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Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

Louise Erdrich wins the Gish Prize, a top arts honor

Louise Erdrich has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the arts

The Independent UK · Sep 25

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley; The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett; Cold Sunset by William Boyd; The Occidental Book of the Dead by T Geronimo Johnson and The Last Tenant by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

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Little Free Library Milestones: Grassroots network hits 200,000 boxes; children read more often

Todd Bol founded Little Free Library in 2009 as a heartfelt homage to his reading-enthusiast mother. The nonprofit blossomed into a global movement, marking significant achievements such as the launch of its 200,000th library by 2025, aimed at fostering literary access in disadvantaged communities. Their programs, particularly the Impact Library…

The Times of India · Sep 25

Dakota Johnson felt ‘pressure’ starring in adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Verity

The American actress stars in the film adaptation of Hoover’s 2018 novel alongside Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett

Evening Standard · Sep 25

So many Andys: bizarre sculpture for children's author

Children's author Andy Griffiths invented the bestselling Treehouse multiverse, so it's only fitting that his portrait comes with extra dimensions.

AAP · Sep 25

Scottish queer bookshop window smashed for second time in weeks in targeted attack

A QUEER bookshop in Glasgow has had its windows smashed again just weeks after another attack vandalised the shop’s window display with the word…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 24

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The Love Hypothesis lands impressive Rotten Tomatoes score as audiences left divided over fanfic adaptation

Movie based on a Star Wars fan fiction has had a positive reception online, though some critics are divided

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty review – Big Little Lies sequel shoots for high drama but fails to deliver

At 400-plus pages, Moriarty’s follow-up is too long and offers too little reward, with menopause, vaping teens and even a stalker failing to raise the stakes

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24

Three Men in a Boat review – quirky novella makes for perky, fun-forward theatre

A rag puppet Montmorency, a fake moustache and an aria for reeking cheese add to the mischief of Jerome K Jerome’s very English story

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

‘I get lost going to the bathroom’: John Hannah on world travel, stealing props and being ‘the Scottish Eminem’

The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on inspiring Eminem, nicking props and having a new perspective after turning 60

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Yellow Dog by Martin Amis review – Bill Nighy has a ball

From spoof monarch to porn tycoon, the actor narrator goes to town on the larger-than-life characters in this Booker-nominated satire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Injunction blocking publication of ex-SAS soldier’s book on counter-terror op extended

MoD claims book by soldier known as Christian Craighead contains alleged breach of confidentiality contract

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Rare Captain America, Batman comics stored 75-80 years head to auction

A recently discovered collection of Golden Age comics, stored for roughly 75 to 80 years, is heading to auction. According to Heritage Auctions, the original-owner Merrimack Valley Collection includes a 9.4 Captain America Comics No. 3, a 9.0 Captain America Comics No. 1 and the first nine issues of Batman.…

The Times of India · Sep 24

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel review – alternate visions of post-crisis America

Is the price of stability necessarily the loss of freedom? Two possible future worlds are linked in the new novel from the author of Station Eleven

The Guardian - AU · Sep 24

Andy Griffiths on Terry Denton’s genius: ‘He was a true clown. He could make something funny out of nothing’

The author behind the Treehouse books remembers his friend and collaborator of 35 years, who had a ‘seemingly inexhuastible flow of nonsense’

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

RFK Jr received $4m in book advances from Maha allies over past year

In 2024 ethics filing, US health secretary pledged to ‘not engage in writing, editing, marketing or promotional services for any of these books during government service’

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Dolly Parton's free children's book scheme expands to 10 London boroughs - is your area one of them?

Around 157,000 children across the capital are now eligible to receive free books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

Eric Idle has had tons of celebrities staying at his house. God, it must be exhausting

Whether it’s an A-lister or an old schoolfriend emerging blearily from the spare room, those first moments of the day are tricky, writes Adrian Chiles

Reason · Sep 23

Privacy Lawsuit Over Prof's Book That Mentions Former TA's Childhood Sexual Abuse Can Go Forward

An "endarkened feminist approach to revolutionizing teacher consciousness" is alleged to be unprivacied as well.

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Booker Prize 2026: the 6 books shortlisted – and the one that's missing

And the winner is… not on this Booker shortlist, says David Sexton

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Royals ‘spitting blood’ over Earl Spencer’s claims in book, says Piers Morgan

Charles Spencer made a raft of claims in Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, including that the King said ‘we’ll forget her soon enough’ after she died.

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Bond author predicts ‘people will be very angry when they find out’ who’s been cast as new 007

Writer of new Bond novel doesn’t think current frontrunner would be a convincing choice

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

The Complex by Karan Mahajan review – a superb family saga set in Delhi

At once a grand sweep through history and a domestic novel of petty squabbles, this tale of corruption and betrayal is packed with drama

The Times of India · Sep 23

New Hampshire man returns magazine 132 years late, avoids $12,055 fine

An overdue library magazine has returned to its original home in New Hampshire after more than 132 years. John Hanson, an 84-year-old man from Barrington, recently brought a September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine back to the Concord Public Library. The publication had remained in his home…

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