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Caine Prize 2023: Senegalese writers win for fantasy-horror story about dangers facing girls

The influential Caine Prize for African Writing for 2023 was won by a power couple from Senegal. Their short story A Soul of Small Places (which can be read over here) echoes deeper trends in the country’s literature while picking up on the growth of horror and speculative fiction across…

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2023

JK Rowling speaks at Scottish feminist conference labelled 'transphobic'

HARRY Potter author JK Rowling made a rare public appearance to speak at a women’s rights conference branded “transphobic” by campaigners ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 16, 2023

Picture books for children – reviews

Benji Davies returns with more coastal charms, lonely animals find acceptance – plus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s tale about a toddler

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

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Mentalist Suhani Shah’s Chamatkar India Tour promises an immersive experience

Suhani Shah, India's first female mentalist, mind reader, illusionist and magician, has been performing since age 6. She dropped out of school in 1st grade, but worked hard to write her best-selling book ‘Unleash Your Inner Power. ‘Suhani has given over 5,000 shows worldwide and is the most subscribed and…

The Hindu · Oct 16, 2023

Can you solve it? Are you a lion of logic?

Or a fearsome feline of football?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

Stephen Rubin, publisher of 'The Da Vinci Code' and other blockbusters, dies at 81

Stephen Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a passion for music and public life, has died

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2023

Palestinian voices ‘shut down’ at Frankfurt Book Fair, say authors

Open letter rebukes LitProm decision to cancel award ceremony for Adania Shibli due to ‘war started by Hamas’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

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Book takes close look at Kerala’s erstwhile matrilineal system

In the novel Drop of The Last Cloud, protagonist Gomathi’s character evolved out of author Sangeetha G’s observation of women who belong to the generation that was in a state of flux after the abolition of matriliny.

The Hindu · Oct 15, 2023

In brief: And Then What?; The Dimensions of a Cave; Turkiye – reviews

Former EU representative Catherine Ashton is a voice of reason in a polarised world; Greg Jackson’s psychological thriller warrants comparisons with Heart of Darkness; and Julian Emre Sayerer travels Turkey on two wheels

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

A thriller inspired by a true story

Thajudheen's life changed drastically in 2018. Shevlin Sebastian is publicising their co-authored book 'The stolen necklace', based on Thajudheen's life. Shevlin delved into what made the book click.

The Hindu · Oct 15, 2023

A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor review – a transgressive classic rediscovered

This newly republished 1973 novel about a bookshop owner’s love life is funny, surprising and unpredictable

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae review – snapshots of a stolen youth

The American poet’s visceral account of being snatched as a child by his white supremacist grandparents demonstrates the shaky and slippery nature of memory

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Nick Frost: ‘If you spend four hours in the kitchen on your own, it’s never really frowned upon’

The actor and writer on hotel breakfasts that trigger his ADHD, and why cooking helps him cope with his troubled past and successful present

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

Illuminating: an illustrated guide to some of the world’s most remote lighthouses

José Luis Gonzáles Macías became fascinated by the buildings when researching a design project and has published an ‘atlas’ of the most striking examples

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

‘It’s lonely being a Jewish critic of Israel’ – Nathan Thrall on his book about a Palestinian father’s tragedy

As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the US author says his book tour is fraught with the possibility of misunderstanding

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

‘The wolf at my throat’: Observer writer Christopher Wordsworth’s diaries reveal troubled life

The critic never wrote the ‘Great Novel’. But his son, Saul, found clues to a crime in 60,000 words he left behind

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel review – smart reflections on Wolf Hall, religion… and RoboCop

This collection of essays and journalism is a poignant reminder of the novelist’s expansive mind, and of what more she might have achieved

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman review – the constant philanderer

Three years after le Carré’s death, his official biographer reveals the adultery that was off limits during his lifetime. Does it further our appreciation of his work?

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The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2023

Lessons in Chemistry author Bonnie Garmus: ‘Anti-female bias is ingrained in our culture – it needs to be exposed’

Nigella Lawson is a superfan and Brie Larson was desperate to adapt her book, ‘Lessons in Chemistry’. Bonnie Garmus tells Katie Rosseinsky about how sexism inspired her hit debut, and becoming a bestseller in her sixties

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023

Teju Cole: ‘Being avant garde isn’t about being unreadable’

The prize-winning novelist and essayist on why he set his new book just before the pandemic, embracing the possibility of failure – and being ambushed by Hemingway

The National (Scotland) · Oct 14, 2023

Longboats is the new short novel from one of Scotland's most prolific dramatists

DAVID Greig – playwright, theatre director and artistic director of Edinburgh’s great repertory theatre the Royal Lyceum – is one of the…

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023

Reader, they lived there: campaign to save Brontës’ Bradford birthplace as it goes on sale

A crowdfunding drive led by TV presenter Christa Ackroyd aims to make the first Bradford home of the literary siblings a tourist destination and source of inspiration

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2023

Britney Spears will not read her own audiobook after ‘heart-wrenching’ time ‘reliving’ experiences

Spears will read the book’s introduction before actor Michelle Williams takes over

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023

On my radar: Slavoj Žižek’s cultural highlights

The Slovenian cultural theorist on enjoying books that contradict him, Boots Riley’s hilarious TV series, and his ‘terrifying’ taste in food

The Hindu · Oct 14, 2023

Vivek Shanbhag and the unbearable lightness of being

It is an old joke in Kerala that the finest writer in Malayalam is Marquez. While many of us read Marquez in English translation (by Gregory Rabassa or Edith Grossman), thousands in Kerala read One Hundred Years of Solitude in Malayalam, as translated by Dr. S. Velayudhan (‘Ekanthathayude Nooru Varshangal’) in 1984.

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