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Texas school district pulls the Bible, The Bluest Eye and other books from library

School board in Dallas-Fort Worth area requires reviewing books facing challenges from parents

The Guardian - US · Aug 23, 2022

Busy Being Free by Emma Forrest review – from Hollywood glitz to Trump-based celibacy

Unafraid to confront messy contradictions, a second memoir from the author of Your Voice in My Head covers the end of her marriage and ‘tectonic shift’ from LA to north London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022

The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman review – Soviet wartime propaganda with a human face

An expanded reissue of the author’s 1942 novel about a Red Army unit encircled by German forces is overtly polemical but also vividly written

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022

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Book Seen with Azhar Imam Renews Debate Over Enlightenment Concept

A photo of a book that appeared next to Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb during his return flight from a European country, renewed on Sunday a debate over the concept of enlightenment among some of his supporters in Egypt. The debate started when Dr. Khaled Montaser posted on his Twitter…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 22, 2022

Kawand Crawford Survived The Streets And A Crippling Accident — Then Transformed His Life

‘The Don’ explains how he went from gang fights to book deals.

Zenger · Aug 22, 2022

Book Week: it's not the costume that matters, but falling in love with reading

My phone pings and it’s a message from my brother. Do we have an old white dress my niece could borrow for a Book Week costume for school?

The Conversation · Aug 21, 2022

House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel, is coming. Here's what you need to know if you haven't read the book

The Game of Thrones ending left plenty cold, but HBO is hoping House of the Dragon will warm everyone up to Westeros again. Here's what you need to know.

ABC News · Aug 21, 2022

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Royal family 'kept in the dark' over contents of Prince Harry's tell-all memoir

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, as well as their lawyers and advisors, have not seen any part of the manuscript and don't even know when the book will be published

Daily Mirror · Aug 21, 2022

In brief: Harlem Shuffle; Two Brothers; The Queen of Dirt Island – reviews

Colson Whitehead on a heist gone wrong; a revisionary study of the footballing Charltons; and Donal Wilson’s latest fictional vignette of small-town Ireland

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Undercurrent by Barney Norris review – a meditation on love and loss

The author and playwright’s latest novel incisively captures the search for meaning in uncertain times

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Writing the White Boyfriend

In romance lit as everywhere else, race matters. These narratives are becoming more diverse, nuanced and vulnerable

Salon · Aug 21, 2022

Total by Rebecca Miller review – emotionally complex stories

Wit and wisdom are constant delights in the film-maker and writer’s second short story collection, as she expertly picks apart the confusions of intimacy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

The Eternal Return Of Clara Hart: Stuck in loop where rejection of misogyny is escape

LOUISE Finch’s bold and honest young adult fiction debut proves a nuanced take on both subtle and overt misogyny all within the genre of science…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2022

A Little Life review – Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint-hearted

Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

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Reason · Aug 21, 2022

How Slaughterhouse-Five Became a Repeated Target of Book Burners

As recently as 2011, a school board in Missouri barred the book from the curriculum and ordered it confined to a special section of the school's library.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Game of Thrones effect fires up reissues of ‘lost’ fantasy fiction classics

With big-budget TV series about to hit streaming services, publishers hope a string of cult novels will find a new audience

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Seven big-hitter books for autumn 2022, from Maggie O’Farrell to Cormac McCarthy

It’s going to be a vintage autumn for fiction, with new novels from some of our finest writers. Here’s our essential guide

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Poison pens: leading writers call for overhaul of UK’s Society of Authors

Literary world riven by conflict as trade union is accused of inappropriately taking sides in culture war

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

Letters: we praise Salman Rushdie now. Why not then?

The attack on the author of The Satanic Verses has been universally condemned. It has not always been thus

The National (Scotland) · Aug 21, 2022

Akram Khan puts nature front and centre in new production of The Jungle Book

A NEW work by the acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan is always a highly anticipated event in the world of dance-theatre. The creator of such…

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2022

Clean review – an unsensational documentary about an extraordinary life

Director Lachlan Mcleod follows Australian Sandra Pankhurst and her team of ‘trauma cleaners’: those who scrub crime scenes, suicide sites and clear out hoarders’ homes

Liverpool Echo · Aug 20, 2022

Man's search for mystery couple after finding photo of their wedding day

"I would love to know what happened to them"

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2022

Giuliani request for pardon intercepted before reaching Trump, book says

Unclear if former New York mayor was involved in request in letter sent by associate that also asked for payment and presidential honour

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Irvine Welsh: ‘Everything has become so shouty’

The Trainspotting author on his new novel’s transgender storyline, using humour to give his readers a break and the debt he owes to Evelyn Waugh

Daily Record · Aug 20, 2022

Ayrshire author turns his hand to fiction writing as new book 'Dead Man Walking' released

The New Cumnock native has previously written the successful books Knockshinnoch and Arran: Travels, Treasures and Tales.

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