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Ana Menendez brings worlds to life in ‘The Apartment’

"The Apartment" by Ana Menéndez; Counterpoint (227 pages, $27)

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Review: 'Riveting' novel 'Strange Sally Diamond' takes an extreme look at nature vs. nurture

FICTION: Laurie Hertzel writes that the new psychological thriller provokes powerful feelings.

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‘Behold the Monster’ author Jillian Lauren exposes America’s most prolific serial killer

The Middle Eastern folk tale of Scheherazade unspools in the opening pages of “Some Girls,” Jillian Lauren’s 2010 New York Times bestselling memoir recounting her experiences as a sex worker in the harem of the Sultan of Brunei.

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Why is Minnesota such a hotbed of book clubs?

We asked Minnesota's book clubs how they operate and what gets members upset — and more than 80 groups were happy to tell us.

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Author Dean Koontz probably had three more ideas for thrillers while you read this headline

The prolific writer finds inspiration just about everywhere.

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Review: Crooked hero in 'Crook Manifesto' learns that getting Jackson 5 tickets is not as easy as A-B-C

FICTION: The second novel in Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy is a masterwork of stylish noir and social satire.

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Chris Hewitt: Some bestsellers, like 'Lessons in Chemistry,' deserve the love they get from readers

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Review: 'Into the Bright Sunshine' shows how Hubert Humphrey's Minnesota youth shaped his career

NONFICTION: Samuel G. Freedman's biography looks at the politician's early years, when he championed the rights of Black and Jewish people.

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British family abandons £2.5k Greek holiday over blistering 40C heatwave

Sally Urwin says she and family were forced to flee after hotel turned into a ‘giant oven’

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan and The Baby Does A Runner by Anita Rani.

The Independent UK

‘Lightweight’ Betjeman was initially overlooked for poet laureate

Newly released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment

Evening Standard

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah review – criminally entertaining

Prisoners fight for survival on reality TV in an exuberant dystopia of doomed love and industrialised racism

The Guardian - UK

No 10 dismissed ‘songster of tennis lawns’ Sir John Betjeman as poet laureate

Newly-released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over prestigious literary appointment

The Independent UK

Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened

Gillian Slovo’s play at National Theatre uses words of survivors of 2017 fire at west London tower block

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The Independent UK

No 10 turned down poets John Betjeman, Philip Larkin and Robert Graves for laureate job

Newly released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment

The Guardian - AU

Big W removes sex education book from shelves after staff members abused

Publisher of Welcome to Sex by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes defends book after conservative campaigners claim it is ‘teaching sex to children’

The Independent UK

Natalie Beach steps out of the online drama and into 'Adult Drama' with her memoir

Author Natalie Beach rose to internet fame in September of 2019 after writing the now-viral essay “I Was Caroline Calloway” for New York Magazine’s The Cut

The Independent UK

‘Lightweight’ Betjeman overlooked for poet laureate

Newly-released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment.

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Obama Condemns Growing Book Bans, Stresses Defense Of First Amendment

‌American Library Association Report Identified Banned Books having strong Indigenous, LGBTQ, and People of Colour Representation‌

The Independent UK

Charles and Camilla treated to Shakespeare performances at Windsor Castle event

Celebrations are being staged this year to mark the 400th anniversary of the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collection of plays.

Evening Standard

Whoever said print was dying forgot to tell Graydon Carter

AMID the welter of the weekend press, there’s one guaranteed Saturday morning treat.

GamesRadar

Matt Lesniewski's art shines in a preview of "visionary" new series Faceless and the Family

It's the latest work from the Eisner-nominated writer/artist

The Guardian - UK

The play’s the thing – but its success depends on the theatre too

Not all buildings are created equal. From sightlines to acoustics to the alchemy of actor-audience rapport, the physical facts of a dramatic space are fundamental

Evening Standard

OPINION - Whoever said print was dying forgot to tell Air Mail’s Graydon Carter

Air Mail is now big enough to support ‘a large-scale print magazine’ later this year. It will be heading for coffee tables everywhere.

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s an industry-wide mental health crisis’: authors and publishers on why the books sector needs to change

After a survey revealed the stresses that authors face when placed in the spotlight for the first time, publishing houses and industry bodies have pledged extra training and pastoral care

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