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Scott Snyder returns to Dark Spaces with Dungeon a "guttural, stomach churning" new thriller

It's the latest instalment in Snyder and Sherman's horror anthology

GamesRadar · Jul 17, 2023

To be or not to be? Discover the new literature unpacking the motherhood dilemma

Post-Roe v Wade, authors are tackling the fraught business of parenthood, says Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2023

Juliette by Camille Jourdy review – an exquisite story of love and loss in rural France

This gorgeous graphic novel about a woman escaping the pressures of Paris for her home town, and the complications that follow, is a masterpiece

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

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Fifty Shades writer EL James on why she’s in therapy over self-doubt

‘I have imposter syndrome and knowing I’ve sold 165 million books doesn’t make it easier,’ author said

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

The Vatican's next doctrinal guardian defends the book on kissing he wrote as a young priest

Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

US District Judge James Zagel, ‘Renaissance man’ who presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials, dies at 82

Longtime U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the former leader of the Illinois State Police who went on to preside over the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the landmark Family Secrets mob trial, and many other of the area’s biggest cases, died Saturday night after a long illness,…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 16, 2023

Judge James Zagel, judge in Blagojevich case, dead at 82

The federal judge also was a prosecutor in the Richard Speck case. Zagel died Saturday after a long illness.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 16, 2023

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Sarfraz Manzoor says he will use new role to make Luton ‘cool’

Greetings from Bury Park author announces initiatives to ‘bang drum’ for town as he is named chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

Britney Spears Shares What People Are Going To Think When They Read Her Book

Britney Spears' memoir The Woman In Me is set to hit shelves, and she knows what people are going to think when they read it.

Cinemablend · Jul 16, 2023

‘The real deal’: young UK graphic artist nominated for five ‘comic book Oscars’

Unflinchingly depicting her battles with depression, Zoe Thorogood, a 24-year-old from Bradford, has scooped most nominations for this week’s Eisner Awards

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

Open Throat by Henry Hoke review – inside the mind of a lion king

A puma narrates this humorous experimental novel about humanity’s relationship with animals and nature

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

Fifty Shades writer EL James on why she’s in therapy over self-doubt

‘I have imposter syndrome and knowing I’ve sold 165 million books doesn’t make it easier,’ author said

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2023

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner review – playfully surreal dark fable

This uncompromising novel, an acerbic takedown of awards, celebrity and success, is a challenging but rewarding read

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

It’s in Milan Kundera’s ambiguities and contradictions that we find his truths

The novelist, who died last week, posed questions on identity that resonate to this day

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

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The Hindu · Jul 15, 2023

Life after retirement

Retired at 60, I'm writing 60 stories to sum up my life. I devote time to domestic chores, social commitments, fitness & leisure activities. I'm busy doing things I love, proving the myth that "unless you're busy, you're bored" wrong.

The Hindu · Jul 15, 2023

The company we keep

: Characters created by great English writers have a greater impact than the authors themselves. Sherlock Holmes, D'Artagnan, Poirot, Miss Marple, and Beau Tibbs are examples. Uncle Ramu, a relative of the author's grandmother, was a master storyteller who created an impression of a glamorous lifestyle. Later, the author realized…

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2023

Colson Whitehead: ‘A city summons you into its weird drama’

The double Pulitzer prize-winning author on writing a sequel to Harlem Shuffle, the influence of Stephen King’s Carrie, and why he no longer makes fried chicken

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

Hungary fines book chain for selling British author’s LGBT+ novels

Shop penalised for displaying book in young adult section without special covering

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The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

Whodunnit? More than 100 people trapped in Agatha Christie’s house

Tree blocks single-track road outside Christie’s holdiay home trapping vistors and staff

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

Author of children’s picture book with football focus wins praise from Lioness

The book called Sammy Striker And The Football Cup aims to encourage young girls to believe in themselves.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2023

Capote’s Women by Laurence Leamer review – cold-blooded clique

An attempt to recreate the gilded desolation of a mid-century Manhattan milieu offers champagne and betrayal by the bucket

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Gareth Floyd obituary

Other lives: Book illustrator whose drawings were used in more than 150 episodes of the BBC’s Jackanory series

Space · Jul 14, 2023

"Foundation" season 2 review: Stick with it and you will be rewarded

Apple T.V.'s epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novels has been playing the very long game.

The Hindu · Jul 14, 2023

M.T. Vasudevan Nair | A legend who straddles twin worlds of literature and cinema like nobody else

MT: A literary giant who revolutionised Malayalam cinema. M.T. Vasudevan Nair, a literary giant, turns 90. His timeless works in literature & cinema have revolutionised Malayalam. He has penned immortal characters & scripts, exploring themes of war & society. His latest work is set to be streamed soon.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Stalin erased one generation of Ukraine’s artists. Now Putin is killing another – including my friend

An archive holding works by writers purged in the 1930s also hosted Victoria Amelina, lost to a Russian strike this summer, says Guardian culture writer Charlotte Higgins

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