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‘I’ll never forgive or forget’ – Griffin Dunne on the darkness that overtook his gilded Hollywood upbringing

Griffin Dunne’s memoir is full of wonderful tales about Martin Scorsese, Carrie Fisher and Madonna. But the killing in 1982 of his 22-year-old sister – and the subsequent trial – overshadows everything

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

Baillie Gifford cancels all remaining sponsorships of literary festivals

Cambridge, Stratford, Wigtown and Henley festivals say firm ended deals after protests over its links to Israel and fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

King Charles Put Any Issues with Prince Harry Aside to Send Along a Gift to Granddaughter Princess Lilibet for Her Third Birthday—But Is Reportedly Withholding Another Gift Until the Rift Ends

Lili turned three earlier this week, on Tuesday, June 4.

Marie Claire · Jun 6, 2024

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Everything is Water by Simon Cleary review – one man’s pilgrimage along Brisbane River

Navigating on foot, Cleary is guided by histories, traditional owners and some unexpected weather, resulting in a rich account of the natural world

The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2024

The 25 Best Romance Books of 2024 (So Far)

Add these 25 new novels to your to-read stack ASAP.

Marie Claire · Jun 6, 2024

Inside the rise and fall of one of the world’s most powerful writing groups

The Romance Writers of America, once the world’s largest and most powerful authors’ association, filed for bankruptcy on May 30, 2024.

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2024

Summer reading: 5 young-adult fiction novels that explore LGBTQ+ teen lives

In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, The Conversation reached out to Gabriel Acevedo and James B. Blasingame, English professors at Arizona State University who focus on sexuality and sexual identity in young-adult fiction. What follows is a list the two scholars say are “must-read” summer novels featuring teenage LGBTQ+ protagonists.

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2024

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Crime thriller None Of This Is True is coming to Netflix - and it's one for Baby Reindeer fans

Prepare to be gripped

Marie Claire · Jun 6, 2024

‘But you hated these clothes!’ The complicated history of ‘lesbian fashion’

From a 17th century Swedish queen to drag king Stormé DeLarverie, a new book charts the myriad styles of women-loving women through the ages

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

New Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins will be released next year

‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ is a prequel to the original trilogy and will take place 40 years after the events of Suzanne Collin’s most recent novel, ‘The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes’

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024

Five of the best books about fatherhood

The author of Going Home, an acclaimed novel about the effects of unexpected fatherhood on a thirtysomething man, shares his favourites

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

Harry Potter Offers Magical Boost To UK Tourism

Sam Thorne guides Harry Potter fans through the gothic streets of Edinburgh, where controversial author JK Rowling dreamt up the boy wizard more than three decades ago.

International Business Times · Jun 6, 2024

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’

The debate over climate change mostly focuses on how to best to limit emissions in the effort to prevent disastrous global warming. However in a new book, Living Hot, Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld challenge current priorities, arguing rising temperatures can’t be contained fast enough and we need to turn…

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2024

When will George RR Martin finish next Game of Thrones book The Winds of Winter?

Fans have been waiting 14 years for a follow-up to ‘A Dance with Dragons’

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024

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The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2024

Popular book festival to end Baillie Gifford partnership after 14 years

THE Wigtown Book Festival has become the latest arts event to see its partnership with sponsor Baillie Gifford come to an end, organisers have…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2024

'My Scottish grandfather didn’t dodge D-Day as Tory MP allegedly said'

A CHANCE find has revealed that a Highland Light Infantryman was in the first waves of troops on D-Day...

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024

Handwritten ‘draft’ of Albert Camus’s L’Étranger sold in Paris for €650,000

Text appears to have been copied out and backdated by Camus in 1944, possibly as a way to raise funds during Nazi occupation

Reason · Jun 5, 2024

Is an American of Indian Descent Raised in Iran and Who Held Iranian Citizenship Indian or Iranian for Affirmative Action Purposes?

When I started researching my book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, the law review literature asserted that racial classification, in practice, was almost entirely a matter of self-identification. While federal law specified the classifications and their definitions, in practice people could check whatever box they wanted,…

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The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Salman Rushdie set to be focus of documentary based on ‘Knife’ memoir

Feature-length project will be based on Salman Rushdie’s life and recovery after he was attacked on stage in 2022

Radio France Internationale · Jun 5, 2024

French philospher Edgar Morin publishes novel at the the age of 102

The 102-year-old French philosopher Edgar Morin has published an autobiographical novel, originally written in 1946, after revising it and making it available to the public on June 5th.

Texas Observer · Jun 5, 2024

‘In All My Childhood Dreams, I Was a Boy’

"In all my childhood dreams, I was a boy."

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024

Baillie Gifford will no longer sponsor Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals

Investment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024

The Captive Imagination by Elias Dakwar review – a window into addiction

A psychiatrist’s fascinating quest to understand drugs and addiction – and to describe the indescribable

Wallpaper · Jun 5, 2024

Casa Bosques’ queer-themed book curation comes to New York’s East Village

In Pride Month 2024, Casa Bosques’ pop-up bookstore in The Standard hotel, East Village, offers a stylish haven for literary mavens

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024

Parade by Rachel Cusk review – cold visions of chaos

The world is turned upside down in an experimental novel about art, observation and making stories

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