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Kenzaburo Oe: novelist who won Nobel with 'poetic force'

TOKYO - Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, a leading liberal voice who defended the disenfranchised and challenged the conformity of modern society, has died aged 88.

Bangkok Post · Mar 13, 2023

Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies

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The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Dr No by Percival Everett review – something out of nothing

Narrated by a mathematician, the American author’s antic shaggy dog story may disappoint fans of last year’s The Trees, but he knows exactly what he is doing

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

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The calm before the storm - A behind the scenes look at Paddy Power as Cheltenham looms

Irish Mirror · Mar 13, 2023

China’s ‘rotten girls’ are escaping into erotic fiction about gay men

Danmei is by some measures the most popular genre of fiction for women in China, and its popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Communist party

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2023

Has Manchester changed too much? 'I feel guilty that I was part of it'

"In 1980 Manchester was summed up in people's minds as Kevin Cummins' picture of Joy Division in Hulme - looking miserable, bleak, around half collapsed buildings."

Manchester Evening News · Mar 12, 2023

In brief: Don’t Think, Dear; My Nemesis; Handmade – reviews

A thoughtful memoir casts a critical eye on ballet, a gripping novel digs deep into feminine rivalry and a bracing manifesto extols the virtue of woodcraft

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

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Surviving copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio to go on show

Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed review – a slick and starry collection of short stories

Tackling gendered insults head on, A-list authors deliver a smart anthology of fun and fearless tales to celebrate Virago’s 50th birthday

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Don't blame sensitivity readers

From Roald Dahl to Ian Fleming, books are being changed — but the ones being blamed for it have the least power

Salon · Mar 12, 2023

Pioneering surgeon who saved thousands was 'lucky to be in Liverpool'

Averil Mansfield was the first woman to become a vascular surgeon in the UK

Liverpool Echo · Mar 12, 2023

The Collaborators by Ian Buruma review – intriguing study of the frenemy within

The writer digs deep into the often deceptive history of three people who conspired with their oppressors in this fascinating if disjointed examination of moral ambiguity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

In Memoriam by Alice Winn review – a vivid rendering of love and frontline brutality in the first world war

Conflict is seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair in Winn’s devastating debut novel

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Vermeer’s luminous interiors gave us a new way into the inner worlds of others

His celebration of the mundane reflected the beginnings of a modern sensibility

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

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The National (Scotland) · Mar 12, 2023

A magical tale that will live long in the memory

The Binding by Bridget Collins

The National (Scotland) · Mar 12, 2023

An exploration of sibling love, rivalry and self-destruction

Two Sisters by Blake Morrison Published by The Borough Press

The Times of India · Mar 12, 2023

Women AutHer Awards 2023 Longlist announced

The AutHer Awards 2023 Longlists for best women authors in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children’s Literature, and Debut were announced today by a panel of eminent judges. The Times of India received a whopping 2000 plus entries submitted by both publishers and individual authors for the coveted national award, the first of…

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2023

Adelaide Writers’ Week: rare moments of empathy and nuance found amid a storm of controversy

After a contentious lead-up, this year’s literary festival was packed with audiences ready to speak their minds, but also willing to listen

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023

Margaret Atwood: ‘It would be fun to talk to Simone de Beauvoir’

The author on being banned in Virginia, communicating with dead writers and her new short story collection, the first since the death of her partner

Daily Record · Mar 11, 2023

Bombshell secret letter from King Edward VIII to Hitler thanked him for 'great hospitality'

After years spent researching the royal archives for a new book on the Duke of Windsor, exposing the depths of his love of fascism, historian Alexander Larman found a draft of the letter.

Zenger · Mar 11, 2023

Book Review: A Brick By Brick View Of Africa

Unique Book Series Was Six Years In The Making

Bangkok Post · Mar 11, 2023

Hamburg gunman: disturbed entrepreneur who penned apocalyptic book

HAMBURG: Details are emerging about the gunman who shot dead six Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, painting a picture of a disturbed businessman who battled paranoia and penned an apocalypse-themed book.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023

‘Torture porn or serious literature?’: the love-hate phenomenon of cult novel A Little Life

One million copies sold, sobbing superfans on TikTok and a new stage adaptation starring James Norton – yet Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 book continues to divides readers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023

Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin review – from Vietnam to London

This powerful debut, longlisted for the Women’s prize, is a heartfelt portrayal of the Vietnamese refugee experience and the tolls of assimilation

Edinburgh Live · Mar 11, 2023

Lost Edinburgh store John Menzies that was magnet for folk 'on the chore'

Menzies has evolved to stay afloat for 188 years, starting as a small Edinburgh stationer before taking to the skies and leading the world of aviation logistics.

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