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Grimes sues Musk over parental rights

The singer filed a petition "to establish parental relationship" of X, Y and the third child revealed recently

Salon · Oct 4, 2023

The Lonesome Writing Guru

How the Texas author—and an editor of a new book of essays about him—helped shepherd a Lone Star literary community.

Texas Observer · Oct 4, 2023

Bob Mortimer and India Knight among shortlistees for the Wodehouse comic fiction prize

The comedian and the journalist join four others on the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse shortlist, which rewards witty writers with champagne and a pig named after their book

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

New book to commemorate babies lost to miscarriage in Scotland opens

A new book commemorating babies lost to miscarriage has opened, with First Minister Humza Yousaf saying it could provide comfort to those who have…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2023

The Postcard by Anne Berest review – an autofictional tale of family survival

The author sets out to discover what happened to her ancestors during the Holocaust in this gripping, poignant work

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Louise Minchin: from the breakfast sofa to Alcatraz’s shark-infested waters

The former ‘BBC Breakfast’ host set out to find the world’s most courageous female adventurers for her book, ‘Fearless’. In this extract, she finds herself in the slipstream with two daring young swimmers

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

The EU’s seismic shift: inside the 6 October Guardian Weekly

How the Ukraine war changed Europe. Plus Naples city of culture

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Monica by Daniel Clowes review – a thrilling kaleidoscopic journey

A woman sets out to uncover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in this genre-hopping celebration of visual storytelling

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Book review: African thinkers analyse some of the big issues of our time - race, belonging and identity

The subjects of race, identity and belonging are often fraught with contention and uneasiness. Who are you? Who belongs? Who is native, or indigenous to a place? These perennial questions arise around the world.

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2023

Banned any books lately?

Book banning is on the rise; Illinois has a law against it, but individuals get around the law with their own personal book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2023