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Harry Potter star says she 'wishes people would just listen' to JK Rowling

Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter franchise, has appeared to come to the defence of author JK Rowling

Daily Mirror

The Real Work by Adam Gopnik review – the art of expertise

The New Yorker writer explores what it takes to get good at something, from baking and boxing to mastering his own mind

The Guardian - UK

Mem Fox hits out at Roald Dahl changes as classic children's book Possum Magic turns 40

Possum Magic has turned 40 — but its audience remains as young as ever, and author Mem Fox maintains that, notwithstanding changes to Roald Dahl's work, she would not change a single word.

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Sarah Ferguson says she ‘loved every minute’ of being a royal: ‘I was a princess’

The duchess married into the royal family in 1986 before later divorcing the Duke of York

The Independent UK

What is critical race theory

The rebranding of critical race theory has led to the removal of books about conventional civil rights figures.

Axios

'A joyful experience': Canberra pair's beautiful antidote to hectic modern childhoods

It's the latest book from Samantha Tidy, also the author of now-classic Our Bush Capital.

The Canberra Times

The Guardian view on children’s reading: a gift that should be for all

Editorial: With stressed families less likely to have time and money to spare for books, young readers are losing out. It’s time to boost school libraries

The Guardian - UK

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Charles evicted Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage after he ‘crossed a line’ with Camilla attacks

The King apparently felt some of Harry's comments towards Camilla in his book were 'the ultimate act of disrespect'

Wales Online

'Daisy Jones & The Six' review: Riley Keough fronts a rock soap opera

Adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ("The Disaster Artist") from the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, "Daisy Jones & The Six" is a soap opera wrapped inside a period backstage musical. Set largely in the 1970s, the novel is rendered as an oral history, the story of the…

Los Angeles Times

The Detail's Long Read: Roald Dahl and the Big Fat Fuss

Roald Dahl and the Big Fat Fuss by Madison Hamill: Is changing offensive language in classic texts ever justified?

Newsroom.co.nz

National Theatre’s Phaedra review: suicide tragedy leaves a bad taste

Suicide is an act so shocking and violent that it undoes not only sensation, memory and feeling, but meaning. Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong describes how it unpicks even the connective tissue of language.

The Conversation

The Gender Health Gap: the scandal of sexism in medicine

Dr Marieke Bigg’s new book on the gender health gap is inspired by her own experiences of medical inequality, she explains to Claire Cohen

Evening Standard

Micro review: 'In Your Blood I Run' by Sonia Bhatnagar

After spending close to two decades in advertising as a copywriter and a creative director, Sonia Bhatnagar turned an author with her debut book 'In Your Blood I Run'. Released in January 2023, 'In Your Blood I Run' is a thrilling murder mystery set in colonial India.

The Times of India

Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo review – how she became a Booker winner

The writer’s no-nonsense delivery adds extra bite to her guide to turning a creative passion into a profession

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The Independent UK

Child dresses as Prince Harry for World Book Day following release of memoir Spare

‘He loved the beard so much, he didn’t want to take it off at bathtime,’ mother said

France 24

How the US missed a chance to improve Soviet ties after death of Stalin

Sunday March 5 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin. The sudden demise of the Soviet dictator marked the end of an era, but it wasn't the major turning point it could have been in US-Soviet relations. In his book "The Last Days of Stalin", activist and…

Axios

Scoop: Biden tried to hire Jon Meacham, his volunteer muse

A government gig doesn't appear to be in the cards — but the overture reflects their warm relationship.

Liverpool Echo

Roxane Gay talks Molly-Mae Hague, Megxit and more ahead of her Liverpool Philharmonic Hall show

The show will explore topics ranging from politics and patriarchy to Beyoncé and reality television

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The Guardian - UK

Benjamin Myers: ‘My comfort read? Viz’

The writer and journalist on Jon Savage’s punk bible, coming back to DH Lawrence and finding comfort in Wodehouse’s Eggs, Beans and Crumpets

The Guardian - UK

Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69

Crime writers have paid tribute to the London-born author behind the long-running detective series, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2020

The Times of India

Ashwin Sanghi to write a new crime thriller series

Daily Record

King Charles evicted Harry and Meghan after Camilla attacks in book 'crossed a line'

It is said that King Charles began the eviction process to remove Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage the day after the memoir was published.

Tribune News Service

Cynthia M. Allen: Leave Roald Dahl alone! Classics for kids don’t need to match our delicate sensibilities

There has been a debate raging within my household for months over when my oldest children (ages 6 and 7) will be permitted to watch “The Witches,” the 2020 film based on Roald Dahl’s fantasy children’s novel of the same title.

Daily Record

Bumper weekend of children's storytelling and workshops coming to Dumfries

Some of the nation's favourite authors will be heading to the town at the end of March for Big DoG and Hooked

The Guardian - UK

The Time Machine: A Comedy review – malfunctioning merriment

This riff on HG Wells’s sci-fi novella has a sharp cast but relies on a wearisome play-within-a-play concept and lacks momentum

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