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Jewish women’s illustrated memoirs of the Holocaust cover matrilineal relationships

The Ontario government recently made a welcome announcement that as of September 2025, lessons on the Holocaust will be included in the mandatory history class for Grade 10 students. The announcement precedes Neuberger Holocaust Education Week at the Toronto Holocaust Museum, which runs Nov. 1–9.

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2023

All The Light We Cannot See Cast: Where You've Seen The Actors From The Netflix Limited Series

From Marvel movies to royal dramas, here is where you've seen the All the Light We Cannot See cast.

Cinemablend · Nov 2, 2023

The Cast of 'All the Light We Cannot See': Your Guide

Netflix's adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel boasts a talented international cast.

Marie Claire · Nov 2, 2023

DC launches Manga-sized reprints of classic stories including Watchmen, Batman: Hush, All-Star Superman, more

The DC Compact line will offer up smaller-sized editions of classic DC stories

GamesRadar · Nov 2, 2023

WH Smith launches buy-back scheme for secondhand books

Customers will be able to trade their used books for a voucher to spend in store or online – but industry figures warn the scheme may be ‘too good to be true’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – this deeply moving book is his finest work

Blending memoir and history and auto-fiction, this brilliantly unique book by the Booker winner is a treatise on the immeasurability of life

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2023

Making your mind up: the best descriptions of indecision in literature

The last word, our series about emotions and states of mind in books, focuses on depictions of dithering this month, from Hamlet to the ‘maybe-boyfriend’ of Anna Burns’s Milkman

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

Britney’s a bestseller: Britney Spears’s memoir sells a million copies in first week

‘The Woman in Me’ has topped the New York Times bestseller list

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

How to eat and drink your way around Orkney

Saoirse Ronan is turning ‘The Outrun’ by Orcadian nature memoirist Amy Liptrot into a film. But the Scottish island is also carving out a place on the map as a hard-to-reach but worth-the-effort destination for foodies, finds Jessie Thompson

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

"You’ll probably go through a lot of red." Death metal legends Cannibal Corpse are releasing an official colouring book - and it's so graphic it's already been banned in Germany

Ever thought the cover to Butchered At Birth might look nicer with a touch of magenta? You're in luck!

Metal Hammer · Nov 2, 2023