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Interview | Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’

In this interview with The Hindu, author Smriti Ravindra shares insights from her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’ which evokes themes from a woman’s inner and outer lives with heart-breaking tenderness and ferocious honesty.

The Hindu · May 25, 2023

Tell a story you believe in: Anand Neelakantan on his latest book 'Nala Damyanti', working with SS Rajamouli and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and more

Indian mytho-fiction writer Anand Neelakantan is back with a new novel, ‘Nala Damayanti’, this year. This rom-com is a retelling of the timeless and lesser-known story from the Mahabharata. But did you know that apart from writing books and scripts for the screen, Neelakantan is also a painter and an…

The Times of India · May 25, 2023

Texas slammed over Winnie the Pooh story to teach children about mass shootings on anniversary of Uvalde massacre

The book was written by a former Texas police chief

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

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How to meet Kevin Sinfield and buy a signed copy of his new book The Extra Mile

Fans can meet him in The Long Bar ahead of this Friday's Betfred Super League double header between Leeds Rhinos and St Helens

Leeds Live · May 24, 2023

Time Shelter: International Booker's first Bulgarian winner is a rich experiment in style, structure and ideas

A philosophical exploration of memory and nostalgia, about forgetting and trying to hold on to our past and make sense of our present and future, Georgi Gospodinov’s Time Shelter is a worthy winner of this year’s International Booker prize.

The Conversation · May 24, 2023

Kenneth Anger: Tinseltown’s outrageous magus of occult desire

Anger ignited the gossip industry with the squalid tales in his book Hollywood Babylon, while his daringly erotic films fuelled the counterculture

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023

Sorry folks, D&D is making its new books more expensive

The price of D&D books will be going up by $10 in the not-so-distant future.

GamesRadar · May 24, 2023

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'You Hurt My Feelings' review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a joy in this perfectly sized film

Beth Mitchell (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her husband Don (Tobias Menzies) are one of those middle-aged couples whose lives seem perfect: She's an academic and a writer with a published memoir and a just-finished novel, he's a psychologist with a busy therapy practice, and the two are empty nesters in a…

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Micro review: 'Time Shelter' by Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov is considered as one of the most important writers of contemporary European literature. He won the International Booker Prize 2023 for his book 'Time Shelter', which is translated into English by Angela Rodel.

The Times of India · May 24, 2023

'Carry Strong' Helps Women Navigate Work While Pregnant

In an excerpt from her new book, Stephanie Dishart Kramer explores the intersection of career and motherhood.

Marie Claire · May 24, 2023

Corruption in South Africa: former CEO's explosive book exposes how state power utility was destroyed

One repeated theme of the memoir Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, by Andre de Ruyter, former CEO of South Africa’s troubled power utility, Eskom, is that “negligence and carelessness had become cemented into the organisation”.

The Conversation · May 24, 2023

Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ after Florida school bans Biden inauguration poem

Poet, 25, vows to fight back after single complaint, which wrongly ascribed The Hill We Climb to Oprah Winfrey, prompts removal

The Guardian - US · May 24, 2023

Who is Georgi Gospodinov, the Bulgarian writer who just won the International Booker Prize?

“The country would have a collective orgasm if we win,” said Gospodinov’s translator Angela Rodel before the winner was announced

Evening Standard · May 24, 2023

Brexit was my big inspiration, says Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the International Booker Prize

‘Here in the UK there are many layers of memory’ the Bulgarian writer said

Evening Standard · May 24, 2023

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The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Spanish Asturias prize for literature

Bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023

Long story: book returned to California library nearly a century late

Benson Lossing’s A History of the United States was checked out in 1927 and returned this month

The Times of India · May 24, 2023

Indian sub continent is particularly vulnerable to climate change: Hamish McRae in his new book 'The World in 2050'

Renowned journalist Hamish McRae is considered as one of Europe's foremost voices about global trends in business, economics, and society. And now, in his latest book titled 'The World in 2050' he gives his insights about the next thirty years.

GoodToKnow · May 24, 2023

Prince Harry opens up about how his childhood shaped how he parents Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet

"I, as a father, feel a huge responsibility to ensure that I don't pass on any traumas or negative experiences I've had"

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The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2023

No rhyme or reason: why is poetry missing from the new Caffè Nero book awards?

Despite rising sales in the UK, there is no poetry category in the new writing prize. The reason isn’t a lack of audience but a lack of imagination

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Friends and frenemies pursue life, love and MFAs at a Midwestern university

FICTION: Brandon Taylor follows grad school novel 'Real Life' with another look at the lows of higher learning.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Looking back at the massacre that destroyed Black Tulsa, and forward at efforts to rebuild

NONFICTION: Victor Luckerson explores Oklahoma's violent past through one family's rise from the ashes in 'Built From the Fire.'

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2023

How R. F. Kuang turned every recent book scandal into the satirical thriller 'Yellowface'

R. F. Kuang, 26, is hardly a debut author. She has already published four fantasy novels infused with Chinese history and profound questions about colonial legacies, including the "Poppy War" trilogy and last year's bestseller, "Babel, or the Necessity of Violence."

Chicago Tribune · May 24, 2023

His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history in Chicago

CHICAGO — Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, between covers in a spectacular book dedicated to the…

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Review: Musical stars? Phoning the afterlife? The goofy ideas of Thomas Edison and others

NONFICTION: Author Katie Spalding is a kind of Bill Nye on steroids, making arcane science fascinating and fun.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Review: How a journalist recovered from trauma to raise up voices of the vulnerable

NONFICTION: Rachel Louise Snyder describes troubled youth and finding herself in travel, reporting.

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