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Dilbert creator Scott Adams says publisher ‘canceled’ upcoming book after racism scandal

Comic creator called Black people ‘hate group’

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Corporal punishment is legal in some Maryland schools. An author and her state delegate spouse want to change that

BALTIMORE — Catonsville author Tara Ebersole’s first foray into fiction writing drew her deep into researching corporal punishment in education. She was stunned to discover the practice is still legal in some settings in Maryland.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023

Dad who spent 42 years searching for missing daughter died five days before body found

Father Oscar Jackson died just five days before the body of his missing daughter Pamella Jackson, 17, was found. For the last 40 years Oscar searched almost every day searching in riverbeds and creeks.

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023

James Bond novels to be reissued with racial references removed

The changes to the spy novels include the removal of the N-word and omitting references to the ethnicity of minor characters

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle forced to 'sack' nanny after 'incident during the night'

It has been revealed that Prince Harry and Meghan sacked their nanny just days after the contract started. Although the couple initially didn't want staff, their opinions changed once Meghan's mother moved out.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 27, 2023

Malorie Blackman and John Agard to headline Stormzy’s #Merky Books literature festival

The rapper launched his publishing imprint in 2018 in partnership with Penguin Random House

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Stormzy’s #Merky Books launches literature festival to ‘inspire young creatives’

The grime star said he was ‘proud’ to offer the two-day event headlined by Wretch 32, John Agard and Malorie Blackman

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

‘Sweet tang of rape’: Offensive language that has – and hasn’t – been cut from Ian Fleming’s James Bond books

An overview of what’s made the cut in the sensitivity reader-approved editions

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Editorial: The absurd and asinine cleansing of Roald Dahl’s work

Like the rest of the sane universe, we couldn’t believe the gall of Puffin U.K. when word came out that the publishing house and the Roald Dahl Story Co., the entity that manages his work, had conspired to make hundreds of changes to the writers’ iconic books.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023

'I had 24-hours to save bookshop after soaring bills left me £800 short - then a tweet changed everything'

Sapphire Bates's dream came true when she opened her very own independent bookshop in Ramsgate last summer, but her sky-rocketing gas and electricity bills have left her unable to pay the bills this month

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023