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Edinburgh Book Festival faces threat of boycott from authors over fossil fuel links

AUTHORS appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival are demanding organisers end their links with “fossil fuel companies” – and…

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Levelling up: how Gabrielle Zevin’s gaming novel became the book of the summer

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow overtook titles by David Walliams and Colleen Hoover to become the UK’s number one bestseller. The author, booksellers and fans reflect on how it became a literary phenomenon

The Guardian - UK

Have sex in the morning – but always bake at night: experts reveal the perfect time of day for everything

Picking the optimum time to do things can make a real difference. Here’s how to make the most of your 24 hours

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Princess Diana’s bulimia is being depicted in a children’s book – and it could save young lives

A Diana edition of the popular ‘Little People, Big Dreams’ series is doing something revolutionary by acknowledging the late royal’s eating disorder, writes Olivia Petter, who remembers a time when low food intake was a source of pride among her peers at school

The Independent UK

Lisa Jewell: ‘I once read 40 Agatha Christie novels in a year’

The London novelist on reading Dickens at 11 years old, being inspired by Nick Hornby and why she never reads the same book twice

The Guardian - UK

Hangman by Maya Binyam review – a debut to keep you guessing

A man returns to his African country of origin in a brilliantly surreal story of exile and homecoming

The Guardian - UK

The novel explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

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Independence Day 2023 | How do some of the earliest books on India describe the land, its people and culture?

For three years, K.K. Venugopal has been digitising his extensive collection of antiquarian books, now with nearly 1,900 titles, including Francois Bernier's 1676 travelogue and Dean Mahomed's 1794 English book. These books offer fascinating glimpses of India through the colonial lens, from the Ganges' fish to the Golden Temple. They…

The Hindu

Book week costume ideas: the coolest (and easiest) characters for 2023, according to booksellers

From print-out character masks to ‘the most delightful witch’, literature aficionados share their suggestions for the Children’s Book Week costume parade

The Guardian - AU

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart episode 3 recap: finding your voice

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart episode 3 sees young Alice trying to find her voice.

WhatToWatch

A Georgia teacher wants to overturn her firing for reading a book to students about gender identity

A Georgia teacher is trying to reverse her firing after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class

The Independent UK

The Most Ridiculous Choice An Earlier Meg Adaptation Made, According To Author Steve Alten

Meg author Steve Alten reveals what he feels to be the most ridiculous choice from a previous attempt at adapting his sea creature feature.

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Phil Mickelson Gambled $1bn And Attempted To Bet On Ryder Cup - Book Excerpt Alleges

Professional gambler Billy Walters makes the claims about Phil Mickelson in his upcoming book

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Movie Review: The movie version of a beach read arrives in Amazon's ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’

“Red, White & Royal Blue," a new rom-com arriving on Prime Video on Friday, is based on a popular novel by Casey McQuiston that quickly became a New York Times bestseller upon its debut in 2019 about the son of the American president and a British prince who start a…

The Independent UK

Red, White & Royal Blue review – Think Meghan and Harry: The Movie… but gay

Tale of an English prince and the US president’s son is wry and witty at first, but then becomes unstuck as it enters into soap opera mode

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Stunning revelations about Phil Mickelson’s gambling in Billy Walters new book

Phil Mickelson’s gambling habit is more extreme than you might have imagined.

The Guardian - AU

The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall review – a genre-defying epic

Spanning 1933 to 2181, this ambitious novel explores the future of humanity through the lives of a few women, zeroing in on capitalism, AI and violence

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The Wanted’s Jay McGuiness teases first look at debut novel Blood Flowers

The singer and former Strictly Come Dancing winner will release the young adult fantasy title next year

Evening Standard

Uma Thurman is the president that we all need in Red, White & Royal Blue

Here’s an exclusive early glimpse of the upcoming rom-com

The Conversation

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s new novel is a modern Nigerian tragedy about the rich and the poor

Nigerian writer Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ took the literary world by storm with her debut novel Stay With Me in 2017. Six years later, she has followed up with an equally brilliant second novel, A Spell of Good Things, which has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023.

The Guardian - UK

The 60-minute writing workout with Ross Raisin

A series of creative workshops packed with practical exercises, designed to help you flex your writing muscles – led, this month, by the celebrated novelist Ross Raisin

Creative Bloq

How to paint with four values in Procreate

Artist Min Yum explains how to paint with four values in Procreate (and Photoshop) for striking environments.

The Independent UK

Princess Diana’s eating disorder described in new children’s book

The book, part of the ‘Little People, Big Dreams’ series, will ‘introduce young readers to the world’s most loved princess’

The Guardian - UK

Strangers at the Port by Lauren Aimee Curtis review – an island controlled by men

The second novel from one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists is a study of power, exile and dislocation

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