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Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel Victory City after 2022 attack

Author is still recovering after being stabbed on stage in New York last year

The Independent UK

I grew up evangelical. Terrifying rapture films scarred me for ever

Tales of wars, plagues and starvation left my friends and me fearing we’d be ‘left behind’. They haunt me to this day

The Guardian - US

Percival Everett, Ling Ma among nominees for critics prizes

Fiction by Percival Everett and Ling Ma, nonfiction by Annie Proulx and biographies of George Balanchine and J

The Independent UK

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Litty Committee: Pour Yrself An Iced Tea And Lap Up The Best New Books Out This Feb

Read it and weep (for yr bank account).

Pedestrian.tv

The climate nightmare of "The Deluge"

Stephen Markley explains how he wrote a dystopia that feels a little too real

Salon

Charlotte Crosby reveals 'never seen before' cover of brand new book - Me, Myself and Mini Me

It's the third biography from the former Geordie Shore star, detailing her romance with partner Jake Ankers and 'the emotional and physical rollercoasters of pregnancy'.

Chronicle Live

A Tree Grows in Texas

Dagoberto Gilb, creator of the premier Chicanx literary publication (named for a South Texas plant), had to leave the state to find a home.

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NoViolet Bulawayo and Margo Jefferson join ‘exciting’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist

The newly formatted prize will, for the first time, name winners in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and the shortlist includes writers from across the world

The Guardian - UK

North Dakota Republicans want to ban library books showing same sex relationships

If passed, librarians found violating the law could be imprisoned for 30 days and fined

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie will not promote new novel after attack

Author will not appear at launch events for Victory City, his first book since he lost the use of one eye and one hand after being stabbed, his agent has confirmed

The Guardian - UK

The case of the orange Penguins

Grant McDougall is on a literary mission

Newsroom.co.nz

My annual New Year's quest to be 'a better person'

Self-help books have insights, but there's a lot of padding. Like life, these books are what you make them (you can have that one for free), says Jo Cribb.

Newsroom.co.nz

Trump sues Bob Woodward for $50 million

Lawsuit accuses journalist of "systematic usurpation, manipulation and exploitation of audio of President Trump."

Salon

Ukraine war ‘opening eyes’ to need to reform England’s libel laws, says lawyer

Geoffrey Robertson says wealthy Russians using legal system to intimidate British journalists and publishers

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Leonardo DiCaprio will play cult leader Jim Jones in film based on Texas author’s book

DALLAS — It’s something many authors dream about: writing a bestselling book and selling it to the movies. For Fort Worth-based Jeff Guinn, it just came true. His 2017 book, "The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple," is heading to Hollywood, and Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio wants to…

The Independent UK

University ridiculed after telling students Jane Austen is offensive

Students have been alerted to certain themes in ‘Northanger Abbey’

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward over The Trump Tapes for $50m

Washington Post reporter and publisher Simon & Schuster say lawsuit ‘without merit … we will aggressively defend against it’

The Independent UK

Former Shanghai bookseller's wife hit with 'exit ban'

Chinese police have prevented a woman from returning to her home in Florida in an effort to compel her husband to return to China, she wrote in a letter he made public

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The Independent UK

Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward and book publisher over interview tapes

‘The Trump Tapes’ features hours of the ‘raw’ audio from interviews with Donald Trump

Axios

Trump lawsuit: Former president sues Bob Woodward over interview recordings for book “Rage”

The journalist participated in more than a dozen interviews with Trump from 2019 through 2020.

Tribune News Service

Trump sues journalist Bob Woodward over interview recordings

Donald Trump is suing author Bob Woodward over eight hours of interviews taped between 2019 and 2020.

The Independent UK

Trump lawsuit claims Woodward audiobook violates copyright

Former President Donald Trump is suing journalist Bob Woodward, claiming the reporter didn't have permission to release interview recordings of Trump to the public

Daily Mirror

Prince Louis' £8,000 Disney-themed gift from uncle Prince Harry in honour of Diana

Prince Harry bought a first edition of A.A Milne's Winnie the Pooh book for his nephew, Prince Louis - an idea which was inspired by his memories of his late mother

Chicago Sun-Times

Open Books expands into Logan Square, selling used books to give back

The Logan Square storefront, which opened Jan. 18, makes Open Books the largest used bookstore chain in Chicago. The literacy nonprofit dedicates funds to provide free books and after-school programming for local students.

The Guardian - UK

Met police urged to prosecute Iranian accused of backing Rushdie fatwa

Officers are reviewing a dossier accusing Sayed Ataollah Mohajerani, who lives in London, of encouraging terrorism

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