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Poem of ‘beauty, wit and grace’ about fathers and sons wins National Poetry Competition

Ex-New York cab driver Lee Stockdale wins £5,000 after My Dead Father’s General Store in the Middle of a Desert beat 17,000 other poems

The Guardian - UK

How to be a brilliant speaker: A masterclass with Viv Groskop

Learn how to be the most confident and authentic version of yourself in this interactive workshop led by award-winning comedian Viv Groskop

The Guardian - UK

The Power on Prime Video review: sparks fly in girl power fable

Big budget adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s award winning book is chilling

Evening Standard

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'The Power' Review: 'The Boys' But for Girls — With One Big Problem

The Amazon Prime series has interesting worldbuilding but all the nuance of a sledgehammer.

Inverse

'We are only ever as happy as our unhappiest child’

Stephanie Johnson on a novel that dissects middle class obsessions

Newsroom.co.nz

Western Digital My Book Desktop Hard Drive 22TB: Hard drive, hard sell

The 22TB My Book Desktop Hard Drive is a massive amount of storage, but it doesn't stand out from other drives in its price bracket.

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An introduction to the work of Kenzaburō Ōe in five books

Kenzaburō Ōe, the last of Japan’s great post second world war Japanese writers, died in early March. When he was awarded the Nobel prize in 1994, he said that as a novelist he wished to “enable both those who express themselves with words and their readers to recover from their…

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Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad review – Hamlet in Palestine

The author’s compelling second novel sees an actor return to the birthplace of her ancestors, only to discover the pieces of herself that were missing

The Guardian - UK

'The Big Door Prize' review: What's your life's potential?

Premiering this week on Apple TV+, "The Big Door Prize" is "based on the book created by M.O. Walsh," as it is unusually credited here, and developed by David West Read, a writer and producer on "Schitt's Creek." Once again, we are in a whimsical small town, called Deerfield, full…

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Dust Child,' by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

FICTION: In her second English-language novel, an acclaimed Vietnamese author gives voice to the forgotten children of war.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Crooked,' by Nathan Masters

NONFICTION: An enlightening look at American political scandals in the 1920s, which continue to shape how politics is played to this day.

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Moira Macdonald on what new books to read this April

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Review: 'Commitment,' by Mona Simpson

FICTION: Three siblings make their way in the world after their mother's hospitalization.

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Review: 'Muckross Abbey,' by Sabina Murray

FICTION: A collection of 10 satisfyingly spooky short stories.

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Review: 'Wandering Souls,' by Cecile Pin

FICTION: Three orphaned Vietnamese children are forced to make a new life in England.

Chicago Tribune

How the ghost and the words of Chicago writer Nelson Algren are being kept alive

CHICAGO — Nelson Algren will not go away. Although he moved from Chicago in 1975 and died in 1981, he has managed to remain a frequent visitor, in the form of his famous novels, of course, but also in other ways that have given him a strange form of immortality.

Tribune News Service

A ghost in Kansas City: After years of writing for others, author now has a book of his own

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you ever meet Tim Vandehey, resist the urge.

The Guardian - UK

‘There I was, a tiny speck in a vast universe’ … How awe made my life worth living again

I spent my adult life pushing away my sense of enchantment. Illness taught me how much I needed it

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The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of I Will Find You by Harlan Coben and Cuddy by Benjamin Myers.

Evening Standard

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead at the Barbican review: a loyal but innovative adaptation

The production wonderfully brings to life the dry comedy and compelling strangeness of the original text

The Guardian - AU

Private island in Queensland deserted by buyer put back on market for under $1m

A week out from settling sale, businessman who had signed contract and paid $5,000 deposit is nowhere to be found

The Guardian - UK

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey review – who is this mysterious artist?

An impressive and enchantingly strange novel plays with genre, identity and politics in an alternate America

The National (Scotland)

SoS head to Madrid as Craig Houston talks grassroots and Rangers legend Andy Goram

IT is an interview of just less than 30 minutes in a meeting of more than three hours. Four words from Craig Houston sum up his dedication and…

Bangkok Post

Building good reading habits

Following the success of last year's event, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT) have brought the 51st edition of the National Book Fair back to Queen Sirikit National Convention Center from tomorrow until April 9, with extended hours until midnight on the first three days.

The Independent UK

Man imprisoned for 16 years after being falsely accused of rape is awarded $5.5m in settlement

‘I hope and pray that others in my situation can achieve the same measure of justice. We all suffer from destroyed lives,’ Anthony Broadwater says

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