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The Mexican American Story

Sometimes learning about history hurts. But if we want to heal from these wounds, we first have to learn the truth.

Texas Observer · Aug 23, 2024

The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer review – more affable nonsense

Is the follow-up to The Satsuma Complex a celebrity cash-grab, or a sweet, silly meta-commentary on thrillers?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024

Novelist Francesca Segal: ‘Wuthering Heights did peculiar things to my romantic expectations’

The author on reading Emily Brontë as a teenager, becoming consumed by the Patrick Melrose novels, and the magic of listening to the Midnight’s Children audiobook in Manhattan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024

Rosemary Haughton obituary

Other lives: Writer and lecturer on Catholic culture and founder of communities in Scotland and Massachusetts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024

'Moroseta Kitchen' is a new recipe book offering a glimpse into the Puglian countryside

'Moroseta Kitchen - A Window Into The Puglian Countryside' by Giorgia Eugenia Goggi is based on the essence of eating in Italy, rooted in farm to table seasonal recipes

Wallpaper · Aug 22, 2024

Spontaneous Acts by Yoko Tawada: an adroit poetic novel about connection post-pandemic

Spontaneous Acts by German-Japanese writer Yoko Tawada follows a fierce and scrupulous search for connection and meaning in a noisy and overwhelming world emerging from the loneliness of COVID lockdowns.

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2024

Five Irish novelists to read while you wait for the new Sally Rooney novel, Intermezzo

Like many others, I have been waiting with bated breath for the publication of Irish literary sensation Sally Rooney’s fourth novel, Intermezzo, in September. Rooney is at once a distinctive voice in contemporary literary fiction and the generational product of a particular moment in Irish history. As such, and in…

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2024

Shifters review: This epic new romcom has West End audiences swooning

With fine performances from Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong, Benedict Lombe’s will-they-won’t-they love story – which has high-profile backing from Idris Elba, Little Simz and Maya Jama – is another fresh hit originating from the Bush Theatre

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

Munichs by David Peace review – bravura portrait of a football tragedy

An electrifying retelling of how the Munich air disaster changed football and Britain for ever

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024

Babies born in Book Week gifted their first story at John Hunter Hospital

100 books were collected and donated by primary school library monitors.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 22, 2024