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Review: Never a dull moment (but many Dahl moments) in the charming ‘Matilda the Musical’

“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” — an unwieldy title but a better one, surely, than “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: The Movie” — is an enjoyably bright and chipper adaptation of a moving, melancholy story I’ve loved since childhood. I wasn’t alone; I imagine “Matilda” was catnip for a lot…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 9, 2022

Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle is stepping down

The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, is stepping down

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Bad Sex Award cancelled, but John Le Carré’s still a winner

Judges say a tell-all memoir about the spy writer would have won this year

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022

RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award

RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

‘You don’t have to be Bono or Bruce’: the business behind the current glut of music books

In 2022, you can’t budge for new music memoirs and scene histories. But who’s reading them, where’s the quality control – and the diversity?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin review – addictive short stories

The Argentinian author explores domestic suspense and psychological imbalance in a disturbing and compelling collection

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Study on how the Highlands benefitted from slavery is named Scottish Book of the Year

DAVID Alston’s Slaves And Highlanders: Silenced Histories Of Scotland And The Caribbean was named as Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year at…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 9, 2022

For Sandra Cisneros, writing a poem is like driving in the dark

The Chicago-born author, who won acclaim for her 1984 novel “The House On Mango Street,” recently had her first collection of poems in 28 years published — “Woman Without Shame.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2022

Popular Paisley taxi driver releases book about his life growing up in Ferguslie Park

Pat Kidd has put pen to paper which tells stories of everything from hardships to the love he has for his mum.

Daily Record · Dec 8, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Which last longer, ebooks or physical books? The answer may surprise you

The internet engineer and entrepreneur Brewster Kahle took a shot at the book publishing industry a few weeks ago by pointing out something well-known to technologists but unappreciated by the general public: that ebooks and other digital artifacts have shorter lifespans than the physical items.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 8, 2022