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Jimi Famurewa names London’s top under-the-radar African landmarks

From Ridley Road Market to 805, a restaurant where John Boyega took Harrison Ford for Nigerian feast, Jimi Famurewa has nine hotspots that tell the story of African influence in the capital

Evening Standard

The Summer Book, Tove Jansson's novel about love, family and nature, will make you nostalgic for your own childhood

A short novel of rare beauty, Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book (1972) tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl spending the summer with her grandmother on a remote island in the Gulf of Finland.

The Conversation

‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books

Jacqueline Wilson is latest writer to wade into debate over changing dated and offensive language

The Guardian - UK

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Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified

Young people sometimes lack ‘sense of history’ to read texts with dated language, argues bestselling author

The Guardian - UK

'Madhopur Ka Ghar' penned by IAS Tripurari Sharan released in Delhi

The novel 'Madhopur Ka Ghar' was released at the India International Center in Delhi on Saturday. The novel has been written by Tripurari Sharan, former Chief Secretary of Bihar and former Director General of Doordarshan. Eminent personalities from various fields gathered in the programme. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Author Jacqueline Wilson ‘very against’ editing classic books for adults

However, the Tracy Beaker author said making changes to books for children can be justified.

The Independent UK

Is BoomWriter Good For Teaching? Tips & Tricks

BoomWriter helps students publish their writing to encourage talent to flourish.

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Catholicism held my family in its sway for decades – but it hid from me a vital truth

A secret at the heart of my life was never addressed. Then meeting a power-mad priest helped me realise this was no way to live, says writer Georgina Lawton

The Guardian - UK

Prince Harry Was Apparently “Disappointed” That Princess Diana’s Sisters, Best Friend Couldn’t See the Parallels He Saw Between Diana and Meghan Markle

Harry found Diana and Meghan—two women he deeply loved—to be similar in many ways.

Marie Claire

Hysterical review – feminist performance poets air their grievances

Carrie Rudzinski and Olivia Hall’s poems are sincerely performed and loaded with justified anger at unfairness but they grow monotonous

The Guardian - UK

Inside the jury room

A distinguished King's Counsel weighs up a new novel set in a Rotorua jury room

Newsroom.co.nz

Author walks out of Edinburgh book festival over sponsor’s fossil fuel links

Activist Mikaela Loach staged protest over investment firm’s ‘bankrolling’ of the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Peter Skipp obituary

Other lives: Translator who interpreted for the EU, Nato and several Bulgarian presidents

The Guardian - UK

Escaped Alone and What If If Only review – this Caryl Churchill double bill opens with a masterpiece

These two short plays by the legendary UK playwright span afternoon tea and the apocalypse, past and future, grief and survival

The Guardian - AU

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You Need to Play this Classic Sci-Fi Ninja Game on Nintendo Switch Online ASAP

'Strider' is a welcome blast from the past, a vision of a future that was radically different than any throwaway ninja craze.

Kiplinger

Five Books About Retirement to Prepare You for Your Golden Years

These books about retirement will help prepare you for your next stage through fiction and nonfiction. What's more, they are great reads!

The Guardian - UK

Belgian university launches Taylor Swift-inspired literature course

Course will use singer’s oeuvre as springboard to explore everything from 14th-century writings to Margaret Atwood’s take on The Tempest

The Guardian - UK

Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson review – food for thought but such small portions

While brimming with ideas, the Life After Life author’s 11 interlinked stories aren’t given the legs they need to resonate

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The National (Scotland)

Scots author leads walkout at her own event in book festival 'greenwashing' row

A SCOTTISH author led a walkout of her own event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in protest against the sponsor’s links to fossil…

The Independent UK

Authors walk out of Edinburgh book festival event in protest at fossil fuel link

It comes as more than 50 writers have raised concerns about the festival’s main sponsor, investment management firm Baillie Gifford.

The Guardian - UK

Always judge a book by its cover! What I learned teaching life-writing lessons

My crucial lessons for aspiring scribes? Seek out debilitating trauma – and get revenge on your old foes

The Guardian - UK

Wifedom by Anna Funder review – Mrs Orwell comes up for air

The Stasiland author re-examines the short life of George Orwell’s first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, in an effort to give her a voice

The Guardian - UK

How I became a ‘woke’ villain with treacherous views too heretical for civil servants’ ears

Priti Patel and the Telegraph seem afraid that such weak creatures would fall under my political spell should I come in contact with them

The Independent UK

Teen queens: How an anti-monarchist generation became obsessed with fictional royals

Despite polls suggesting young people have no interest in royalty, faux monarchs are dominating film, television and books for teenagers, writes Katie Rosseinsky

The Hindu

Top news developments in Karnataka on August 13, 2023

Key news stories to watch out for from Karnataka and Bengaluru on August 13, 2023

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