Where to buy second hand books: Top online stores to shop for quality and price Feed your literary addiction with sustainable purchases Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024
Growing sponsorship row leaves UK summer arts festivals in turmoil Book festivals and events still sponsored by Baillie Gifford to meet investment firm amid row over funding The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher; Italy Reborn by Mark Gilbert reviews – the long path to prosperity Fletcher’s epic and witty study unearths the history of the Roman roads and their hold on our imagination, while Gilbert celebrates Alcide De Gasperi, the postwar Christian Democrat politician whose passion for democracy energised a country scarred by war and Mussolini The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
With youth suicide rates rising in Queensland, parents who have lost children are speaking out Suicide is now the leading cause of death for those aged 10–17 in the state, amid a ‘rising mental health crisis’ in Australia The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024
Can you write about an ex-husband who betrayed you? The fraught ethics of writing about real people When a writer holds the power of the narrative, what moral compass guides them through the ethical issues of writing ‘true stories’? The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2024
Filthy lucre is everywhere, but book festivals are an easy target for protesters’ fury Hay and Edinburgh forgo pragmatism in turning their backs on the Baillie Gifford fund The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
Rose Tremain: ‘Sex scenes are like arias in opera. They have to move the story forwards’ The bestselling author on how to avoid reader indifference, the advantage of writing historical stories and why she returns to Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates again and again The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
‘He had a sarcastic turn of phrase’: discovery of 1509 book sheds new light on ‘father of utilitarianism’ Unearthed notes owned by the renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham reveal the roots of his influential ethics The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
A century after his death, Kafka still sums up our surreal world A sneak preview of a new exhibition about him sends shivers down my spine The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
‘I miss my solitude’: Booker winner Paul Lynch says he is a ‘social introvert’ Author of novel Prophet Song about an imagined fascist Ireland tells Hay audience he is not a political writer The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
‘She’s not telling the truth about war crimes’: US official resigns over Gaza war and hits out at boss Samantha Power Alex Smith, a US official who quit his role at the US Agency for International Aid this week, hit out at the head of the agency Samantha Power for failing to call out Israel for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024
Jon Ronson: ‘It’s getting harder to be optimistic’ The writer and broadcaster, 57, on tracking down stories, holding grudges, feeling happiest when he’s at work – and looking for the connections that bring us together The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
TIME’s Trump cover illustration is simple yet powerful It really hammers home the truth. Creative Bloq · Jun 1, 2024
Bad Habit by Alana S Portero review – hard times in Madrid A vivid debut of trans life in Spain after Franco observes a world of violence and petty cruelties with compassion The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
Wallpaper · Jun 1, 2024 Step inside a forgotten brutalist necropolis in Buenos Aires 'Chacarita Moderna: The Brutalist Necropolis of Buenos Aires' is a new book by Léa Namer; an ode to 20th-century architecture, concrete and one of Argentina's first female architects, Ítala Fulvia Villa
The National (Scotland) · Jun 1, 2024 Literary Scottish city dubbed one of the best in Britain for book lovers A Scottish city has been named one of the best on the British Isles for book lovers by The Telegraph.
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024 Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: ‘There is nothing more punk than a menopausal woman’ The band’s feminist swagger and on-stage rage fuelled a Nineties rock revolution. Helen Brown speaks to frontwoman Kathleen Hanna and bassist Kathi Wilcox about balancing soundcheck and misogynists, navigating interband friction, and an infamous brawl with Courtney Love
Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2024 'Broadview Six' judge wants to put prosecutors under oath, keeps contempt charges on the table U.S. District Judge April Perry on Thursday raised the specter of a "cover-up" and questioned whether federal prosecutors in Chicago talked to top officials in Washington about the politically charged case.
The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024 Tributes as multi-award-winning Scottish author John Burnside dies aged 69 THE multi-award-winning Scottish poet and novelist John Burnside has died aged 69 ...
Woman & Home · May 31, 2024 The tradition Kate Middleton and Prince William upheld when Louis was born that they skipped with George The Prince and Princess of Wales kept a royal tradition going with Prince Louis's full name and it's linked to several generations
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 John Burnside, author of Black Cat Bone, dies aged 69 The Scottish writer, whose career spanned more than 35 years, was one of only four people to have won both of the UK’s most prestigious poetry prizes for the same book
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 Coram Boy review – hectic melodrama about the Georgian-era baby trade The performances are strong, but can’t rescue a convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning novel about foundlings and orphans sold to criminals for a shilling
The Guardian - AU · May 31, 2024 Morris Gleitzman: ‘In the last couple of years, I’ve found it is getting a lot harder to be optimistic’ The amiable grandfather of Australian letters talks climate change, the mystery of the muse and the uncertain nature of life
Marie Claire · May 31, 2024 Royal Biographer Is Convinced That This Detail Within the Pages of Prince Harry’s Memoir ‘Spare’ Signals That “Part Two Might Be On Its Way” Harry himself has said in the past that there was enough material for two books.
The Conversation · May 31, 2024 Kafka 100: struggles of disabled characters in systems that don’t support them feel just as relevant today Throughout his work, Franz Kafka depicts bodies disabled by the exhausting effects of the workplace. In Amerika (1911 to 1914), set in an era of early 20th-century free-market enterprise, Kafka portrays the gruelling consequences of overwork on desperate people.