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Jamie Oliver simplifies dinner

We talked to Jamie Oliver about "One: Simple One-Pan Wonders" and real-world cooking

Salon · Jan 18, 2023

Jared Kushner warned Trump against going down rabbit hole of bogus election claims, book reveals

In the days following the election, Jared Kushner reportedly ‘worried that it could all end badly’

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Booker Prize announces reader competition to name trophy

Prestigious literary competition wants readers to name the female-figured statuette

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

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Jonathan Raban obituary

Writer of travel books, novels and essays, whose Soft City was an early example of psychogeography

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

'India's Most Fearless 3' launched by the three service chiefs

A new book titled 'India’s Most Fearless 3: New Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice' was launched by the three service chiefs- Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Admiral R Hari Kumar, and General Manoj Pande- at an event in New Delhi on January 17, 2023.

The Times of India · Jan 18, 2023

Jonathan Raban: his travel writing could pierce your heart

Author Philip Marsden on how Raban, who has died aged 80, brought us his darkly comic and sardonic view of the worldJonathan Raban, travel writer and novelist, dies aged 80

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Camilla's 'barrier rituals' hint at unease on first outing since Harry's book - expert

Queen Consort Camilla carried out her first public engagement since the release of Prince Harry's controversial memoir Spare today - and according to a body language expert she at times looked uneasy and awkward

Irish Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

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Hong Kong police arrest six for selling ‘seditious’ book at lunar new year fair

Six people are accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terror

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Ken Follett's 'The Armor of Light' to come out Sept. 26

Ken Follett is ready to wrap up his epic fictional chronicle of Western civilization

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Regina Twala was a towering intellectual and activist in Eswatini - but she was erased from history

Born in South Africa and exiled to neighbouring Eswatini, Regina Twala was one of southern Africa’s most important intellectuals: a pioneering writer, academic, political activist and feminist. Why, then, has she been all but forgotten? That’s the question a new book sets out to answer. In the process Written Out:…

The Conversation · Jan 18, 2023

Like Harry, they wrote brutally honest memoirs about their families. What happened next?

Clémence Michallon speaks to authors who published books detailing their difficult relationships with friends and relatives

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Dance in the dark! Hang upside down! 50 ways to escape a January fun rut

Struggling to shake off the post-Christmas blues? Fear not: Guardian readers, writers and celebrities including Bear Grylls, Marie Kondo and Anneka Rice are here to help

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Prince Harry is "seeking compassion from his father" amid Royal turmoil, according to expert

Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, has detailed the break down in relationships between the Duke and his family, and the communication between both parties only getting worse.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 18, 2023

A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters

Disability representation is slowly increasing in books geared toward children and teens.

The Conversation · Jan 18, 2023

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Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2023

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey review: funny and relatable but over-hyped

The debut novel by Schitt’s Creek screenwriter Monica Heisey is one of the most highly-anticipated of the year — but her millennial tale of singledom and friendship falters, says Alex Peake-Tomkinson

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Top 10 books about family secrets

Lies told and truths hidden give compelling life to fiction and memoir by authors from Maggie O’Farrell to Ocean Vuong and Claire Keegan

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis and Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Marie-Joséphine Whitaker obituary

Other lives: A leading authority on the French writer Paul Claudel

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The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 18, 2023

New Year poetry reading held at Imperial Palace

The annual utakai hajime ceremony, a New Year poetry reading at the Imperial Palace, was held in the Matsu-no-Ma room of the palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Review: 'Rough Sleepers,' by Tracy Kidder

NONFICTION: An inspiring doctor caters to, and befriends, the unhoused people of Boston.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Books: 4 stunning fiction debuts by Bay Area authors of color

While many of us will remember the last year as a time when superstar authors published highly anticipated follow-ups — think Michelle Obama, Jennifer Egan and Hanya Yanagihara — it was also a banner year for emerging voices.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Review: 'Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,' by Matthew Perry

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Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Review: 'The Ghost at the Feast,' by Robert Kagan

NONFICTION: A vibrant journalistic history assesses the critical value of foreign policy in an age of U.S. isolationism.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Review: 'Ghost Season,' by Fatin Abbas

FICTION: Five characters' lives intersect under a cloud of peril in a Sudanese border town

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

Pulitzer-winning author does something he never expected as an encore

One of the best things about writing “Less,” says author Andrew Sean Greer, was that he felt completely ready to move on afterward.

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