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Memphis police brutality: Tyre Nichols' killing sparks outrage in US

This week, America was rocked by the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old Black man was killed during a traffic stop by an elite police unit made up of five police officers who are also Black. His beating in Memphis, Tennessee was viewed across the country through a series…

France 24 · Feb 2, 2023

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery review – dazzling debut of racial identity

Eight linked short stories, set mostly in Miami, vividly evoke the experiences of a young Black man in search of a sense of belonging

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

All-star judging panel for British Book Awards 2023 announced

Channel 4 News lead anchor, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, will be joined by other famous faces as part of the panel.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

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Melbourne author Jessica Au wins $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature with Cold Enough for Snow

Jessica Au's novel exploring the fraught but loving relationship between mothers and daughters just won the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

Melbourne writer takes out $100,000 literary prize

Melbourne writer Jessica Au has taken out the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

AAP · Feb 2, 2023

Melbourne author Jessica Au wins $125,000 for ‘quietly powerful’ novella

Five of the eight winners at this year’s Victorian premier’s literary awards are debuts, with Au winning two categories for her second book, Cold Enough for Snow

The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2023

My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor review – the priest who defied Nazis

A polyphonic retelling of how an Irish priest set out to rescue resistance fighters, PoWs and Jews from Nazi-occupied Rome

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

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Most Texans want ‘content ratings’ on school library books and diverse classes, poll finds

DALLAS — The majority of Texans want a “content rating” – similar to what’s used for movies – on books sold to public schools to help establish what is appropriate for children, according to a new poll from the University of Houston.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023

Sunak thinks he is following Thatcher’s union-busting playbook. But he has fatally misread it

Unlike her latest tribute act, the iron lady was an astute judge of public opinion, and an avoider of political traps, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

London Book Fair 2023: Dates, speakers and how to get tickets

The Mayor of London, Kate Mosse and a raft of Ukrainian authors are the latest announcements to the bill

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: Barnes & Noble saved itself by putting books first. Imagine that

It wasn't long ago that Barnes & Noble seemed to be on the glide path to extinction.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

Man vows to continue work despite hundreds of 'hate' messages

Christopher Greenough was forced to set up a folder in his email for the deluge of messages he received

Liverpool Echo · Feb 1, 2023

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in January

Critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Sex Education star Gillian Anderson invites women to tell her their fantasies

The 54-year-old actress, who plays a sex therapist in the Netflix series, said she is trying to figure out if women are still the ‘silent sex’.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

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The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Gillian Anderson wants you to write her letters about sex

Actor is inviting women to reveal their sexual fantasies to her for a new book

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

‘The fantasies are vivid, even lush’: the radical sexuality of Nancy Friday’s My Secret Garden

Released 50 years ago, her tome of sexual fantasies didn’t simply give voice to female desire – it also exposed the lies upon which the patriarchy stands

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 1, 2023

Murakami's first novel in 6 years to go on sale

The first novel by author Haruki Murakami in six years will go on sale on April 13, publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co. announced on its website on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Review: 'The End of Drum-Time,' by Hanna Pylväinen

FICTION: A sweeping story of forbidden love and fugitive faith set in the majestic expanse of northern Scandinavia in the 1850s.

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Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Review: 'Forbidden Notebook' by Alba de Céspedes, translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein

FICTION: Alba de Céspedes chronicles a 1950s Italian housewife's entry into disturbing self-awareness by way of a whim to begin keeping a diary.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Review: 'Tomb of Sand,' by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell

FICTION: The winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize takes readers on an exhilarating journey back in time.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Review: 'The Dream Builders,' by Oindrila Mukherjee

FICTION: In this debut novel, as a new city rises in northern India, the fortunes of its inhabitants are irrevocably altered.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

5 times Pamela Anderson's memoir left us wanting more — a lot more

"Love, Pamela," the new book by bombshell-slash-activist Pamela Anderson, covers a lifetime in 230-odd pages. It works out to about a little more than four pages for each year of her life — the chronological equivalent of a rock skipping over the surface of a deep, glacier-fed lake, like those…

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Review: 'The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself,' by David Mura

NONFICTION: The stories white people tell themselves, David Mura notes, prevent them from seeing American reality.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 1, 2023

What is the Great American Novel? Here’s a Chicago writer’s pitch for ‘Gatsby’

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Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

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