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The Queen was ‘hurt and exhausted’ by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step down as senior royals, book claims

Royal book claims the Queen didn’t like to think about Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to quit royal family

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Michelle Obama plans 6-city tour for 'The Light We Carry'

Michelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” beginning mid-November in Washington

The Independent UK

Andrew Edmunds knew the secret of a perfect lunch

That a book called The Theory and Practice of Lunch was ever published has always struck me as rather gleefully improbable — but then it was written by Keith Waterhouse, and it was the Eighties. The grandiloquent title is a wry joke: Waterhouse’s “theory” boils down to the idea that…

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5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Shrines Of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson and Undoctored by Adam Kay.

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A Street Shaken by Light by James Buchan review – a ripping yarn

A young hero’s 18th-century escapades evoke Walter Scott, in the first of a projected six-part series

The Guardian - UK

Review: 'The Bullet That Missed,' by Richard Osman

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Review: 'Lucy by the Sea,' by Elizabeth Strout

FICTION: In the third novel narrated by Lucy Barton, COVID hits and Lucy heads for Maine with her ex-husband, William.

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Books for fall 2022: Our 65 titles for the season, histories, thrillers and horror, fiction and non. Get reading.

CHICAGO — You know how we don’t notice the leaves on the trees until September arrives, nature flips its switch and emeralds become purples, reds and golds? That’s not the worst metaphor for the new fall book season — the big season for publishers (eyeing awards and holiday sales), and…

Chicago Tribune

Review: 'Dinners With Ruth,' by Nina Totenberg

NONFICTION: An ode to friendship between an NPR correspondent and a Supreme Court justice.

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Review: 'Painting Beyond Walls,' by David Rhodes

FICTION: A biochemist returns to his Wisconsin hometown in this book set in the near future.

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Mary McNamara: The new J.K. Rowling book is not great, but it has nothing to do with transphobia

There are loads of legitimate reasons a reader might dislike "The Ink Black Heart," the sixth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling has spun out a 1,024-page-long mystery, which is long even by, say, Elizabeth George standards and at least 500 pages longer than…

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Review: 'Less Is Lost,' by Andrew Sean Greer

FICTION: Andrew Sean Greer's accomplished sequel to "Less" maps a cross-country odyssey filled with hijinks.

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Robert Cremins: Over time, McEwan just gets better

The Booker Prize-winning novelist is an explorer at heart.

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Review: 'The Book of Goose,' by Yiyun Li

FICTION: From the author of prizewinning novels and nonfiction, an unsettling portrait of a noxious friendship in postwar France.

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Lorraine Kelly urges Prince Harry to 'bin' tell-all book in order to heal royal 'feud'

Lorraine Kelly has told Prince Harry to 'bin' his tell-all book - thought to be released in November - in a bid to heal the 'rift' between him and Prince William

The Guardian - US

How to beat a book ban: students, parents and librarians fight back

As rightwing campaigns for censorship sweep the US, opponents are finding ways to keep books on the shelves

The National (Scotland)

New book published on Mary, Queen of Scots explores her time in captivity

A NEW book has been published on Mary, Queen of Scots, focusing on the time she spent in captivity in England after being forced

The Independent UK

Trump FBI search puts unusual spotlight on Archives nominee

The nominee to head the National Archives is set to face an abnormally contentious Senate confirmation hearing this week

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Salon

Trump promotes Big Lie "children's book"

Trump adviser Kash Patel wrote about a "terrible scheme to elect Sleepy Joe instead of King Donald on Choosing Day"

The Independent UK

Trump refused to appoint Nikki Haley secretary of state over her skin, book claims

Haley is considered potential 2024 presidential contender

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Book bans reflect outdated beliefs about how children read

Banned Books Week, an annual event that teachers and librarians across the U.S. mark with a combination of distress and defiance, is here again. The theme of this year’s event, which takes place Sept. 18-24, is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann’s parents speak out after defeat in legal fight with detective

Court ruled the couple’s right to a private life had not been breached by ex-Portuguese detective

Salon

Alarm over skyrocketing book bans

27 police reports filed accusing librarians of providing inappropriate or "pornographic" material to children

The Guardian - UK

‘Childhood holidays everyone wishes they had’: the Famous Five return in a musical

Enid Blyton’s adventurers roam the stage in a new show that considers the climate crisis, gender identity and the impact of the pandemic on children

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Young adult books roundup – reviews

Frances Hardinge’s gripping tale of redemption, stories of the Syrian war and a Swiss finishing school for the undead

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