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Amy Bloom: ‘Nigella Lawson is God (if we’re lucky)’

The American author on finding comfort in cookbooks, the allure of Jane Austen, and how Octavia Butler opened her mind to science fiction

The Guardian - UK

RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award

RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

The Guardian - UK

Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘Choose Your Own Adventure books were my introduction to horror’

The Booker-winning author on Vietnam war stories and the brutality of Jane Austen

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Review: 'Sister Novelists,' by Devoney Looser

NONFICTION: A fascinating biography of two hugely popular — but now forgotten — authors of the 19th century.

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Jane Austen's most expensive novel sold for £375,000

A unique copy of Jane Austen's novel 'Emma' was sold for a whopping £375,000 recently, making it the most expensive book of the author. And now, news is that the first edition inscribed copy of 'Emma' will be put on display for the public in the UK early next year.

The Times of India

Adam Kay: ‘Who knew Agatha Christie was totally incredible? OK, everybody, except me’

The doctor turned comedy writer on being inspired by Alan Bennett and comforted by David Sedaris

The Guardian - UK

Acclaimed Scots adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to make welcome return

IN the summer of 2018 at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, the young, Scottish actor and playwright Isobel McArthur and her ensemble took to the stage…

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In praise of middlebrow women's fiction

Catherine Robertson on novels women want to read (and write)

Newsroom.co.nz

Review: ‘Rosaline’ is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ from another teenager’s point of view — the jilted cousin

There’s a subgenre of teen rom-coms that modernize everything from William Shakespeare to Jane Austen. On Hulu, the movie “Rosaline” flips that idea back around, giving modern rom-com tropes and dialogue to the original 16th-century setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” I mean, why not?

Chicago Tribune

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

Copy of novel sold for £375,000

The Independent UK

Most expensive Jane Austen novel sells for £375,000

Inscribed first edition of Emma to go on display in UK for first time at Chawton House, Hampshire

The Guardian - UK

Mrs Wickham review – Austen spinoff sees despairing Lydia ‘banished’ to the north

What happened next to headstrong Lydia Bennet, the most rock’n’roll of the Pride and Prejudice sisters? This intriguing take by Sarah Page reunites Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn

The Guardian - UK

British cuisine translated in Chinese?

How do you get a reader in 1930s China to understand what a mince pie is?

Salon

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Review: 'The Book Haters' Book Club,' by Gretchen Anthony

FICTION: A beloved bookstore in Minneapolis' Lyn-Lake neighborhood is threatened for redevelopment. Chaos, hijinks and resistance ensue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Marsha Hunt, 1940s star and Hollywood blacklist victim, dies at 104

A Chicago native, she arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and over the next 15 years appeared in dozens of films, from the Preston Sturges comedy “Easy Living” to the adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that starred Olivier and Greer Garson.

The Guardian - UK

Jane Austen letter about her own ‘Mr Darcy’ on show at author’s home

Message to sister, in which Pride and Prejudice’s author says she is to ‘flirt her last’ with Tom Lefroy, unveiled

Evening Standard

‘We’ve become addicted to ‘stable ambiguity’’ — how dating apps rewired our brains forever

What happens if you turn the process of finding a life partner into a highly addictive video game? Nothing good, says Hattie Crisell

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Our pick of some of the best book to film and TV adaptations, from Pachinko to Dune

There have been hundreds of wonderful screen adaptations. These are some of our favourites

The Guardian - UK

Mr Malcolm’s List review – costumes steal the show in Regency romp

A jilted beauty plots her revenge in this perky but predictable period drama

The Guardian - AU

Balls, gowns, marriage pressures. Jane Austen was basically Pakistani

In this excerpt from her upcoming book Desi Girl, Sarah Malik examines her obsession with western 18th-century literature

Belfast Live

Wife of Dungeons & Dragons director hails Belfast as a 'best-kept secret' after living in NI

The author said she misses the city a lot now she's returned to Los Angeles

The Guardian - UK

Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony

A snooty eligible bachelor gets his comeuppance in an ‘alt-historical’ tale told with precisely the right amount of seriousness – and no more

The Guardian - UK

AI-generated art illustrates another problem with technology

Artificial intelligence is being used to design magazine covers and provide pictures for internet newsletters. What could possibly go wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Karen Joy Fowler: ‘I resolved to stop pretending I’d read books I hadn’t, like Moby Dick’

The Booker-nominated author on discovering Jane Austen, taking a crash course in Moby-Dick and falling for fairytales

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