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Train tomes: Exeter St Davids station opens book vending machine

Penguin Random House has installed a machine in the Devon city’s station, enabling travellers to buy a changing raft of titles, inspired by company founder Allen Lane

The Guardian - UK

Phoebe Waller-Bridge explains why she avoids the ‘madness’ of social media

It ‘fetishises’ getting friends, likes and followers, she says

Evening Standard

You Need to Watch the Most Misunderstood ‘70s Sci-Fi Movie On HBO Max ASAP

Sometimes, completely changing the source material is a good idea.

Inverse

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I’m worrying about climate change because we can see and feel it: Bijal Vachharajani on writing ‘Savi and the Memory Keeper’, her favourite children's books, inspirations, and more

Author Bijal Vachharajani won the AutHer Awards 2023 in the Best Children’s Literature category for her book ‘Savi and the Memory Keeper’. It is noted that this is the second time that Bijal won the award-- she had previously won the AutHer Award in 2019 for her book 'A Cloud…

The Times of India

Prince Harry returns to UK, as he makes High Court appearance over ‘information misuse’ case

The Duke of Sussex today arrived at London's High Court to attend a hearing - in a fight back against Daily Mail publisher, Associated Newspapers.

Chronicle Live

Anthony Horowitz says Roald Dahl publishers ‘shot themselves in the foot’ over censorship row

Alex Rider author waded into the debate surrounding sensitivity readers and censorship

The Independent UK

Glasgow mum who endured 'barbaric' intimate procedure without pain relief tells of horror

Agnes McQuillan, 57, stopped her hysteroscopy at Glasgow’s New Victoria Hospital after just 10 minutes because the pain during the operation was impossible to endure.

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Commentary: California’s coast is a frontline for climate justice

Ten years ago, I wrote a book called "The Golden Shore: California’s Love Affair with the Sea." Back then, I suggested that California, with almost 40 million people and the world’s fifth largest economy, was proof that you could grow a progressive society while protecting your coast and ocean. The…

Tribune News Service

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld review – lights, camera, attraction

The US author’s zingy new novel tackles celebrity, lockdown and frustrated love lives with ambition and panache

The Guardian - UK

Prince Andrew 'fully supports' Sarah Ferguson ahead of major career move

Sarah, Duchess of York, is in talks to turn her novels into a major television drama and admits her former husband, Prince Andrew describes her work as "fabulous"

Daily Mirror

‘I seem to have escaped that particular whipping’: Ian McEwan on sensitivity readers, Succession, and his next novel

As he prepares for a special performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Booker Prize-winning novelist talks to Kevin E G Perry about his love of classical music, the trouble with the monarchy, and why he’s more concerned about Putin than edits to Roald Dahl

The Independent UK

Márquez overtakes Cervantes as most translated Spanish-language writer

Author of One Hundred Years of Solitude tops list of those most translated into 10 languages this century ahead of Don Quixote creator

The Guardian - UK

DeSantis team welcomes contrast with Trump 'chaos' candidacy

Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are gaining confidence in his White House prospects as former President Donald Trump’s legal woes mount

The Independent UK

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WhatToWatch

Lucky Hank episode 2 recap: Hank gets an unwelcome visitor

In Lucky Hank episode 2, someone from Hank's past arrives at Railton and gets on Hank's nerves. Plus, Gracie and Rourke get petty.

Wales Online

William and Kate want 'as normal as possible' childhood for George, Charlotte and Louis

The Prince and Princess of Wales have been described as modern parents but an expert says their children's upbringing does not reflect the life of everyday people

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Zehme, master of the celebrity profile, journalism’s ‘bastard stepchild,’ dies at 64

Chicago author Bill Zehme had a genius for writing celebrity profiles and making friends. He wrote biographies of Frank Sinatra, Andy Kaufman and Jay Leno.

Wales Online

Agatha Christie novels being rewritten due to 'modern sensitivities'

Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters no longer used the N-word, the term ‘Oriental’ or 'native' in the Queen of Crime's mysteries

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Bangkok Post

Book fair returns to Queen Sirikit Center

The 51st National Book Fair & 21st Bangkok International Book Fair 2023 will feature a diverse selection of books at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center's Hall 5-7, Ratchadaphisek Road, from Thursday to April 9.

The Independent UK

Great Expectations review: Even with the infusion of sex and violence, it’s hard to feel excited about this new take on Dickens

The desire to sex up Victoriana is predictable and lazy, and demonstrates an odd lack of imagination

The Conversation

Education expert John Hattie's new book draws on more than 130,000 studies to find out what helps students learn

In 2008, I published my book Visible Learning, which aimed to explain what works best to help student learning. At the time, others claimed it was the world’s largest evidence-based study into the factors that improve learning.

Daily Mirror

Strictly judge Shirley Ballas becomes author as she pens sexy murder mystery novel

Shirley Ballas, who has been Strictly Come Dancing head judge since 2017, says her debut novel Murder on the Dance Floor blends "sex, lies and intrigue"

Newsroom.co.nz

Porn and the middle classes

The explosive opening chapter of a new novel

Marie Claire

After the Success of ‘Spare,’ Prince Andrew Is Apparently Considering Writing His Own Memoir

It’s being colloquially dubbed “Spare 2.0.”

The Guardian - UK

In brief: The Wakes; Humanly Possible; A Tidy Ending – reviews

A wittily poignant tale of friendship, death and unexpected joy; an impressively wide-ranging history of humanism; and a darkly comic crime novel

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