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Other lives: Expert in medieval history who taught for long spells at Oxford and then Cornell University in the US

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

'Emily' review: The power and fire of the gifted, strange Brontë sister

Late in her own relatively short life, the writer Charlotte Brontë published a brief "biographical notice" about her two sisters, Emily and Anne, both fellow writers who died tragically young. Of Emily, who died in 1848 at the age of 30 after publishing her sole novel "Wuthering Heights," Charlotte wrote,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

Arts and letters academy votes in Everett, Coppola, others

The honors keep coming in for fiction writer-poet Percival Everett

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

JK Rowling's ex-husband 'hid Harry Potter manuscript to stop her leaving'

After discovering where the manuscript was, the author secretly started photocopying a few pages each day to ensure her work would not be lost to her legions of future readers.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 21, 2023

JK Rowling's ex-husband 'held first Harry Potter manuscript hostage' to try stop her leaving him

The author said Portuguese TV reporter Jorge Arantes hid the original pages of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone forcing her to photocopy them in secret.

Daily Record · Feb 21, 2023

Worst movie made from a good book? Or what’s the best movie adapted from a lousy novel?

Adapting a book to the screen, successfully: If a reliable formula for that creative challenge existed, we wouldn’t have “The Bonfire of the Vanities” or “The Lovely Bones” or “The Great Gatsby” (any of ‘em) to kick around anymore.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 21, 2023

Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker - state TV

An Iranian foundation has praised a man accused of severely injuring novelist Salman Rushdie in an attack last year and promised him 1,000 sq metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday on its Telegram channel.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2023

You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd review – the mourning after

In this moving and funny meditation on loss, the host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast argues that shared stories are an effective response to death

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

Tuesday briefing: Why edits to Roald Dahl’s classics matter – and the real reason they were made

In today’s newsletter: Whether you agree with changes to outdated language or not, there’s a bigger story unfolding about the publishing industry

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

Roald Dahl’s books rewritten to make them 'less offensive'

LONDON: New editions of the works of Roald Dahl - the bestselling British novelist whose children’s classics include “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda” and “James and the Giant Peach” - have been rewritten to make them less offensive and more inclusive, according to a representative from the author’s estate.

Bangkok Post · Feb 21, 2023