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Woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann's medical records 'show injury erased her memory'

Julia Wendell, the woman who claims she is missing person Madeleine McCann, is said to have suffered a fracture aged eight which left her unable to speak or walk for more than a year

Daily Mirror

Scottish mum goes on cruise with kids after 'tatty' Harry Potter book goes for £20k

Scottish mum Holly Hodgart, 34, was speechless when her tatty first-edition copy of the Philosopher's Stone went for thousands of pounds when it went under the hammer.

Edinburgh Live

#ReadWithMC Reviews 'Now You See Us'

Here's what our book club readers thought about Balli Kaur Jaswal's latest novel.

Marie Claire

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Why Prince William and Harry were 'lost souls' before meeting Kate and Meghan

Princes were "lost souls" before meeting their wives says royal expert

Woman & Home

Mum sells battered Harry Potter book that features rare error for £20,000

Holly Hodgart has sold a battered first-edition Harry Potter book featuring a rare error for £20,000, despite its yellowing pages and missing spine

Daily Mirror

Children’s author who sued John Lewis over Christmas ad loses case

Fay Evans alleged similarity between the 2019 Excitable Edgar TV campaign and her self-published book

The Guardian - UK

‘Crying the entire way home’: Book signing event goes viral after author posts room full of empty chairs

Thousands empathised with the bestselling writer and shared similar experiences of disappointment

The Independent UK

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Dad raging at teacher who confiscates daughter's book for 'reading too much'

A father has expressed his anger with the school principle after a teacher confiscated his 11-year-old daughter's book during her lunch break after claiming that she 'reads too much'

Daily Mirror

Anuja Chauhan writes a sequel to the murder-mystery 'Club You To Death'

The Times of India

Glasgow mum sells tatty Harry Potter paperback for £20,000 at auction

Mum-of-two Holly Hodgart is was thrilled to receive the bumper sum for the first-edition copy of the Philosopher's Stone she was given as a child when it went under the hammer.

Glasgow Live

‘It’s so much worse’: Children’s author Judy Blume condemns books censorship in the US

The novelist, whose book ‘Forever’ was recently removed from school districts in Florida, spoke with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg

The Independent UK

OPINION - What the latest laundry wheeze misses about self-help

THERE is no more optimistic bit of a bookshop than the self-help section.

Evening Standard

The Portable Door review – Harry Potter-ish YA fantasy carried by hardworking cast

Jeffrey Walker’s adaptation of the young-adult fantasy novel retains its edge thanks to its performances, but gets stuck on the whole door thing

The Guardian - UK

In Prime Video’s adaptation of ‘The Power,’ teen girls get it and the world is not the same

Writer-producer Raelle Tucker was still reading Naomi Alderman’s 2016 dystopian novel “The Power” when she realized she had to be involved in bringing it to television.

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The Guardian - UK

Kidnapped review – razzle-dazzling Robert Louis Stevenson

There’s an optimal mix of irreverence and affection in this bracing adaptation of the swashbuckling classic

The Conversation

Kanye West and Wyndham Lewis: how 'cancellation' affected two artists, a century apart

It may seem like the modernist painter and writer Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) and Kanye West (the rapper and onetime presidential hopeful now known as Ye) have little in common. But their stories are connected: both are known for making controversial statements about the Nazis.

Wales Online

10 books worth a fortune that could be sitting on your shelf

First editions are among the most sought-after

Daily Record

Scots mum books magical cruise after selling old Harry Potter book for £20K

Holly Hodgart, 34, couldn't believe her luck when the first-edition copy of the Philosopher's Stone went for some a high price when she put it up for auction.

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: It’s back: Farm bill still crammed with subsidies, pork

Decades ago, when the late Harry Reid was relatively new to the upper chamber, a book arrived at our offices courtesy of the Democratic senator. It was “The Farm Fiasco” by libertarian author James Bovard, a piercing work that critically examined the labyrinth of subsidies, handouts, pork and market distortions…

The Guardian - UK

Shy by Max Porter review – exhilarating portrait of a lost boy in 90s Britain

A young delinquent takes stock of his bad luck and bad decisions in this brief but brilliant novel from the author of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers

The Independent UK

A Little Life and misery lit: Have we finally suffered enough?

As Hanya Yanagihara’s novel about a self-harming victim of abuse is adapted for the West End, Eloise Hendy explores how trauma and misery became a literary trend

The Independent UK

‘It seems unlikely there wasn’t gay sex at the front’: The writers restoring queer lives into world war history

First World War poetry has always been defined by gay writers, so why is our idea of war still so heteronormatively masculine? Marcus Field speaks to two writers bringing questions of war, heroism and gender to the fore

The Guardian - UK

Judy Blume: book banning now much worse in US than in 1980s

Children’s and young adult author of 1970 book Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret says growing intolerance must be challenged

Daily Record

Scots police 'had personal vendetta against ex-gangland figure Paul Ferris', claims new book

The book alleges cops were hellbent on bringing Ferris - once an enforcer for Glasgow crime lord Arthur Thompson - to justice.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Professors' power over studies, career kept many students silent

The sexual harassment and indecent behavior by professors and other officials at public universities that was revealed in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as about 80% of all students attend private universities.

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