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Stephen King says wife threatened to leave him over ‘Mambo No 5’

Horror author recalled how he ‘had the dance mix’ and would ‘play both sides of it’ to his wife’s annoyance

The Independent UK

Stop moralising about British history, Zadie Smith tells fans

She also spoke about abstaining from social media and recording the audiobook of her new novel

Evening Standard

I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel audiobook review: existential envy

The author narrates her own brisk tale of a thirtysomething’s caustic coveting of status, sex and wealth with a winningly dispassionate style

The Guardian - UK

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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar; Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis; The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord; Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy; The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly

The Guardian - UK

The Best Books of Fall 2023

An eclectic list featuring the season’s most compelling new novels, nonfiction, and poetry, as curated by The Walrus

The Walrus

Preti Taneja: ‘My mother dedicated her book to me and it made me want to be a writer’

The Gordon Burn prize winner on Salman Rushdie’s resonant stories, alpha masculinity in American Psycho, and why she started creative writing classes

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron review – secrets and spies

This companion piece to the Slough House series uncovers intrigue and corruption in the secret service, from 90s Berlin to the Cabinet office

The Guardian - UK

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7 fantasy books to get kids into reading if they just ‘don’t like it’

These magical stories could get your kids hooked on books this International Literacy Day. By Imy Brighty-Potts.

The Independent UK

The Changeling review: Apple TV+’s adaptation is too messy and uneven to pull off its parenthood allegory

This self-consciously literary adaptation of Victor LaValle’s novel makes for a disorientating viewing experience

The Independent UK

The Changeling review – LaKeith Stanfield dazzles in a baffling smörgåsbord of delights

If being unsettled is your thing, you will love this tangled mess of plotlines. Let’s just hope there’s a season two to explain it all

The Guardian - UK

Canadian journalist and author Peter C. Newman dies at 94

Veteran Canadian journalist and author Peter C

The Independent UK

The Modern by Anna Kate Blair review – millennial ennui lacks thrills

This novel, about an Australian woman’s existential spirals while working in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, is often frustratingly opaque

The Guardian - AU

RBI resisted govt push for ₹3 lakh crore transfer in 2018 ahead of elections: Viral Acharya

He called the exercise a “backdoor monetisation of the fiscal deficit by the central bank”.

The Hindu

Collection of Hilary Mantel’s essays to be published in posthumous memoir

The publication will be marked with three curated events at Cheltenham Literature Festival, Stratford Literary Festival and at the British Library.

The Independent UK

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Catholic-Jewish research substantiates reports that Catholic convents sheltered Jews during WWII

Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome sheltered Jews during World War II

Evening Standard

Trinny Woodall: I felt ‘on my own’ during Charles Saatchi relationship

The beauty entrepreneur and art collector were together for a decade

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk’s hypocrisy about free speech hits a new low

It’s ‘free speech for me, but not for thee’ in his world – he doesn’t like it, he sues

The Guardian - UK

Father & Son by Jonathan Raban – in retrospect

The travel writer’s posthumously-published memoir charts a complex family history and his own life-changing illness

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The Guardian - UK

Rouge by Mona Awad review – a modern fairytale

This beauty industry satire from the author of Bunny explores buried trauma, the tyranny of wellness and mother-daughter relationships

The Guardian - UK

‘Provocative’ new book to showcase four decades of Hilary Mantel’s work

The wide-ranging collection A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing features subjects from her health struggles to Robocop and has been announced a year after the author’s death

The Guardian - UK

New blood: Scotland to stage all-woman and non-binary Dracula play

Set in a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeenshire, new National Theatre production puts Mina Murray at centre of action

Chicago Sun-Times

Printers Row Lit Fest opens portal into Chicago’s literary world

The free two-day event will have over 100 booksellers, and more than 100,000 visitors are expected. It will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Evening Standard

Origin movie review: Ava DuVernay has made much better films than this didactic trudge

It covers an important and fascinating subject and is based on a highly respected book, but this laboured film is a real disappointment

The Independent UK

Court clerk’s co-author responds to Alex Murdaugh’s claims of jury tampering as she lawyers up

Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill has not yet responded to allegations of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial

Evening Standard

OPINION - This sinister censorship agenda in the publishing world should trouble us all

Hard on the heels of the news that Ian Fleming’s publishers have “edited” its new edition of the James Bond novels to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Casino Royale (a cracker) to omit some non-current references to race, there arrives a new version of James Bond. On His Majesty’s…

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