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I made upskirting illegal. This is why I don’t want to change any more laws

I don’t want more prisons and punishment for men – I want to help prevent sexual assault so that women are safer in the first place, says campaigner Gina Martin

The Guardian - UK

Jim Zub is leading Conan the Barbarian on an epic new quest

Interview | The writer teases his grand plans for the character

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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett review – homespun happiness

An American fruit farm is the setting for a bittersweet tale of family heartbreak and hope during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and The List by Yomi Adegoke.

The Independent UK

Prince Harry felt left out of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s ‘family unit’ as the couple grew their brood

"William fitted into the Middleton family very quickly"

GoodToKnow

The Best Apocalypse Show of 2023 Miraculously Does the Impossible

After saving the world, Arizaphale and Crowley tackle a mission and a mystery closer to home.

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Northwestern AD Faces Criticism for 2015 Book Calling Women ‘Man’s Greatest Distraction’

Derrick Gragg’s book has resurfaced following hazing scandals at the school, most notably within the football program.

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How Much Of Foundation’s Eight-Season Plan Has David S. Goyer Shared With His Writers And Actors?

David S. Goyer has an eight-season plan for Apple TV+'s Foundation, but just how much of it has he discussed with his collaborators?

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Booksellers sue over Texas law requiring them to rate books for appropriateness

Two Texas bookstores and three national bookseller associations file suit over House Bill 900, which requires private booksellers to rate books on appropriateness, and bans “sexually explicit” material from libraries.

The Texas Tribune

American Horror Story: Delicate — next episode, cast, trailer, everything we know about season 12

American Horror Story: Delicate features an all-star cast. Here's what we know about AHS season 12.

WhatToWatch

Why novels about time travel are hot now

If something about how we've been experiencing time feels messed up to you, you're not alone

Salon

Carol Smith obituary

Other lives: Literary agent who used her publishing expertise to write her own bestselling thrillers

The Guardian - UK

‘We hid our stock in case we were raided’: Scotland’s pioneering LGBTQ+ bookshop

Opened two years after the country legalised ‘homosexual acts’, Lavender Menace made a huge impact. Now it has opened a public queer books archive

The Guardian - UK

Book Review: Still foolin’ — Richard Russo revisits upstate New York in third novel

Richard Russo returns to what used to be North Bath, New York, in “Somebody’s Fool,” the third novel in his “Fool” series

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Young people aren’t reading books enough. Here’s one way to change that.

Most young people rarely, if ever, read for fun. By linking art with reading, young people can learn to love both — and develop their knowledge of the world.

The Guardian - UK

Goodreads is right to divide opinions, wrong to boil them down

I don’t choose books based on the aggregate rating as if they are skincare products, nor do I think any critical verdict is the final one

Evening Standard

Good Omens 2 cast on Heaven and Hell and everything in between: “the most radical thing I’ve seen on TV”

A cast of old and new faces returns for part two of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed fantasy series

The Guardian - AU

Shankari Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Set around a culture war in a nursing home, Chandran’s third novel has won Australia’s biggest literary prize – and yet, she says, she was almost too afraid to write it

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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett review – a lesson in how to kiss and tell

Patchett’s new novel, in which a mother tells her daughters about her early romance with a famous actor, is a gentle but revealing meditation on lost love and destiny

The Guardian - AU

Backlash over sex education book suggests Australia has a long way to go, Senate inquiry hears

Author Jess Hill tells inquiry into consent laws almost half of children aged nine to 16 are being regularly exposed to porn, with damaging effect

The Hindu

Travelling unfettered across 10 countries in Asia by road

Group of four travel 500,000 km across India & 10 countries in Asia to research little-known seers. Supported by friends & groups, they journey to find unified whole. Unfettered travel is about discovering every being is part of one. Book to be written in English & translated into multiple languages.

Cinemablend

Jill Duggar Dillard Carried Her Book Around In A Plastic Bag While She Figured Out What She Wanted To Say About Duggar Family Drama

Jill Duggar Dillard seems to have spent a lot of time figuring out what to tell everyone about her family in her new book.

The Guardian - UK

Jim Powell obituary

Other lives: Writer and historian whose success as a novelist began when he was 61

Marie Claire

'Ripe' Is Our August Book Club Pick

Read an excerpt of Sarah Rose Etter's new novel, here, then dive in with us throughout the month.

The Guardian - AU

Miles Franklin 2023: a guide to the shortlist of Australia’s biggest literary prize

Six authors are in the running for Australia’s most prestigious book award, which will be announced on Tuesday. Here’s your primer

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