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Great Expectations: new theatrical adaptation sets Dickens novel in partition-era Bengal

We set eyes on Pip, the protagonist of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel Great Expectations, for the first time in the churchyard where his parents and brothers are buried. The vision of the boy in front of the ruins of his family is one of rude survivalism. It’s a trait that…

The Conversation

The World According to Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell review – bits and pieces of a literary pioneer

A ‘fangirl’’s fragmented study of the great US author has a disparate and magpie approach that never coheres into a satisfying whole

The Guardian - UK

V. Balasubramanian’s memoir set for release in Kannada

Fall from Grace - Memoirs of a Rebel IAS Officer, the autobiography of V. Balasubramanian, an officer of the 1965 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to the Karnataka cadre, is ready to have a release in Kannada, following the popularity of the English book since its release…

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‘Scanning is the new spinning’ for this Gandhian literature initiative

Gandhi Bhavan, a 58-yr-old institution in Bengaluru, is digitising its 10,000-book library of Gandhian literature with Servants of Knowledge. 3,000 books have been digitised, with OCR & text-to-speech options to make knowledge accessible to all. 900 books are available on Internet Archive. Digitisation effort aims to make literature more accessible…

The Hindu

In brief: Withnail and I: From Cult to Classic; Light Over Liskeard; Hellish Nell – review

Everything you’ll ever need to know about Bruce Robinson’s 80s masterpiece; a wry modern fable from Louis de Bernières; and Britain’s wartime witch trial revisited

The Guardian - UK

Time After Time by Chris Atkins review – a former inmate explores the reasons for reoffending

These stories of ex-offenders who returned to prison are varied and affecting, but the writer’s sometimes simple solutions to a complex issue can make him sound complacent

The Guardian - UK

America’s new print-only newspaper reinvents the art of reading slowly

The retro-look County Highway costs $8.50, is published six times a year – and will never be available online

The Guardian - UK

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The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut review – genius and madness in the shadow of the atomic bomb

The Chilean author’s assured fictionalised portrait of the visionary Hungarian scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and laid the foundations of modern computing is darkly intelligent and feverishly propulsive

The Guardian - UK

When football died for me

I was a normal sportswriter, and a lifelong NFL fan. Decades before Damar Hamlin, one game changed my view forever

Salon

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare review – the other international man of mystery

An elegant and painstakingly researched biography of the 007 author attempts to strip away the novels to reveal the intriguing figure beneath

The Guardian - UK

'Right to be human': Scotland's storytellers explore modern rights in modern ways

THIS year’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival theme is “Right to be Human”.

The National (Scotland)

Exploring the magical world of Roald Dahl through his writing style

If there's one author whose books have left an enduring mark on the hearts of both children and adults, it's Roald Dahl. With a magical touch that weaves whimsy, adventure, and life lessons into every tale, Dahl's writing style is as fascinating as it is accessible. Let's hop on a…

The Times of India

Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity

An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had files kept on online posts

The Guardian - UK

North Carolina bans ‘Banned Books Week’ but retracts after media backlash

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district publicly amends instructions to principals after the Daily Beast picks up story

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Sebastian Faulks says the super-rich think ‘rules don’t apply’ on mortality and ethics

Author was interviewed by The Independent’s literary critic Martin Chilton during a talk at Henley Literary Festival

Radio France Internationale

Lebanese-born writer Amin Maalouf becomes guardian of French language

French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf has taken over the role of “perpetual secretary” of the Académie Française, a body that serves as the custodian and promoter of the French language.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m not worried about fame or glory’: Lydia Davis, the author who has refused to sell her book on Amazon

The award-winning short story writer talks about her boycott of the world’s biggest marketplace, her love of languages and living with Paul Auster in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li review – motherhood as loss

These bruising, beautiful short stories explore the pain of lost children, along with parenthood’s more usual sacrifices – youth, romantic love and a sense of self

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The Independent UK

Sebastian Faulks on his futuristic 16th novel and rewriting 007: ‘I stopped watching Bond when Sean Connery left’

The ‘Birdsong’ author has struggled to shake off the ‘historical fiction’ label, but his latest novel, ‘The Seventh Son’, is set in a futuristic fertility clinic. He tells Claire Allfree about human evolution, his former life as the Indy’s first literary editor, and what he borrowed from Bond author Ian…

The Independent UK

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Guardian - UK

Of Mice and Men first-draft fragment torn up by Steinbeck’s dog goes to auction

John Steinbeck’s pet ‘made confetti’ of the manuscript in 1936, but a surviving piece will go on sale alongside personal journals, first editions and a wrought-iron sword owned by the author

The Conversation

Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science

Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically about the ethics of science. Researchers have also found that sci-fi serves as a positive influence on how people view science. Science fiction scholar Istvan Csicsery-Ronay calls this “science-fictional…

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: JM Coetzee

For 50 years the Nobel laureate and double Booker prize winner has been dividing opinion with his novels on power, humanity, war, the death of ‘Jesus’ and dogs – many dogs

The Guardian - UK

‘Motherhood is a cult, to a degree’: Anne Heltzel on her horror novel about parenthood

The author explains how Just Like Mother, her gothic horror tale of a cult fixated on childbearing, is uncomfortably close to reality

Evening Standard

OPINION - Ian Fleming was a spy too: Bond was his bid to relive his youth

“The name’s Secretan, James Secretan.” Doesn’t quite work, does it? Ian Fleming realised as much when he read through the draft of his first spy novel Casino Royale, scratched out the vaguely foreign surname, and created “James Bond”. He explained to a friend that his action hero needed a name…

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