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Single And Proud: S. Korean YouTuber's Viral Embrace Of Solo Life

South Korea has declared its super-low birthrate a "national emergency" and poured billions into encouraging citizens to marry and reproduce, but one YouTuber has found happiness and success promoting the opposite ideal.

International Business Times · Jul 3, 2024

From Navy SEAL to Governor: Eric Greitens' Inspiring Journey of Resilience and Redemption

The new chapter in Greitens' life is characterized by his determination to contribute positively to public discourse and his eagerness to put the controversies of the past behind him.

International Business Times · Jul 2, 2024

Who plays who in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: from Emma Myers to Zain Iqbal

The TV adaptation is finally about to land on screens

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2024

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The Road to the Country: novelist Chigozie Obioma on Nigeria’s brutal civil war, love and redemption

Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for their unique, folkloric tales of Nigerian life in decades past. Like them, his 2024 novel The Road to the Country is “tinged with fable and…

The Conversation · Jul 2, 2024

‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi

He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

‘The power of fiction’: San Francisco store sends LGBTQ+ books to states that ban them

Since launching, Fabulosa Books’ Books Not Bans program has sent more than 700 books to states across the US

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2024

Author Alexander McCall Smith knighted by King Charles at Holyrood

Author Sir Alexander McCall Smith has said his knighthood is a “wonderful thing” and that his famous fictional detective Mma Precious Ramotswe…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 2, 2024

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce chosen as new children’s laureate

The children’s author and screenwriter, who takes over from Joseph Coelho, pledged to address ‘invisible privilege and inequality’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Book festivals previously sponsored by Baillie Gifford seek donations

Partnerships ended over the investment firm’s ties to fossil fuel and Israel, leaving nine book festivals including Hay, Edinburgh and Cheltenham in need of funding

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Brazil’s unparalleled spate of book bans is a page out of US culture wars

A series of bans on volumes with race, gender and LGBTQ+ themes have proliferated in recent years

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2024

Why Are You Shouting? by James Womack review – tales of the metropolis

This rich fourth collection by James Womack ponders the fraught relationship between place and dweller – and our craving for connection

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Bonding by Mariel Franklin review – a comprehensive vision of a devastated society

Populated by tech and pharma hustlers, this bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Pharmacist Is In For A Shock When Buyer Has A Normal And Standard Spelling Name, Even Gets Irate

A woman got scolded by a pharmacist for having a traditionally spelled name. The post Pharmacist Is In For A Shock When Buyer Has A Normal And Standard Spelling Name, Even Gets Irate first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jul 1, 2024

Ismail Kadare obituary

One of Albania’s greatest writers who explored the ugliness and dignity of this ancient and long-oppressed nation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

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WhatToWatch · Jul 1, 2024

Interview with the Vampire season 3: teaser and everything we know so far

Lestat takes center stage in Interview with the Vampire season 3. Here's everything we know about the new season so far.

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2024

OPINION - Can France hold back the march of Le Pen and the hard-right?

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

A life in quotes: Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction, has died aged 88. Here are some of the most memorable quotes from interviews he gave throughout his life

Marie Claire · Jul 1, 2024

Former Palace Press Secretary Recalls Princess Diana Frantically Calling Him at 5 a.m. the Day Andrew Morton’s Bombshell Biography About Her Came Out, Seemingly Questioning Her Decision to Participate In the Project

“I told her it couldn’t be undone now,” Dickie Arbiter said of the infamous 1992 tell-all.

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The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder review: Moreish, twisty mystery is like Famous Five meets Pretty Little Liars

Based on Holly Jackson’s bestselling young adult novel, this BBC drama might just have you hooked

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88

His allegorical stories, informed by life under state communism, drew international praise but he insisted that he was not a political writer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

A historical overview of the often chaotic fight for equality in Britain celebrates the pioneers who elbowed their way into male-only spaces

International Business Times · Jul 1, 2024

Ismail Kadare: A Bright Light In Albania's Darkest Days

Novelist Ismail Kadare -- who has died aged 88 -- used his pen as a stealth weapon to survive Albania's paranoid communist dictator Enver Hoxha.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Dyan Colclough obituary

Other lives: Historian of child actors in British theatre and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University

Salon · Jun 30, 2024

The true secrets to cooking for one

Cooking for yourself can always be "low-waste and high-taste"

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner review – an old-fashioned maximalist rush of storytelling

Inspired by the real-life abduction of a wealthy businessman, the second novel from the Fleishman Is in Trouble author is a lip-smacking tale of family, wealth and self-destruction told with relish

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