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Goodreads is right to divide opinions, wrong to boil them down

I don’t choose books based on the aggregate rating as if they are skincare products, nor do I think any critical verdict is the final one

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Good Omens 2 cast on Heaven and Hell and everything in between: “the most radical thing I’ve seen on TV”

A cast of old and new faces returns for part two of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed fantasy series

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

Shankari Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Set around a culture war in a nursing home, Chandran’s third novel has won Australia’s biggest literary prize – and yet, she says, she was almost too afraid to write it

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2023

Jim Powell obituary

Other lives: Writer and historian whose success as a novelist began when he was 61

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023

'Ripe' Is Our August Book Club Pick

Read an excerpt of Sarah Rose Etter's new novel, here, then dive in with us throughout the month.

Marie Claire · Jul 24, 2023

Miles Franklin 2023: a guide to the shortlist of Australia’s biggest literary prize

Six authors are in the running for Australia’s most prestigious book award, which will be announced on Tuesday. Here’s your primer

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2023

‘It’s some sort of cosmic joke’: Tracy Sorensen wrote a book about surviving cancer. Now it has returned

Sorensen’s new novel The Vitals is narrated by her own organs during her cancer treatment a decade ago. But as she prepared to promote it, she found herself ‘back in cancer land’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2023

Zorian Cross's debut novel 'The Yogi Witch: Bloodlines and Legacies' launched in Delhi

Recently at Depot 48 in Delhi, we learnt about the magical side of reality during a fascinating talk between Zorian Cross and Sumiran Annamaria Kashyap at the launch of the former's debut novel 'The Yogi Witch: Bloodlines and Legacies'.

The Times of India · Jul 24, 2023

OPINION - Sadiq Khan’s ‘Say Maate’ campaign is part of an ugly war on human exchange

THERE’s been a dusty response so far to “Say Maate!”, the Mayor’s exciting new initiative to stamp out sexism in public spaces. The gist is that when a bloke catches his friend saying something off-colour to a woman, he reprimands him with a reproachful “Maate!”. The friend, abashed, sinks into…

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2023

Freddie Forsyth compares Met Police to ‘Stasi hounding an old codger’ in speed fine row

The Day of the Jackal writer has been hauled before a court after an administrative error — which he insists the Met is to blame for

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2023