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West Belfast children become authors after launch of special book

In total, 42 children contributed to the project, penning personal tales of their time during the Covid pandemic

Belfast Live · Dec 10, 2022

Fran Lebowitz on life without the internet: ‘If I’m cancelled, don’t tell me!’

The writer is easy to spot if you spend long enough in New York, but interviews have to be over her landline, as she is permanently offline. She reveals why Andy Warhol wasn’t so smart, and how she learned to love a good party

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

The Leeds bookshop tucked away but so vital to the city's LGBTQ+ community

Ray said that it's important to have the shop as a daytime venue

Leeds Live · Dec 10, 2022

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

Twisted dad Chris Watts revealed how he killed wife and kids in sick letters

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Twisted dad Chris Watts confessed to 'murdering' his two daughters 'twice' in one of the sick and twisted letters he sent to true crime author Cherylin Cadle from his prison cell

Daily Mirror · Dec 9, 2022

Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles audiobook review – a cosy mystery with charm

Reverend Richard Coles captures the rhythms of English village life in his reading of his debut novel

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Best Kindles of 2022: From Paperwhite and Oasis to Kindles for kids

Aficionado of the eWord, Stuart Pritchard, gets eyes-on with the latest line-up of Amazon’s kick-bottom Kindles…

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022