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Julia by Sandra Newman: a vibrant retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell apologised to his close friends the writers Anthony Powell and Julian Symons for his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. He told one that it was “a good idea ruined” and the other that “I ballsed it up rather, partly owing to being so ill while I was writing it.”

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Takeaways from AP's reporting on who gets hurt by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine work

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Serena Williams has two-book deal for ‘intimate’ memoir and an ‘inspirational’ work

“For so long, all I was focused on was winning, and I never sat down to look back and reflect on my life and career,” Williams said in a statement.

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Scholastic to separate books on race, gender and sexuality for book fairs

Children’s book publisher will allow US districts to include or exclude separate list, a decision that has led to a backlash

The Guardian - US

‘Steve Bannon is watching us closely’: Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism

Author speaks candidly about a ‘mirror world’ that feeds our anxieties, distorts reality and fuels the polarisation of society

The Guardian - UK

Serena Williams to publish memoir about life ‘on and off the court’

The tennis champion has signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House, saying it will be the first time she has paused and reflected on her remarkable career

The Guardian - UK

An 18-Year-Old Had Consensual Sex With a 16-Year-Old. He Went to Jail for 6 Years.

In her new book From Rage to Reason, Emily Horowitz explains what's wrong with the sex offense registry.

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George Orwell was a very problematic man, but he was also a complete genius

George Orwell stood up for democratic socialism and against totalitarianism. He praised lucid writing and condemned euphemistic language. Many of the phrases with which we analyse politics and culture today — from the concept of Newspeak to the idea of Big Brother — come from Orwell. He is like a…

Evening Standard

Serena Williams has a 2-book deal, starting with an 'intimate' and 'open-hearted' memoir

Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect

The Independent UK

Gabriel García Márquez’s lost novel to be published with sons’ blessings 10 years after author’s death

Legendary author, who struggled with dementia late in his life, decided in his final days that ‘Until August’ should not be released upon his death

The Independent UK

A New Book Reveals the Hardships And Systemic Biases Many Women in STEM Still Face

Engineer and science communicator Lisa M. P. Munoz's new book shines a spotlight on more than a dozen scientists who’ve combatted gendered and racial biases.

Inverse

Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernières review – whimsy and sexbots at the end of the world

A quantum cryptographer holes up in Cornwall to await the apocalypse, in this quirky tale of rural love in a technological dystopia

The Guardian - UK

Author funds bursary to help aspiring black British Caribbean writers

Two students stand to receive support, covering more than 80% of the total course fees.

The Independent UK

Meet Hollywood’s favourite interiors guru

From Sir Elton John to Cher to Kourtney Kardashian, the A-list turn to one man when they need eye-catching interior design: Martyn Lawrence Bullard. William Hosie meets him in London

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri and What You Need To Be Warm by Neil Gaiman.

The Guardian - AU

Australian-based journalist Kean Wong arrested in Malaysia for editing banned book

Wong under investigation for sedition over book that was banned by Malaysian government three years ago

The Independent UK

Author James Patterson: I get scared by my own thrillers

The bestselling writer talks collaborating with Dolly Parton and why he never gets writer’s block. By Prudence Wade.

The Guardian - UK

Julia by Sandra Newman review – a new Nineteen Eighty-Four

This ambitious retelling from Julia’s point of view gives Winston Smith’s lover the agency she lacked

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Black headteachers in UK say pupils crying out for ‘people who look like them’

Letters To a Young Generation: Aspiring school leaders book aims to encourage Black teachers to pursue leadership positions

The Independent UK

Jada Pinkett Smith says revealing separation from Will Smith is a 'weight off my shoulders'

Jada Pinkett Smith is feeling free these days

The Conversation

6 books to help talk to your child about climate change

Many children and young people are anxious about climate change and what it means for their futures.

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U.S. book bans are taking a toll on a beloved tradition: Scholastic Book Fairs

Scholastic created a separate fair category for diverse books, which it says is to help schools navigate the complexities of book bans. Librarians accused the company of caving to censorship.

Evening Standard

Meet the woman behind Salted Books, Lisbon’s new literary sensation

Following a move to Portugal, Alexandre Holder found herself yearning for an English bookshop. The solution? To open her own…

The Conversation

The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read

A truly scary story never really leaves you. It lurks in long evening shadows, calls out through mysterious bumps in the night and blows down your neck whenever you feel a sudden shiver. With Halloween approaching, we asked six of our academic experts to tell us about the scariest book…

The Guardian - UK

Malaysia pulls out of Frankfurt book fair, blaming organisation’s pro-Israel stance

Representatives of the south-east Asian country stated that the event, the world’s largest, has allied itself with Israel in its war with Hamas, after an award due to be presented to a Palestinian writer was cancelled

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