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Anne Perry obituary

Bestselling historical crime novelist whose troubled adolescence, and part in a notorious murder, was the subject of a film by Peter Jackson

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

UFOs shot at over UK by US Air Force during 'British Roswell incident', says ex-cop

The now notorious incident in Rendelsham Forest, Suffolk, dubbed the British Roswell, saw US soldiers shooting down a UFO buzzing over RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2023

Vera author Ann Cleeves opens new community library in Meadow Well that's the 'first step in bringing people back to reading'

Ann Cleeves spoke of the importance of reading at the opening of a new library in North Shields

Chronicle Live · Apr 18, 2023

French publisher held in London ‘on suspicion of terror offences’, employer says

Ernest Moret, who works at Editions La Fabrique, was allegedly detained by officers after arriving at St Pancras railway station from Paris.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Met police criticised for using anti-terror laws to arrest French publisher on way to London Book Fair

Protests held after Ernest Moret apparently told alleged involvement in demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s pension age reform was behind detention at St Pancras

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023

Hanif Kureishi to publish memoir about accident that left him paralysed

Shattered, out in 2024, will expand on the material the Buddha of Suburbia author has been sharing on social media from his hospital bed since a fall in Rome last year

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Judy Blume: the US tween writer finally hitting the big screen

More than half a century after being written, Judy Blume’s Are you there God? It’s me Margaret is finally hitting the big screen.

The Week · Apr 18, 2023

International Booker prize reveals ‘very cool and very sexy’ shortlist

Two of the six books are translated from languages that have never featured before in the prize

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Princess Kate Wasn't Allowed to Visit the Dying Queen So That Meghan Couldn't Go Either, Royal Biographer Claims

Allegedly, Kate resents Meghan over it.

Marie Claire · Apr 18, 2023

Will Bunch: The day the book banners lost in Pennsylvania's culture wars

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — If you ban it, they will come.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 18, 2023