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The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut review – genius and madness in the shadow of the atomic bomb

The Chilean author’s assured fictionalised portrait of the visionary Hungarian scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and laid the foundations of modern computing is darkly intelligent and feverishly propulsive

The Guardian - UK

When football died for me

I was a normal sportswriter, and a lifelong NFL fan. Decades before Damar Hamlin, one game changed my view forever

Salon

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare review – the other international man of mystery

An elegant and painstakingly researched biography of the 007 author attempts to strip away the novels to reveal the intriguing figure beneath

The Guardian - UK

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'Right to be human': Scotland's storytellers explore modern rights in modern ways

THIS year’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival theme is “Right to be Human”.

The National (Scotland)

Exploring the magical world of Roald Dahl through his writing style

If there's one author whose books have left an enduring mark on the hearts of both children and adults, it's Roald Dahl. With a magical touch that weaves whimsy, adventure, and life lessons into every tale, Dahl's writing style is as fascinating as it is accessible. Let's hop on a…

The Times of India

Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity

An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had files kept on online posts

The Guardian - UK

North Carolina bans ‘Banned Books Week’ but retracts after media backlash

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district publicly amends instructions to principals after the Daily Beast picks up story

The Guardian - US

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Sebastian Faulks says the super-rich think ‘rules don’t apply’ on mortality and ethics

Author was interviewed by The Independent’s literary critic Martin Chilton during a talk at Henley Literary Festival

The Independent UK

Lebanese-born writer Amin Maalouf becomes guardian of French language

French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf has taken over the role of “perpetual secretary” of the Académie Française, a body that serves as the custodian and promoter of the French language.

Radio France Internationale

‘I’m not worried about fame or glory’: Lydia Davis, the author who has refused to sell her book on Amazon

The award-winning short story writer talks about her boycott of the world’s biggest marketplace, her love of languages and living with Paul Auster in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li review – motherhood as loss

These bruising, beautiful short stories explore the pain of lost children, along with parenthood’s more usual sacrifices – youth, romantic love and a sense of self

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Faulks on his futuristic 16th novel and rewriting 007: ‘I stopped watching Bond when Sean Connery left’

The ‘Birdsong’ author has struggled to shake off the ‘historical fiction’ label, but his latest novel, ‘The Seventh Son’, is set in a futuristic fertility clinic. He tells Claire Allfree about human evolution, his former life as the Indy’s first literary editor, and what he borrowed from Bond author Ian…

The Independent UK

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Independent UK

Of Mice and Men first-draft fragment torn up by Steinbeck’s dog goes to auction

John Steinbeck’s pet ‘made confetti’ of the manuscript in 1936, but a surviving piece will go on sale alongside personal journals, first editions and a wrought-iron sword owned by the author

The Guardian - UK

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The Conversation

Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science

Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically about the ethics of science. Researchers have also found that sci-fi serves as a positive influence on how people view science. Science fiction scholar Istvan Csicsery-Ronay calls this “science-fictional…

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: JM Coetzee

For 50 years the Nobel laureate and double Booker prize winner has been dividing opinion with his novels on power, humanity, war, the death of ‘Jesus’ and dogs – many dogs

The Guardian - UK

‘Motherhood is a cult, to a degree’: Anne Heltzel on her horror novel about parenthood

The author explains how Just Like Mother, her gothic horror tale of a cult fixated on childbearing, is uncomfortably close to reality

Evening Standard

OPINION - Ian Fleming was a spy too: Bond was his bid to relive his youth

“The name’s Secretan, James Secretan.” Doesn’t quite work, does it? Ian Fleming realised as much when he read through the draft of his first spy novel Casino Royale, scratched out the vaguely foreign surname, and created “James Bond”. He explained to a friend that his action hero needed a name…

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The Guardian - UK

Lauren Groff: ‘Virginia Woolf’s Flush is delightfully bananas’

The US author on the book she should never have read as a child; the thrill of Emily Dickinson, and falling in love with Vasily Grossman

Evening Standard

PJ Harvey at Roundhouse review: an immersive thrill from a musical one-off

Harvey was hypnotic in an epic live return that spanned new work and nostalgia

The Guardian - UK

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – food, sex and morality in the end times

A private chef for the ultra-rich confronts the inequality of survival, in a sensual novel of ideas that asks difficult questions

The Guardian - AU

My Sister Jill review – Patricia Cornelius’s family drama cries out for social realism

The playwright’s stage adaptation of her semi-autobiographical novel explores Australia’s changing attitude to war, but it never rises above the schematic

Chicago Sun-Times

Local author Scott Turow to receive Fuller Prize from the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

‘Chicago has always been my literary homeland,’ said Turow, a former federal prosecutor who’s grinding away from his Evanston home on another novel.

Inverse

9 Years Later, A Divisive Director Finally Gets Back to His Spy Thriller Roots

With 'Argylle,' Matthew Vaughn hopes to “reinvent the spy genre” again. Can the 'Kingsman' director deliver the goods?

The Independent UK

Book Review: 'SNL' star Leslie Jones drops raw memoir mixed with life advice

Comedian Leslie Jones is out with a raw memoir recounting her difficult upbringing and the racism and sexism she’s overcome throughout her career

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