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‘American Fiction’: Jeffrey Wright ably takes the lead in timely satire of literary world

In a richly layered performance, the actor plays a prof who writes an outlandish novel he thinks is a joke but publishers think is a masterpiece.

Chicago Sun-Times

Agnipath scheme surprised Army; it was a ‘bolt out of the blue’ for Navy and Air Force, former Army chief writes in forthcoming memoir

The Agnipath scheme, launched in June 2022 for the recruitment of soldiers, sailors and airmen for a four-year period, had surprised the Indian Army, while it was a “bolt out of the blue” for the Navy and Air Force, former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane writes in his upcoming…

The Hindu

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor honored for extraordinary legacy

Discover the heartfelt and humorous tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor, a remarkable woman who loved her family, the law, and making a difference in the world.

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Best detective book series to get lost in gripping mysteries

Ravenous mysteries and mind-boggling motives

Evening Standard

Dale Spender obituary

Australian author, scholar and teacher who wrote the feminist classic Man Made Language and co-founded Pandora Press

The Guardian - UK

DSTLRY reveals the details of its next wave of comics, with titles from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Brian Azzarello, and more

The new publisher is stepping things up next year

GamesRadar

Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

The Guardian - UK

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Frank Moorhouse: two biographies reckon with a literary life and legacy

Eighteen months after the Australian writer’s death, his early work, activism and personal life are revealed in two complementary titles

The Guardian - AU

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

Evidence suggests that writing was invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next? Anyone interested in this question will find How Writing Made Us Human by Walter Stephens both an enjoyable and stimulating read. It offers what it calls an “emotional history” of writing, chiefly referencing academics…

The Conversation

Mills & Boon launch ‘spicy’ Afterglow series to woo TikTok book lovers

Romance publisher to launch two ‘trend-led books’ a month, with ‘generous dose of spice in every story’

The Guardian - UK

Percy Jackson & The Olympians cast: who's who

Who's in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians cast? Meet the stars of Disney's YA fantasy adaptation of Rick Riordan's stories of the Greek gods.

WhatToWatch

OPINION - Columns of the year: All of London life in 2023 through our writers’ eyes

From the Sussexes’ woes to the bully XL debate, from the state of US politics to the conflict in Gaza, the Evening Standard’s comment team have been as incisive as ever

Evening Standard

OPINION - Cartoonists think every year can’t be as mad as the last. We’re always wrong

At the end of every year cartoonists put down their pens, lean back from their drawing boards and think — well, next year can’t be as crazy as this year was. And we’re always proved wrong.

Evening Standard

‘He reflected the laughable complexity of the world’: Milan Kundera remembered by Florence Noiville

The literary editor recalls her contributor and friend, a deep political thinker, talented musician and mischievous dinner companion

The Guardian - UK

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How we met after 60: ‘He is the first person in my life who has really taken care of me’

Sterling, 83, and Berkeley, 76, met at a support group for gay men in 2012. After realising they had a lot in common they fell ‘head over heels’ and now live together in Talent, Oregon

The Guardian - UK

Run to the Western Shore by Tim Pears review – a Celtic odyssey

A Roman slave and a Welsh tribal leader’s daughter flee to the coast in a story that illuminates the lives of forgotten people

Wallpaper

This winter’s most stylish fashion books revisit the greats, from Coco Chanel to Karl Lagerfeld

Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld are the subjects of the season’s most transporting fashion books, ready to sustain the style-conscious bibliophile through the cold winter months

The Independent UK

England goalkeeper Mary Earps favourite for Sports Personality of the Year award

Earps is the odds-on favourite to win the public vote.

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Demetrious Polychron ordered to destroy all copies of The Fellowship of the King after claiming Amazon prequel infringed his copyright

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Sports Personality of the Year 2023: who’s who on this year’s shortlist

The awards will be handed out in Manchester, but who is going to win the big one and why have they been nominated?

Al Jazeera

Russia designates author Boris Akunin ‘terrorist and extremist’

The Guardian - UK

Russia adds writer Boris Akunin to terrorist list over criticism of war

The Guardian - US

‘It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads?

The influential user review site has suffered a year of controversies, from cancelled book deals to review-bombing, and exposed a dark side to the industry

Salon

A LOTR warning about US militarism

Viggo Mortensen once warned that our country would be viewed as Saruman, not welcome saviors

The Independent UK

Your autograph, Mr. Caro? Ahead of 50th anniversary, 'Power Broker' author feels like a movie star

Robert Caro is still busy working on the presumed last volume of his series on Lyndon Johnson

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