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University of Newcastle's new graduates ready to lawyer up

After a long, hard slog, late nights and studying by the book, Newcastle's newest lawyers were admitted in at a ceremonial sitting of the NSW Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Andrew Bell on Friday.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 24, 2023

Ukrainian authors reveal reasons for decision to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week

Ukrainian authors who have chosen to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week have opened up on their reasons, with one saying she could not participate in "any kind of event that gives voice" to doubts about her nation's sovereignty.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Missouri ACLU, librarians sue over law that led to schools banning hundreds of books

Missouri librarians are suing over a new law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, leading to districts removing hundreds of books — including classic novels, human anatomy texts and Holocaust history books, according to a lawsuit filed in Jackson County Court.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

The Loop: Ukraine's first lady tells of 'year of hell', Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty over shooting, Lewis Capaldi has on-stage Tourette’s flare-up — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2023 NPD Group.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Morpeth Book Festival postponed due to planned rail strike

Organisers are aiming to reschedule the second-ever festival to later in the year

Chronicle Live · Feb 23, 2023

Animated short nominees get surreal, gentle, meta and very, very personal

A near-death ballet. The virtues of vulnerability. The surreal, the meta ... and the sublime clumsiness of the young and horny. The 2023 Oscar-nominated shorts have all this and more.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023

Roald Dahl’s mean and nasty books don’t deserve all this attention

Letters: Chris Townsend, Anthony Lawton and others weigh in on the decision to edit the author’s books to make them less offensive to a modern audience

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ children’s book getting a sequel

The new book picks up one year after the original, and like the first, teaches a valuable lesson about the true spirit of the holiday. It’s scheduled for release Sept. 5.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2023

UK fury as Roald Dahl books rewritten, but French publishers say ‘non’ to edits

French publisher Gallimard said it had no intention of making changes to translated versions of children’s books by the late British novelist Roald Dahl, unlike the author’s UK publisher.

France 24 · Feb 23, 2023