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Glasgow's lost villages that vanished during city's Victorian expansion

As Glasgow expanded in the Victorian era, the city steadily swallowed up the numerous villages that once surrounded it. We take a closer look at these lost areas that now exist chiefly in the names of districts, electoral wards and subway stops.

Glasgow Live

Remembering the Australian Women’s Weekly birthday cake book: ‘A phenomenal cultural icon’

A new exhibition tells the 90-year history of a famous Australian magazine through knitting patterns, pioneering journalism and, yes, cakes

The Guardian - AU

Micro review: 'Yellowface' by R.F. Kuang

International bestselling author R.F. Kuang is back with a new thriller this year. 'Yellowface' released in May 2023 and it has made it to the New York Times bestsellers' chart.

The Times of India

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Queen Elizabeth handed confidante Angela Kelly 'trump card' that defies King Charles

Angela allegedly received a letter from the late monarch before she died that gave Ms Kelly permission to write a third book about her life in the palace.

Daily Record

Savage Romance Libel Allegations

From Shanley a/k/a T.S. Joyce v. Hutchings a/k/a Terry Bolryder a/k/a Domino Savage, decided Friday by Judge David Barlow (D. Utah): Ms. Shanley and Ms. Hutchings both write paranormal romance fiction. Readers of such fiction gather online to discuss books and promote authors. For instance, Ms. Hutchings avers that she…

Reason

Princess Beatrice and Joan Collins swear by this nutritionist to look and feel younger – and we’ve got some of her expert tips

Gabriela Peacock lists Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Joan Collins and Ellie Goulding amongst her clients

Woman & Home

Stephen Hawking’s last collaborator on physicist’s final theory

The theory, which would be Hawking’s last before his death in 2018, has been laid out in full for the first time in Thomas Hertog’s book On the Origin of Time

The Hindu

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International Booker Prize 2023-winner Georgi Gospodinov on his writing process and storytelling

Georgi Gospodinov won the International Booker Prize 2023, thus becoming the first-ever Bulgarian writer to win the prestigious award. He shared the prize with his translator Angela Rodel, who translated his book 'Time Shelter' into English for which they co-won the International Booker Prize 2023.

The Times of India

Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies review – dissolute years of a doomed generation

The experimental sex lives of the artists and thinkers of the roaring 20s are set against the burgeoning threat of fascism in this wickedly amusing and timely book

The Guardian - UK

Shortlist announced for world’s oldest literary prizes

The James Tait Black Prizes have been awarded by the University of Edinburgh for more than a century.

The Independent UK

School slammed after using Winnie The Pooh characters in mass shooting safety book

Mum Cindy Campos, whose five-year-old son was sent home with the Winnie The Pooh safety guide, claimed Dallas Independent School District were "tone deaf" for distributing the book

Daily Mirror

Rebecca F Kuang rejects idea authors should not write about other races

US novelist talks of ‘weird kind of identity politics in American publishing’ while at Hay festival

The Guardian - UK

Morpeth author's Death in the Theatre book seems set to make a killing

New book is out to appeal to theatre and true crime lovers as it uncovers real-life stories of murder, suicide and tragic accidents inside UK theatres including four in the North East

Chronicle Live

In brief: Because I Don’t Know What You Mean…; One Midsummer’s Day; Imagine a City – reviews

Josie Long’s first story collection brims with wry wit, Mark Cocker pays philosophical tribute to the swift, and Mark Vanhoenacker offers a pilot’s-eye view of urban life

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Whether Violent Or Natural by Natasha Calder review – superbug apocalypse now

The author’s first solo debut novel is a terrifying and inventive tale of rampaging superbugs that keeps readers guessing

The Guardian - UK

The Choice by Michael Arditti review – sins of the fathers

The novelist known for his focus on religion tackles child abuse within the church in this subtle and compelling modern morality tale

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry’s brutal insult to ex-royal butler who penned tell-all book

It was reported that William and Harry secretly met with Burrell before Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle in 2017

The Guardian - UK

The Three Graces by Amanda Craig review – trouble in paradise

The novelist’s comedy of manners about three friends’ retirement in Tuscany is an enjoyable, incident-packed study of ageing, poverty and discrimination

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42 Years Ago, 'Dune' Went Off The Rails — And Became More Subversive Than Ever

In May, 1981, Frank Herbert's novel 'God Emperor of Dune,' dropped and changed the 'Dune' series forever.

The Hindu

'Naam, Namak, Nishan': Quiz book on Indian Armed Forces to release on Monday

The mystery surrounding the forces is compounded by the often inaccurate portrayal in media and the dense academic tone of the books that deal with them.

The Guardian - UK

The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham review – straight in at the deep end

Barkham conjures the life of the wild swimming champion and author of Waterlog in a bravura act of creative memoir

Salon

Death in Sardinia: A murder mystery

An American heiress and pioneer researcher died mysteriously in 1914 — and her great book on Sardinia was lost

The Guardian - UK

The Scent of Flowers at Night by Leïla Slimani review – a writer’s lot

The French-Moroccan author’s slightly precious meditation on literary creation is strongest when examining its limitations and reflecting on her own childhood

The Independent UK

Martin Amis: A prolific writer who cast a caustic eye on society

His dark and wry dissections of modern culture redefined British literature in the 1980s

The Guardian - UK

The tide has turned on beauty fillers, but don’t assume ‘natural’ is in

A cosmetic procedure to reverse fillers is just the latest dark twist in the judging and shaming beauty industry

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