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Jesmyn Ward novel 'Let Us Descend' to be published Oct. 3

The next novel by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward is the story of an enslaved teenage girl that the publisher is calling a blend of magical realism, historical narrative and Dante’s “Inferno.”

The Independent UK

'It stays with you for life': Denton Burn woman reflects on visit to Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day

Leanne Miah, 29, went on the trip with her youth group and she helped create a book chronicling the young people's experiences

Chronicle Live

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Rhinos race on roller skates; a footballer finds his feet; magic goes wrong; and an influencer embraces life offline

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Writers to be paid for audio, e-book loans

Australian writers will be paid when their digital publications are held in libraries, a $12.9 million measure that forms part of the national cultural policy.

AAP

Donald Trelford, former editor of The Observer, dies aged 85

The veteran journalist helmed the paper from 1975 to 1993.

The Independent UK

Movie review: ‘Turn Every Page’ a fascinating safari with literary lions

What happens when two geniuses in their respective fields engage in a sometimes contentious, life-long collaboration? The answer to that question can be found in Lizzie Gottlieb’s “Turn Every Page — The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb” (Yes, Gottlieb is the director’s father). The film is a book…

Boston Herald

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is now an opera – the case for adaptating the book that the Auschwitz Museum said 'should be avoided'

Irish novelist John Boyne published his novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2006. The protagonist, eight-year-old German boy Bruno, has no idea that his father is the kommandant of a concentration camp during the second world war. Bruno and his family are sent to live with their father…

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Mrs Hinch responds to fans as she issues an 'honest' family update

There has been some speculation the internet star is pregnant

Nottingham Post

Boris Johnson earns £1million in six weeks... as taxpayers foot huge bill for Partygate legal fees

Publishers HarperCollins announced earlier this month they had acquired the rights to the book

The Independent UK

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber review – utopia by the sea

The late anthropologist on how an 18th-century Madagascan microstate provides a model for egalitarian living

The Guardian - UK

Global reading platform is making family connections

"For a virtual babysitting service in another hemisphere, it ticks a few boxes."

Newcastle Herald

Don’t be afraid of the horror-movie cliches in ‘Fear’

Joseph Sikora from ‘Power’ stars in a wonderfully nasty film that revels in its lack of originality.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boris Johnson gets £510,000 advance as taxpayers face rising legal bill for ex-PM

HarperCollins earlier this month said they had acquired the rights to what was described as a prime ministerial memoir ‘like no other’

Evening Standard

Johnson gets £510,000 advance as taxpayers face rising legal bill for ex-PM - OLD

HarperCollins earlier this month said they had acquired the rights to what was described as a prime ministerial memoir ‘like no other’.

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Boris Johnson reveals just how big his advance was for upcoming book

Publishers HarperCollins announced earlier this month they had acquired the rights to the book

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 21, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2023 NPD Group.

The Independent UK

HarperCollins, striking workers agree to federal mediation

HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing some 250 striking employees have agreed to enter into federal mediation, the first sign of a possible settlement since the work stoppage began in early November

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson rakes in half a million pounds for book on his disastrous time as PM

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has earned £510,000 as an advance for an upcoming book on his time in power after signing a deal with publisher Harper Collins

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Heidi Stevens: Envy, love, loneliness. ‘B.F.F.’ looks at the unexplored parts of friendship.

Christie Tate opens her new memoir, “B.F.F.,” at a memorial service.

Salon

1619 on TV: "Justice requires repair"

The Pulitzer Prize winner talks about the ways the TV adaptation of this impactful work democratizes access

France 24

A free spirit and a fearless artist: Colette at 150

A century and a half after her birth, Colette remains an icon: a bestselling author, a music hall star, a mime artist and, eventually, an elder stateswoman of French literature. We discuss her extraordinary trajectory with author Emmanuelle Lambert, whose book "Sidonie Gabrielle Colette" takes us through the many faces…

Liverpool Echo

Mrs Hinch 'unrecognisable' as she issues 'honest' family update

The mum-of-two has sent an emotional statement to clear up speculation

Newsroom.co.nz

This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias.

The Conversation

Prince Harry: early leaks came from a Spanish translation, causing confusion about what was really said

Eight days before Prince Harry’s memoir Spare hit shelves elsewhere, copies went on sale prematurely in Spain.

The Conversation

Prince Harry's kill count revelation could spark important discussions about war's effects on soldiers

When Prince Harry revealed in his new book, “Spare,” that he killed 25 Taliban fighters as an Apache helicopter pilot, he compared their deaths to “chess pieces removed from the board.” His comments have drawn ire from critics, such as Anas Haqqani, a member of the Haqqani Network, which is…

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