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Sam Byers: ‘JM Coetzee made me vegetarian’

The novelist on being inspired by the Beats, discovering Chekhov, and taking notes from Pierre Boulez

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie review – Karachi to London

A friendship is charted from girlhood to middle age, in this admirably thorny novel of postcolonial adolescence and contemporary politics

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Cong, various groups slams Manipur govt order for prior approval on book publication

Manipur's opposition Congress on September 22 vehemently criticised the BJP-led state government's decision for prior approval of all the books on the state's history, culture, tradition and geography by a government committee before their publications.

The Times of India · Sep 23, 2022

A writing revolution is taking over this Canberra school

Mount Stromlo High students were keen to flex their writing skills with a 12-hour challenge to write a book in a day.

The Canberra Times · Sep 22, 2022

Lawyer: Teen a worry months before Michigan school shooting

A lawyer representing families of victims of a Michigan high school shooting says some teachers and a counselor were aware of the suspect's troubling behavior months before the mass shooting last fall

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

King Charles to 'await Prince Harry's book' before giving Archie and Lilibet titles

A royal expert has noted that King Charles is keen to limit the top tier of royals with a "slimmed down" monarchy, and Prince Harry's children could miss out due to this.

Edinburgh Live · Sep 22, 2022

‘Catherine Called Birdy’: Lena Dunham’s medieval coming-of-age story will delight everyone, especially young girls

A teen in 1290 resists society’s expectations in a comedy that sneaks up on you emotionally.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2022

New books explore the hidden world of sex workers

It's an issue that's seldom discussed, but the identity of sex workers and their battle for workers' rights are being brought into the mainstream with the help of books and films. Two authors who have written very personal accounts about the subject join Eve Jackson in the studio. Poet, novelist…

France 24 · Sep 22, 2022

Philip Pullman calls for inquiry into writers’ trade union the Society of Authors

The writer, president of the SoA for nine years before he stood down in March, claims the organisation needs ‘investigation from outside’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

Non-existent Jan. 6 report is hot with publishers

The book industry sees the report — not yet completed — as the hottest government document since "The Starr Report" in 1998.

Axios · Sep 22, 2022