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An 18-Year-Old Had Consensual Sex With a 16-Year-Old. He Went to Jail for 6 Years.

In her new book From Rage to Reason, Emily Horowitz explains what's wrong with the sex offense registry.

Reason

George Orwell was a very problematic man, but he was also a complete genius

George Orwell stood up for democratic socialism and against totalitarianism. He praised lucid writing and condemned euphemistic language. Many of the phrases with which we analyse politics and culture today — from the concept of Newspeak to the idea of Big Brother — come from Orwell. He is like a…

Evening Standard

Serena Williams has a 2-book deal, starting with an 'intimate' and 'open-hearted' memoir

Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect

The Independent UK

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Gabriel García Márquez’s lost novel to be published with sons’ blessings 10 years after author’s death

Legendary author, who struggled with dementia late in his life, decided in his final days that ‘Until August’ should not be released upon his death

The Independent UK

A New Book Reveals the Hardships And Systemic Biases Many Women in STEM Still Face

Engineer and science communicator Lisa M. P. Munoz's new book shines a spotlight on more than a dozen scientists who’ve combatted gendered and racial biases.

Inverse

Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernières review – whimsy and sexbots at the end of the world

A quantum cryptographer holes up in Cornwall to await the apocalypse, in this quirky tale of rural love in a technological dystopia

The Guardian - UK

Author funds bursary to help aspiring black British Caribbean writers

Two students stand to receive support, covering more than 80% of the total course fees.

The Independent UK

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Meet Hollywood’s favourite interiors guru

From Sir Elton John to Cher to Kourtney Kardashian, the A-list turn to one man when they need eye-catching interior design: Martyn Lawrence Bullard. William Hosie meets him in London

Evening Standard

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri and What You Need To Be Warm by Neil Gaiman.

The Independent UK

Australian-based journalist Kean Wong arrested in Malaysia for editing banned book

Wong under investigation for sedition over book that was banned by Malaysian government three years ago

The Guardian - AU

Author James Patterson: I get scared by my own thrillers

The bestselling writer talks collaborating with Dolly Parton and why he never gets writer’s block. By Prudence Wade.

The Independent UK

Julia by Sandra Newman review – a new Nineteen Eighty-Four

This ambitious retelling from Julia’s point of view gives Winston Smith’s lover the agency she lacked

The Guardian - UK

Black headteachers in UK say pupils crying out for ‘people who look like them’

Letters To a Young Generation: Aspiring school leaders book aims to encourage Black teachers to pursue leadership positions

The Guardian - UK

Jada Pinkett Smith says revealing separation from Will Smith is a 'weight off my shoulders'

Jada Pinkett Smith is feeling free these days

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

6 books to help talk to your child about climate change

Many children and young people are anxious about climate change and what it means for their futures.

WEKU

U.S. book bans are taking a toll on a beloved tradition: Scholastic Book Fairs

Scholastic created a separate fair category for diverse books, which it says is to help schools navigate the complexities of book bans. Librarians accused the company of caving to censorship.

Evening Standard

Meet the woman behind Salted Books, Lisbon’s new literary sensation

Following a move to Portugal, Alexandre Holder found herself yearning for an English bookshop. The solution? To open her own…

The Conversation

The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read

A truly scary story never really leaves you. It lurks in long evening shadows, calls out through mysterious bumps in the night and blows down your neck whenever you feel a sudden shiver. With Halloween approaching, we asked six of our academic experts to tell us about the scariest book…

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Malaysia pulls out of Frankfurt book fair, blaming organisation’s pro-Israel stance

Representatives of the south-east Asian country stated that the event, the world’s largest, has allied itself with Israel in its war with Hamas, after an award due to be presented to a Palestinian writer was cancelled

The Independent UK

A new memoir serves up life lessons from a childhood in a Chinese restaurant

Curtis Chin has been championing other Asian Americans for over 30 years

Inverse

The Best Netflix Thriller of the Year Reveals a Controversial New Trend

In his final work for Netflix, Mike Flanagan and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' are inventing a new kind of television adaptation.

Texas Observer

The Tower Sniper’s Wife

A book from UT Press provides a troubling twist on the vow “until death do us part.” Reviewed by Texas Observer Senior Reporter Lise Olsen.

Reason

The Canceling of the American Mind, by FIRE's Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott

I just read and much enjoyed this new book, and highly recommend it: It's readable, factually detailed, and thoughtful in its analysis and recommendations. For a taste of the argument, see this Substack post. And here are a few of the jacket blurbs from others: This riveting book presents compelling…

The National (Scotland)

Row erupts as more authors urge Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels

MORE authors have joined calls for the Scottish investment bank Baillie Gifford to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry.

Salon

What kids teach us about gender

Gender identity is not a decision. Trans children do not decide they are transgender, they decide to tell you

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