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Matthew Perry’s rumoured ex Lauren Graham shares memory from his final year

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Remember Shere Hite? A new documentary jogs our cultural memory of the pioneering sex researcher

The 1976 book “The Hite Report” was a bestseller from the beginning

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AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87

The acclaimed author of novels including Possession and The Children’s Book, has died, her publisher has confirmed

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Jan Needle obituary

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Cesare Cunaccia's ‘Dolce Vita’ book captures Italy’s infinite passion for life

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Joanne Harris: ‘When I first read Ulysses I hated it with a passion’

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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Netflix review: an off-the-rails remix of a cult favourite

Bryan Lee O'Malley’s chaotic world is more than worthy of revival

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Our Scott Pilgrim Takes Off review says the new Netflix anime adaptation is a blast set to great music

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Netflix's Wildest Sci-Fi Show of the Year Remixes a Beloved Cult Classic

Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim anime is a great complement to its source material — but without the context of its predecessor, the series loses its life.

Inverse

Henri Lopes, the prime minister of Congo who became a famous novelist: behind the power of his writing

“On the other bank … that is where Henri Lopes now rests,” wrote novelist and journalist Nicolas Michel in a beautiful tribute to mark the passing of the celebrated Congolese author. It’s a reference, of course, to Lopes’ 1992 novel Sur l'autre Rive (On the Other Bank).

The Conversation

Climate change in Texas science textbooks causes divisions on state's education board

How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote

The Independent UK

Not the same Ramanujan | Review of ‘Soma’, edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan

Soma, an anthology of A.K. Ramanujan's mostly unpublished poems, edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan, offers readers an opportunity to explore the poet's fascination with the Soma plant. Contextualised by two essays, the book reclaims and records a critical moment of literary history. The poems, while not unselfconscious, require…

The Hindu

"Let's give them a record that they can lose themselves in": Steven Wilson doesn't think rock belongs in 2023 but he'll still try and make that million-seller

Steven Wilson is the renaissance man of modern prog. He’s also something of an enigma, and new album The Harmony Codex is as enigmatic as anything he's made

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Belvoir's The Master and Margarita: astonishingly ambitious, physically demanding and a resounding success

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita has inspired many artists.

The Independent UK

Story of a devastating wildfire that reads 'like a thriller' wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize

A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize

Evening Standard

Book detailing ‘harrowing’ impact of wildfires wins Baillie Gifford Prize

John Vaillant’s Fire Weather: A True Story From A Hotter World was announced as this year’s winner at a ceremony in London

The Independent UK

Oprah Winfrey recalls how Maya Angelou’s book helped her cope with childhood sexual abuse

‘That book gave a voice to my silences, my secrets,’ she says

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John Vaillant wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize with ‘highly relevant’ work on wildfires

Fire Weather, which looks at the blazes that ravaged Canada’s prairies in 2016, is a book that ‘forces you to ask some questions of yourself’, judges said

The Hindu

Book ban | A special three-judge bench of Madras High Court to hear a case filed against it

Evening Standard

Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition winners meet Camilla and visit the Evening Standard

Queen praises 'brilliant' young writers who excelled in world's oldest international writing competition for schools

The Independent UK

Lisa Nandy defends transgender support after JK Rowling attack

The Labour frontbencher said the furore ‘breaks my heart’ as she re-reads Harry Potter with her son following the author’s criticism.

The Independent UK

Queen praises young writers at reception for essay competition winners

Camilla, an avid reader, said the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition had brought ‘communities closer together’.

Evening Standard

Netflix hit The Queen's Gambit is becoming a stage musical, with Mitski set to write the music and lyrics

It joins a long line of recent film and TV show reimaginations in theatre

Android Central

Why I'm ditching Kindle for a Boox this Black Friday

Onyx offers an incredible line of e-readers that are better than a Kindle in every way. Here's why you should get one.

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