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Sequel to Dr Seuss book How The Grinch Stole Christmas! announced

The Grinch returns one year after the original book to prove to the Whos in Who-ville that he loves Christmas.

The Independent UK

Alastair Brotchie obituary

Other lives: Author and publisher who brought avant-garde European literature to the UK market in readable translations

The Guardian - UK

Return of the Grinch: sequel to Dr Seuss classic will hit shelves before Christmas

How the Grinch Lost Christmas! will take place one year on and see the green grouch try to prove he has grown to love the festive season

The Guardian - UK

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The Ferguson Report: Irony declared dead as publisher announces ‘sensitivity rewrite’ of 1984

The classic political novel 1984 will be rewritten by Inclusion And Diversity specialists who think they know better than George Orwell.

The New Daily

Edinburgh graffiti mocking rewrites of Roald Dahl's classic books appears overnight

New artwork has appeared on the Sighthill Roundabout underpass, which appears to take issue with the rewriting of classic Roald Dahl books - with street artist Rebel Bear taking credit.

Edinburgh Live

Carlo Rovelli: ‘I tried to read Anna Karenina to my girlfriend before bed’

The theoretical physicist and author on boring his girlfriend with Tolstoy, the magic of Homer and making sense of Wittgenstein

The Guardian - UK

Raj Bhavan to sponsor Konkani novelists in Goa

The leader of opposition in Goa Assembly, Yuri Alemao, along with writers from the coastal state on February 22, 2023, hailed the decision of Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai to help Konkani writers to come up with their first book.

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One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya review – meltdown in Mumbai

A young man’s troubled existence mirrors wider social and political turmoil, in this epic yet intimate debut

The Guardian - UK

University of Newcastle's new graduates ready to lawyer up

After a long, hard slog, late nights and studying by the book, Newcastle's newest lawyers were admitted in at a ceremonial sitting of the NSW Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Andrew Bell on Friday.

Newcastle Herald

Ukrainian authors reveal reasons for decision to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week

Ukrainian authors who have chosen to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week have opened up on their reasons, with one saying she could not participate in "any kind of event that gives voice" to doubts about her nation's sovereignty.

ABC News

Missouri ACLU, librarians sue over law that led to schools banning hundreds of books

Missouri librarians are suing over a new law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, leading to districts removing hundreds of books — including classic novels, human anatomy texts and Holocaust history books, according to a lawsuit filed in Jackson County Court.

Tribune News Service

Yes some Ukrainians are destroying Russian books, but why?

A video showing hundreds of Russian books being shovelled out of trucks, onto the floor and then packed up has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. The scene takes place in Ukraine and has sparked comparisons by pro-Russians to Nazi book-burning. Put into context though, it's…

France 24

Alex Murdaugh trial viewers incorrectly claim to spot author John Grisham in the courtroom

Screenshots of a man bearing striking resemblance to Grisham began circulating on Twitter as Mr Murdaugh testified

The Independent UK

How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users.

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Sister Vivian Ivantic, who dreamed of female priests in Catholic church, dies at 109

“She was a little bit of a rebel,” her niece said.

ABC News

The Loop: Ukraine's first lady tells of 'year of hell', Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty over shooting, Lewis Capaldi has on-stage Tourette’s flare-up — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2023 NPD Group.

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Morpeth Book Festival postponed due to planned rail strike

Organisers are aiming to reschedule the second-ever festival to later in the year

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Animated short nominees get surreal, gentle, meta and very, very personal

A near-death ballet. The virtues of vulnerability. The surreal, the meta ... and the sublime clumsiness of the young and horny. The 2023 Oscar-nominated shorts have all this and more.

The Guardian - UK

Roald Dahl’s mean and nasty books don’t deserve all this attention

Letters: Chris Townsend, Anthony Lawton and others weigh in on the decision to edit the author’s books to make them less offensive to a modern audience

Chicago Sun-Times

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ children’s book getting a sequel

The new book picks up one year after the original, and like the first, teaches a valuable lesson about the true spirit of the holiday. It’s scheduled for release Sept. 5.

France 24

UK fury as Roald Dahl books rewritten, but French publishers say ‘non’ to edits

French publisher Gallimard said it had no intention of making changes to translated versions of children’s books by the late British novelist Roald Dahl, unlike the author’s UK publisher.

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Colette

James Hopkin looks at why, 150 years after her birth, the pioneering French writer still deserves our attention

The Independent UK

Queen Consort urges writers to ‘roar like a lion’ at book charity launch

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Booker Prize winner Ben Okri and writer and TV presenter Richard Osman were among the guests.

The Independent UK

Viola Davis, Paul Simon among finalists for audiobook awards

Viola Davis, Paul Simon and Molly Shannon are among the nominees for prizes given for the spoken word

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