceremony

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Martin Bax obituary

Paediatrician specialising in child development and novelist who founded the literary periodical Ambit

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Liz Truss book enters bestseller list in 70th place with 2,228 copies sold

Former PM’s first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameron’s memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair book

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Bloomsbury hint at something "very special" coming soon from Watchmen writer Alan Moore - and we think we know what it is

The publisher teases a big reveal on Monday

The Guardian - AU

‘We chose not to blow up our life’: readers on surviving infidelity

The sexual wanderings of a partner don’t always spell the end. Readers share their experiences of how their relationship triumphed in the face of infidelity

Evening Standard

Booker Prize urged to rethink its name over slavery connection

DJ says the Booker Foundation should think about changing its name

Evening Standard

No way out by Tim Shipman review: an exhaustive chronicle of a chaotic political divorce

In his intro to No Way Out, finally charting the long, strange trip the UK took from the fraught post-referendum days to leaving the EU in January 2020, Tim Shipman risks a comparison political biographers would shy away from. He declares an urge to match the epic and literary style…

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Martha Mills young writers’ prize open for entries

Philip Pullman will help choose this year’s winners of award set up in memory of the keen young writer who died aged 13 in 2021

Woman & Home

The Thursday Murder Club movie: The cast and who's playing who, confirmed by Richard Osman

Richard Osman’s best-selling debut novel is being adapted into a film for Netflix

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