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Filipino desserts get a bright remix

Brooklyn baker Abi Balingit of The Dusky Kitchen is a believer in "putting sprinkles on everything"

Salon

Louise Minchin says Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist deals with hard truths

The former BBC Breakfast presenter said she feels there is still a ‘huge appetite’ for reading and she is encouraged that her daughter is doing so.

The Independent UK

Debut novel inspired by London’s club scene in running for prestigious prize

A debut novel set in London’s underground reggae scene in the 1970s is one of 16 books longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Evening Standard

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Maggie O’Farrell and NoViolet Bulawayo make Women’s prize for fiction longlist

Nine debut novels are among the 16 books up for the 2023 award, alongside novels by Natalie Haynes, Sophie Mackintosh and Barbara Kingsolver

The Guardian - UK

20 Feminist Books About Women's Rights to Add to Your Reading List Right Now

The only reading list you'll need this International Women's Day

Marie Claire

Author Joanne Harris calls for more investment in libraries and the arts

She spoke out after receiving an OBE for services to literature from the Prince of Wales.

The Independent UK

Ockhams honour the 'Māori cannibalism novel'

A rare victory for populism has been declared on the shortlist for the Ockham New Zealand national book awards.

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Priyanka Sinha Jha and Juhi Chaturvedi share stories from Bollywood

In a candid session at the Times LitFest-Delhi, author-journalist Priyanka Sinha Jha and screenwriter Juhi Chaturvedi were seen in a conversation with Bollywood biographer, author and journalist Yasser Usman. During their discussion, the two shared a bunch of interesting stories from Bollywood with Usman and the audience, their experiences in…

The Times of India

From Roald Dahl to Goosebumps, revisions to children's classics are really about copyright – a legal expert explains

The backlash to Puffin Books’ decision to update Roald Dahl’s children’s books has been swift and largely derisive. The publisher has been accused of “absurd censorship”, “corporate safetyism” and “cultural vandalism.”

The Conversation

Hundreds of cultural treasures seized from Ethiopia found in London

Plundered gems located in capital as debate goes on over their return

Evening Standard

Roxane Gay: ‘gender fascism is on the rise’

Ahead of her first UK tour, the iconic author of Bad Feminist tells Jason Okundaye about the fight for equality, life after weight-loss surgery and the new book she’s writing with Channing Tatum

Evening Standard

Witch lit: how modern writers are reinventing the witch

From the fairy tales read to us as children to the costumes every Halloween, the figure of the witch has been with most of us for our entire lives. Unkempt and warty, the witch of our childhood was generally a repulsive creature flying on a broomstick beside her toad or…

The Conversation

Sarah Ferguson ‘has not received invite’ to King Charles’ coronation

‘The invitations haven’t gone out yet. Have they?’ said Duchess of York

The Independent UK

Sex, intimacy and black middle-class Christianity in South Africa - a difficult history

A new book, Convening Black Intimacy, explores the history of Christianity, gender and precolonial marriage and sex traditions in South Africa in the late 1800s and early 1900s. To conduct her study, historian Natasha Erlank drew on court records of cases of seduction, church records, anthropological texts, and many sources…

The Conversation

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The Independent UK

Sarah Ferguson says she has not received invite to King’s coronation

‘The invitations haven’t gone out yet. Have they?’ said Duchess of York

Reason

Brickbat: Reading Is Fundamental

In Georgia, the Forsyth County school system has agreed to pay the legal fees of a group of mothers who sued to overturn a system policy that banned them from reading books from school libraries at school board meetings. The settlement came after a federal court issued an injunction against…

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

A pair of historical novels focus on different aspects of the 70s, while gender identity is a theme in an array of strong new adventures

The Independent UK

No More Page 3 campaigner Jo Cheetham: Sexism in the media is less in your face, but it’s still there

A decade after taking on The Sun’s topless models tradition, Jo Cheetham talks to Imy Brighty-Potts about her new book, and why she quit social media.

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The Times of India

Micro Review: 'Wicca: A Magical Journey with Spells and Rituals' by Rashme Oberoi

Rashme Oberoi who’s an accomplished Wiccan, a Healer and a Divinator now turned an author has recently came up with her debut book 'Wicca: A magical journey with spells and rituals'. Released in November 2022, 'Wicca: A magical journey with spells and rituals' is about Wicca, a modern-day practice, which…

Edinburgh Live

Long-standing Edinburgh LGBT+ bookshop ‘rescued’ by National Lottery Heritage Fund

40 years after founding Scotland’s first LGBT+ bookshop, the team behind it have secured support The National Lottery Heritage Fund to continue to share important literature with the community.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stories on Racism, Expatriation in Biography by Haytham Hussein

London-based Rameena Publishing has released a new book by Syrian novelist Haytham Hussein.

The Independent UK

Harry and Meghan news – latest: William and Kate would prefer Andrew as neighbour over Sussexes, claims expert

‘They probably don’t want Harry and Meghan as their near neighbours,’ claims Jennie Bond

Chicago Sun-Times

West Side religious leaders offer $10,000 reward for tips leading to conviction in woman’s death

Tracey A. Showers, 55, was hit by a stray bullet last week and died from her wounds. Friends remember say she had a vivacious, charitable spirit.

Newcastle Herald

Demand for Grace Tame's Newcastle appearance spurs Civic Theatre move

The Newcastle Writers Festival has moved its opening night event.

Bangkok Post

Making scents

During the time when Chalida Kunalai, a scent designer, was creating a mackerel odour for a set of 12 children's books titled Ni Than Lom Hai Jai (Scent Tales), a cat often roamed near the front door of her office, NOSEstory. Eventually she let the cat in the office, where…

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