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Tim Faulkner's wild life revealed in tell-all book

'They need to know what's at stake. They need to know what I know.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 5, 2022

Diana Reid on Sally Rooney, Love & Virtue and her fast follow-up: ‘Lockdown gave me freedom to fail’

Seeing Other People comes just 12 months after Reid’s acclaimed debut and follows two sisters enthralled by the same woman – and the pull between duty and desire

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2022

‘Electrifying’ book about women with disabilities sells for six figures

Who Wants Normal?, a ‘memoir, handbook, celebration and call to action’ by Frances Ryan has been bought by Fig Tree after a nine-publisher auction

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

Understanding Trump's life of crime

There's an ever-growing shelf of Trump books, but most make the same crucial mistake: They conclude he's nuts

Salon · Oct 5, 2022

He's a felon who was homeless. He just won two prestigious national writing awards

SAN DIEGO — Frank Kensaku Saragosa felt a bit uneasy as he walked past the tents that lined the sidewalk along downtown San Diego's East Village.

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Atlanta’s used bookstores preserve history, enrich communities

ATLANTA — Jan Keith has done plenty of reading throughout her 32 years in Atlanta's Inman Park neighborhood. She is part of book clubs, loves historical fiction, has dozens of used books and frequents the neighborhood’s A Cappella Books. The bookstore, with a large used book selection, mirrors the changing…

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Laurie Hertzel: Readers line up to tout the mysteries they love

For the past couple of weeks, I've been reading a short story every night before falling asleep. They're mysteries, written between the 1930s and the 1970s by a variety of British authors and anthologized in "Murder by the Book," edited by Martin Edwards and published last month by Poison Pen…

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi and Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Rare first edition ‘Emma’ becomes most expensive Jane Austen novel ever sold

Copy of novel sold for £375,000

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov review – Ukrainian life turned upside down

The author’s on-the-ground account is packed with surprising details about the human effects of the Russian assault

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022