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Mercedes de Acosta: The poet who had affairs with the 20th century’s most famous women

An unpublished book has emerged by the woman best known for her liaisons with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Isadora Duncan

The Guardian - UK

From Dylan to Ishiguro: can song lyrics ever be literature?

A new book of lyrics by Kazuo Ishiguro joins collections by Kate Bush and Jarvis Cocker. But can songwriting ever work on the page?

The Guardian - UK

Mary & George: what’s true and what's false – fact checking the scandalous new Sky show

The story of a mother and son who rose from the fringes to the top of Jacobean society is now a lavish new drama

Evening Standard

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The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft review – eight translators lost in a forest

The International Booker-winning translator takes a deep dive into the complexities of the role in her ambitious second novel

The Guardian - UK

Charli XCX prankster is latest in a long line of authors to fool the public

A writer hoodwinked the internet into thinking the singer nabbed his book title but he’s not the first author to pull a controversial publicity stunt

The Guardian - UK

#ReadWithMC Readers Thought ‘Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead’ Was a Witty, Twisty Page-Turner

“A dark and delicious whodunnit that will haunt you anytime you dare to pause reading.”

Marie Claire

OPINION - Crypt by Alice Roberts review: An addictive picture of medieval Britain from a cutting-edge perspective

The past was not a good place to die in Britain. Frightening diseases that are essentially vanquished in modern times were rife, deadly, and untreatable. Think syphilis, leprosy and the Black Death. Then there was the endemic violence. Readers of Alice Roberts’s Crypt, the third in her trilogy of books…

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The Listeners: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know

The Listeners on BBC1 stars Rebecca Hall as a teacher driven crazy by a humming noise no one else can hear except one pupil played by Ollie West.

WhatToWatch

American Mother by Diane Foley review: a searing story of Foley's search to find her son's IS killer

Any book seriously recommended by Patrick Radden Keefe needs to be investigated. The author of Say Nothing, his peerless study of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Empire of Pain, his never-less-than shocking investigation into the Sackler family, is one of the most formidable investigative journalists working today, so if…

Evening Standard

Winchester plan for £100,000 Jane Austen statue triggers ‘Disneyfication’ fears

People at public meeting raise concerns that sculpture in cathedral grounds will attract tourists taking selfies

The Guardian - UK

ED freezes Rs 580.78 crore in Mahadev Online Book case; says its operations are being run from Dubai

The ED has seized Rs 580.78 crore in assets related to the Mahadev Online Book Betting app case, asserting that its activities are being operated from Dubai.

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One of the most famous sci-fi novels ever is getting the Apple TV Plus treatment

Classic William Gibson novel Neuromancer, an early cyberpunk story, is getting the Apple TV Plus treatment.

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Kambara House’s contemporary Los Angeles interior is set within a Richard Neutra design

Kambara House, a gently revamped Richard Neutra house, is just one of the homes featured in new book ‘Los Angeles Interiors’ by Lannoo Publishers

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Western Lane by Chetna Maroo audiobook review – an agile coming-of-age debut

Maya Saroya narrates the Booker-shortlisted story of how a family channels its grief on the squash court and produces a potential champion

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Hollie McNish: ‘Being a writer didn’t enter my mind – I wanted a job that involved roller-skating’

The poet on discovering Seamus Heaney, revisiting Alice Walker and the joy of Allan Ahlberg

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Meta to stop paying Australian publishers for news; Linda White dies; and the best LGBTQ+ shows ever made

Current contracts with publishers that expire this year will not be renewed by technology giant

The Hindu

‘If you travel with a feeling that the country has something to teach you, it will always be an act of empathy’

The 84-year-old Colin Thubron on why travel books will endure and what draws him to remote places on earth like Siberia

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A new Jack Reacher story is coming and it's inspired by AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long

Inspired by songs from AC/DC's classic Back in Black album, an upcoming anthology will contain ten murder mysteries from ten bestselling authors

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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UK in the midst of a boom in book clubs as gen Z’s hobbies change

Once nightclubs or sports clubs brought people together. Now there’s a boom in people getting together online and in person to discuss their favourite books

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Neuromancer on Apple TV Plus: Here are the first details of the long-awaited sci-fi show

Neuromancer is coming to Apple TV Plus. Here's everything we know so far about the TV adaptation of William Gibson's iconic novel.

The Guardian - AU

All the Words We Know by Bruce Nash review – dementia mystery goes for heartstrings over nuance

Following an elderly woman who believes the aged care facility she lives in is killing its residents, this novel has a sympathetic narrator but relies on superficial archetypes

The Guardian - UK

Sally Rooney’s new novel Intermezzo to be published in September

The bestselling author’s fourth novel, which will focus on two brothers, is set to be a ‘standout highlight’ of this year’s fiction titles

Marie Claire

Netflix is 'in the process' of a new deal with One Day author David Nicholls

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The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books to understand the Israel-Palestine conflict

From stories of families dealing with dispossession and trauma to a powerful history of the Mossad spy agency, the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent picks titles that help explain the history and politics of the territory

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