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Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope of the tortured artist

In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it’s no surprise that a good number of artists and writers also suffer from anxiety and depression.

The Conversation

Why are so many celebrities writing novels?

Full-time authors have critcised big names crowding the shelves

Evening Standard

The Glutton review: This story of a man who could eat anything (even a child) is exquisitely told

His belly distended, his teeth ground to stumps, his eyes wild: this, we are told, is a man who ate cats; corks; rats; belts; 30 pounds of beef lung and liver; a golden fork; 75 eggs. This is a man who ate a child. Or did he?

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Israelophobia review: Is Israel treated differently? Yes and that should shame us

If your starting position is that Israel has no right to exist – to “push it into the sea” as the Iranian regime charmingly puts it – this probably isn’t the book for you. Israelophobia by Jake Wallis Simons is not a simple defence of Israel, nor an attempt to deny its…

Evening Standard

Irvine Welsh: Drug deaths high because Scotland 'can't control its destiny'

Irvine Welsh has said Scotland’s high level of drug deaths is down to the country not having control of its own destiny and being on the…

The National (Scotland)

Irvine Welsh no longer has to go to pubs to hear ‘the worst’ of humanity: ‘Just go on social media’

Scottish author discusses how he finds inspiration for his famously dark and troubled characters

The Independent UK

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘García Márquez taught me the exquisite power of stories’

The Nigerian writer on Enid Blyton’s mysteries, the power of Chinua Achebe and the pleasure of reading magazines

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Josh Niland is a chef with bigger fish to fry

'Creativity and innovation is at an all-time high.'

Newcastle Herald

Kazuo Ishiguro’s collection of lyrics for Stacey Kent to be published next year

‘I’ve built a reputation over the years as a writer of stories, but I started out writing songs,’ novelist said

The Independent UK

Penn Leaders Cite Academic Freedom, Allowing Events Although Incompatible With Penn’s Values

Penn leaders allow the event to proceed despite some speakers’ antisemitic history

Zenger

US Olympian Aly Raisman shares cover of her new children’s book about consent

Book reportedly talks about consent in a ‘positive and approachable way’

The Independent UK

Threats against literature, libraries are oldest tricks in the book

What better book on this topic than “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel of an America where books are unlawful and “firemen” burn any that are found?

Chicago Sun-Times

Wainwright prize for nature writing won by ‘unparalleled’ river memoir

Amy-Jane Beer’s The Flow is one of three prize winners, with Guy Shrubsole’s conservation study The Lost Rainforests of Britain and Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston’s children’s book Leila and the Blue Fox

The Guardian - UK

This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Edith Grossman obituary

Exceptional translator of novels by Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa as well as other Hispanic authors

The Guardian - UK

Kazuo Ishiguro song lyrics collection to be published

The prize-winning novelist’s lyrics, written for US jazz singer Stacey Kent, will be published with illustrations next March

The Independent UK

Richard Ayoade and Jonathan Ross endorse Graham Linehan memoir about being ‘cancelled’

Review quotes for TV writer’s forthcoming memoir have caused online debate

The Guardian - US

Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows

Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states

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Stand up for free speech in the face of threats to bomb libraries and ban books

The Harold Washington Library and several suburban libraries received anonymous threats on Tuesday, the same day Sen. Dick Durbin held hearings in Washington on book bans.

The Guardian - UK

The Art of Explanation by Ros Atkins review – talk like a pro

The BBC’s analysis editor shares his tips on how to communicate with clarity and confidence

The Guardian - UK

Debut novel by Millie Bobby Brown reignites debate over ghostwritten celebrity books

Publishing figures defend Stranger Things star’s book, Nineteen Steps, after this week’s publication ignites criticism on social media

The Guardian - UK

Charity launches award and database to encourage diversity in children’s books

Inclusive Books for Children survey found that two thirds of ethnic minority parents struggle to find representative books to read their children

The Guardian - UK

My Work by Olga Ravn review – a daring portrait of motherhood

A writer struggles after becoming a mother in this vibrant, genre-busting study of the divided self

The Guardian - UK

Sidney Blumenthal joins Guardian US as a Regular Columnist

Guardian US has appointed award-winning journalist Sidney Blumenthal as a regular columnist.

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What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

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