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Controversy over poems at British Museum shows urgent need for more recognition for translators

The British Museum has had to apologise after a translator’s words were used without permission. Writer and translator Yilin Wang shared on Twitter that their translations of work by the Chinese feminist poet Qiu Jin appeared in the museum’s exhibition, China’s Hidden Century, without consent.

The Conversation

Getting into the wild of reading

A summer list of reading centered around the outdoors, but not really beach-reading fare.

Chicago Sun-Times

Inside the immersive storytelling room opening at new-look Central Library opening this year

There will also be a learning lab for special activities and school class visits

Nottingham Post

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20 LGBTQ+ Books to Add to Your Reading List This Pride Month and Beyond

From powerful memoirs to heartwarming fiction, these 20 LGBTQ+ books deserve a place on your reading list.

Marie Claire

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's concerns about negotiating with Glazers over Man Utd takeover

INEOS chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe is trying to purchase Manchester United from the Glazer family but faces competition from Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani

Daily Mirror

‘We get braver as we get older’: Maxine Peake on her daring dystopia play performed in a library

Kay Dick’s novel They was almost forgotten – but its dark predictions are eerily prescient. Perfect fodder for Peake and her new company to bring to life in Manchester

The Guardian - UK

30 Years Ago, Tom Cruise Made His Most Underrated Thriller — And Launched a New Genre

Before Cruise saved action movies, he kickstarted the legal thriller.

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Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie audiobook review – women driven apart

The close friendship between two women from Karachi who are high flyers in London is put to the test when a figure from their past reappears

The Guardian - UK

Dear Abby: My friends and family all have talents, but I have none

Housewife’s lack of accomplishments is hurting her self-esteem.

Chicago Sun-Times

Remembering Coimbatore’s Thiagu Book Centre’s good old days

Coimbatore’s Thiagu Book Center shuts down

The Hindu

Rare Harry Potter bought for 30p may fetch up to £5,000

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought by UK book collector goes up for auction next week

The Guardian - UK

Richard Ford: ‘I don’t read for comfort. Comfort I source elsewhere’

The Pulitzer prizewinning author on taking life lessons from Chekhov, warming to Woolf and reading Larkin on loop

The Guardian - UK

Review: The Faggots and Their Friends Between The Revolutions at Manchester International Festival

This masterpiece does not rewrite history, it radically retells it

Manchester Evening News

Former Dumfries woman realises lifetime dream by getting novel into print

Linda Wheatley is looking forward to launching her book at Waterstone's - and is already working on her second

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Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh says he has 'tremendous respect' for JK Rowling

The Edinburgh writer, 64, said having sensitivity proofreaders was to ensure his work does not ‘wound or misrepresent’ certain demographics, rather than out of fear of getting cancelled.

The Guardian - UK

The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney review – radicals and romantics

The horror and hedonism of the siege of Paris are dazzlingly evoked in a gripping novel of self-discovery

Bristol Post

Rare Harry Potter book bought for 30p from library set to sell for staggering amount

A library decided it was too damaged to lend out so sold it for pennies

Glasgow Live

Glasgow teen who wrote children's book given top award for helping others

Melissa Cassidy, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, utilised her passion for writing to help raise awareness of the difficulties people with disabilities face in today's society.

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Daily Mirror

Harry Potter book bought from library for 30p is ultra-rare first edition worth £5k

The collector, who bought the book for pennies, kept it stashed away in a box at his home, before the unlikely treasure was discovered by his family after he passed away

The Independent UK

Irvine Welsh: Having sensitivity readers is not about fear of being cancelled

The Scottish writer, 64, said having sensitivity proofreaders was to ensure his work does not ‘wound or misrepresent’ certain demographics.

Reason

Jean Carroll's Libel Lawsuit Against Donald Trump for His 2019 Statements Can Go Forward

From Judge Lewis Kaplan's opinion today in Carroll v. Trump (S.D.N.Y.): This is a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump, as he then was, for statements Mr. Trump made in June 2019 shortly after Ms. Carroll publicly accused him of sexual assault. In those…

Daily Mirror

Harry and Sandra Redknapp awkwardly celebrated WRONG wedding anniversary a year early

Former football manager and player Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra married in June 1968, but got their dates mixed up for their milestone anniversary meaning they celebrated it a year early

The Hindu

Between two books, a revelatory social history

In the mapping of social change over the last half century, two books written by journalists stand out

Cinemablend

A Good Girl's Guide To Murder TV Series: What We Know About The YA Adaptation

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is coming to television soon enough. Here is what we know so far.

The Conversation

How 1920s high society fashion pushed gender boundaries through 'freaking' parties

The 1920s brought about a rise in androgynous fashion among a high society set that broke boundaries and caused controversy. This drew on a subculture that had existed for decades, perhaps centuries, but after the first world war gender-bending fashions became front page news.

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