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Jared Kushner suggested Kanye West-led ‘healing church service’ at White House after George Floyd killing

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reportedly nixed the idea

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Demand soaring for kids’ books addressing gun violence, trauma, grief

Through children’s literature and theater, Ian Ellis James, an Emmy award-winning Sesame Street writer known by his stage name William Electric Black, works to reduce urban gun violence.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 11, 2022

20 years ago, Mike Flanagan first wrote 'Midnight Club' — and learned a crucial lesson

Though it may not look it, 'The Midnight Club' is older than the "Flanagan-verse."

Inverse · Oct 11, 2022

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The photo of a real life Garda hero at work that inspired a crime reporter to write a gritty novel set in Dublin

'The photograph was the starting point for the entire story, I always knew I would use it as the basis for a novel,' Michael O’Toole said in an interview to mark the publication of his first novel.

Irish Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

Charlie Bird to attend Dublin booking signing this weekend as he launches memoir

The veteran broadcaster will host book signings in several Eason stores in the coming days

Dublin Live · Oct 11, 2022

Girl, 8, couldn't find any books with characters like her so she wrote some herself

Tiana Akoh-Arrey struggled to find any books with people who look like her has now written three of her own - and has won praise from fans across the world

Daily Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

Demand soars for kids' books addressing violence, trauma

As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school shootings

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

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Is Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive based on a true story?

The number one film on the streamer follows Mila Kunis as a writer who experienced a school shooting as a teenager

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Female history and biography writing dominates Baillie Gifford shortlist

A study of the violence of Britain’s empire, Oliver Cromwell’s commonwealth and the present day refugee crisis are among five books by women vying for this year’s £50,000 first prize

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

Anthony Bourdain biography is a profile of a man spiraling

Biographers try as best they can to walk in the shoes of their subjects

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

‘Were you putting profit before principle?’: Maggie Haberman accused of withholding information on Trump for her book

‘People are willing to say things for history in books that they sometimes are not and to reveal information that they are not for the daily report,’ journalist says

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Luckiest Girl Alive: Is the Netflix movie based on a true story?

The number one film on the streamer follows Mila Kunis as a writer who experienced a school shooting as a teenager

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Tiana, 8, hopes book about her afro hair will inspire others to love themselves

Tiana Akoh-Arrey wrote her first book at the age of seven, called My Afro: Twin Best Friends.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022

In brief: Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North; The Book of Phobias and Manias; The Fell – review

A moving end to a dramatic trilogy; the weird and wonderful world of fear; and a suspenseful pandemic novel

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

Frances O’Connor: ‘I’m putting Emily Brontë in the centre of her own story’

The actor turned writer-director is taking an unconventional approach to her feature film debut about the Wuthering Heights author

Inverse · Oct 9, 2022

You need to watch the best vampire thriller of the decade on Netflix ASAP

What happens when you throw a vampire onto a teeny-tiny island occupied by fervent Catholics?

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2022

Classic play examines desperation experienced by young adults navigating world

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2022

Graeme Armstrong on learning to love life after The Young Team

AS we meet over a Zoom call, the first thing I notice about Graeme Armstrong is his smile, how contagious and lively it is – just like his debut…

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

‘People need to tell stories’: Lviv holds literary festival in defiance of war

Writers at annual book event in Ukrainian city say storytelling and art have helped many endure violence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis – genesis of a masterpiece

Hollis brilliantly sifts through the tendrils of TS Eliot’s unhappiness and shows how, with help from friends, he broke through his tortured silence to create an era-defining poem

Daily Record · Oct 9, 2022

Scots author Sir Ian Rankin says latest novel was inspired by Met Police scandals

His book A Heart Full Of Headstones centres on a corrupt police station in the west of Edinburgh and sees his former detective in the dock facing charges.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2022

Hive-mind writing: how two children’s authors brainstormed a book on Twitter

They had never met and lived 3,000km apart, but Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble conspired online to write a YA pandemic novel – well before Covid hit

Salon · Oct 8, 2022

Will high school "classics" be replaced?

Efforts to diversify the authors of high school canon is facing both backlash and approval

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

Lindsey Graham told former police officer that Capitol rioters should be shot in head, new book says

“We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them,” the GOP Senator reportedly told Michael Fanone

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