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Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states

When it comes to civil rights history, the focus is often on the marches, boycotts, sit-ins and other protests that took place in the South. In “Washington State Rising,” Marc Arsell Robinson, assistant professor of African American history at California State University, San Bernardino, takes a look at the civil…

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Our weekend arts and culture picks, from Paramore to Derren Brown

The Independent’s team of critics and editors pick the best of the weekend’s cultural possibilities

The Independent UK

How can a French protester be arrested under British terrorism laws in London? The alarming 'schedule 7' power explained

The arrest and charging of a French publisher as he arrived in London has raised serious questions about the use and abuse of power in the UK.

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Dalkey Book Festival returns this summer with world-famous celebs

The Edge will be chatting with Brian Cox about particle physics, dark matter, and guitar riffs

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Disney+ releases series on Victorian cult, based on In the Clearing

Melbourne-based author JP Pomare's cult thriller, In the Clearing, inspired by a real-life cult, is Disney+'s first original Aussie series

The New Daily

Climate diplomacy is hopeless, says author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Andreas Malm says he has no hope in ‘dominant classes’, and urges more radical approach to climate activism

The Guardian - UK

One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe audiobook review – friendship in little England

Stibbe evokes the interior thoughts of female friends in a portrait of a small town enlivened by Joanna Scanlan’s narration

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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan; The Short End of the Sonnenallee by Thomas Brussig; Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia; Ada’s Realm by Sharon Dodua Otoo

The Guardian - UK

Follow the money: the story of slavery and Shakespeare’s First Folio

As we reckon with the UK’s colonial past, we need to examine the history behind valuable books – even our beloved Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK

In an Overpayment Scam, Your Bank Could Be a Thief’s Best Friend

One man learned the hard way that an overpayment scam can happen to anyone, but the even harder lesson might be that his bank did nothing to protect him.

Kiplinger

Prince William's 'short temper' makes him 'difficult to work with'

Prince William is apparently 'impatient' which can make things tricky says royal author

Woman & Home

Heidi Stevens: What a girl and a guinea pig in Ukraine can teach us about human connection

This is the story of a guinea pig as the great connector.

Tribune News Service

William Dalrymple's 'The Anarchy' to be adapted into a series

Award-winning historian William Dalrymple's 2019 book 'The Anarchy' will be adapted into a series soon. This will be 'an international co-production between Wiip and Roy Kapur Films to be produced across the U.S., U.K. and India,' reported Variety.

The Times of India

King Charles breakfast habit debunked by former royal butler: ‘It doesn’t make sense’

Grant Harrold worked for the royal family from 2004 to 2011

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Close to Home by Michael Magee review – Belfast struggles

This taut debut about a working-class young man wrestling with masculinity and lack of opportunity feels like a genuinely necessary book

The Independent UK

The struggle to read: One third grader's winding journey

Thomas is in third grade, but he reads as if he’s a few years younger

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1923's Brandon Sklenar signs on to It Ends With Us

1923 star Brandon Sklenar has signed on to star in the upcoming adaptation of It Ends with Us, based on Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel.

The Independent UK

Book bans in US schools increased by 28 per cent in the first half of the school year, says new report

“Book bans impede the freedom to read, limiting students’ access to a diversity of views and stories,” says PEN America

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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Reviews Are Here, See What Critics Are Saying About The Judy Blume Book Adaptation

Reviews are in for the adaptation of Judy Blume's classic Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, so what do the critics think?

The Independent UK

Hilary Mantel was ‘a treasure of this nation’, celebration of author’s life told

The British writer was best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy about the life of Thomas Cromwell, which won two Booker prizes.

The Guardian - UK

Hilary Mantel was working on ‘mashup’ of Jane Austen novels before her death

Wolf Hall trilogy author remembered at memorial service at Southwark cathedral on Thursday

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana.

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Sarah Ferguson reveals why she was not invited to King’s coronation: ‘You’re either in or out’

‘I think that Charles and Camilla are doing an exceptional job at unifying the family,’ Ferguson said

The Conversation

Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates

It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.

Salon

How to throw a great party — tonight

Let cookbook author Natasha Feldman get you out of your social slump and throw a great dinner party

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