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Salman Rushdie announces memoir, Knife, about being stabbed in 2022

The author describes the book, subtitled Meditations After an Attempted Murder, as ‘a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art’

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage last year. He's releasing a memoir about the attack

Salman Rushdie has written a memoir about the horrifying attempt on his life that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand

The Independent UK

The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman review – the spy who loved me

A chronicle of the author’s many affairs unable to be published during his lifetime

The Guardian - UK

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Porsche Marks 75 Years Of Excellence With Exciting Book Collection

The new releases will be exhibited at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Motor1

Night Side of the River by Jeanette Winterson review – uneasy ghost stories

Winterson weaves her own thoughts on the supernatural with fictional explorations of apps, avatars and AI

The Guardian - UK

Permacrisis by Gordon Brown, Mohamed El-Erian and Michael Spence review – road to nowhere

A call for growth from three veterans of the financial crisis rings hollow

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of She’s A Killer by Kirsten McDougall and Murder On The Dance Floor by Shirley Ballas.

The Independent UK

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A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett review – newly discovered early stories

A collection of comic tales published pseudonymously in the 1970s and 80s is slight, but shows sparks of the brilliance to come

The Guardian - UK

Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore cancels book tour, revealing ‘debilitating’ health condition

The 65-year-old musician says it was ‘utterly distressing’ to be told he shouldn’t travel after a longstanding but undisclosed illness recently escalated

The Guardian - AU

Hughes Van Ellis, youngest known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102

Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died

The Independent UK

India’s great revolts began in the villages: P. Sainath

P. Sainath reveals stories of unsung heroes of India's Freedom Struggle. He interviewed freedom fighters for 20 yrs & compiled them in a book. Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi released the book, illustrated by 16 artists. It is meant to inspire post-1947 generations & those robbed of their history.…

The Hindu

Indian author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution for 2010 speech on Kashmir

Delhi gov’t approves for case to proceed before courts for speech allegedly advocating Kashmir’s secession from India.

Al Jazeera

Movie Review: In ‘Anatomy of a Fall,’ a sharp courtroom drama that will end relationships

Justine Triet's Palme d'Or-winning film “Anatomy of a Fall” finds a writer on trial for the suspicious death of her husband

The Independent UK

World-famous Scottish comic writer releases book based in 'Gasglow'

SCOTTISH comic book writer Grant Morrison knows all about superheroes. They’ve spent their entire career penning stories about some of the…

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In ‘Goth: A History,’ The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces the often-misunderstood subculture

In a new book titled “Goth: A History,” The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces a misunderstood subculture

Inverse

The Black-Owned Comic House Fusing Westeros With Wakanda

“I started creating this world to do what I think everyone wants: see themselves reflected,” Stranger Comics founder and president Sebastian A. Jones tells Inverse.

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh University faces accusations of transphobia over book launch

THE University of Edinburgh has once again been accused by a trade union of hosting an event which “contests the legitimacy of trans people and…

The Guardian - US

Zadie Smith hats, Fellini tops: the rise of litcore

Cerebral types are wearing their literary and cinematic pretensions on their sleeves, quite literally

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The Guardian - UK

Literary magazines can be life-changing – but they need more support

The UK’s literary magazine scene is crumbling due to rising print costs. But I’ll keep printing my own magazine, which gives writers of colour a voice, for as long as I can

Newcastle Herald

'Egalitarian place': Book clubs good for mental health

'It's a low cost, low risk way for people to create a community.'

The Independent UK

‘Beloved’ Vermont university dean Honoree Fleming shot and killed while hiking near campus

Honoree Fleming, 77, a “beloved teacher” at Vermont State Univeristy was shot dead on a hiking trail

The Guardian - US

Nun accuses Louisiana of blocking death row clemency appeals in lawsuit

Sister Helen Prejean, known for 1995 film Dead Man Walking, accues board of pardons of breaking state’s public meetings law

The Conversation

Hamas has achieved what it wanted by attacking Israel: terror, escalation, and disruption to the international order

In many ways Hamas’s attack on Israel sums up the essence of terrorism. The group’s mass incursions have seen its operatives storming Israeli towns, killing and kidnapping hundreds. This appears to have been done by the book when it comes to creating feelings of terror and escalating the situation.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish publishing house closes business due to ‘complexities of Brexit’

A RENOWNED Scottish publishing house is winding down business due to the financial impact of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK

Book Review: Isa Arsén delivers an unconventional love story in debut novel 'Shoot the Moon’

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