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The Latest Breaking News from Lionel Shriver

Novelist Lionel Shriver explains why Americans overinterpret tragedies, compares today’s partisan divisions to the conflicts she witnessed in Northern Ireland, and argues that political manias are driving the country toward destructive extremes.

Reason

‘Trump’s brain is rotting in front of us,’ says American professor

Academic and writer Sarah Churchwell also said that to claim that Joe Biden is as bad as Trump is ‘appalling’ and ‘dangerous’

The Independent UK

Cancelled Glasgow book festival Aye Write receives lifeline donation

£65,000 gift will not restore the full, 10-day occasion but organisers say it will make pop-up events possible

The Guardian - UK

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Mania by Lionel Shriver review – we need to talk about stupidity

The US author’s novel about a cancelled lecturer in a parallel dystopia that prizes ignorance is missing her usual verve

The Guardian - UK

Kari Lake Doesn't Know What To Do

Plus: Defunding NPR, defending Lionel Shriver, and more...

Reason

How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto review – skilful skewering

A young scientist follows her discredited mentor to a university for cancelled academics in this dark, complex debut about the culture wars

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Lionel Shriver: ‘free speech doesn’t exist in the UK now’

From MeToo to sensitivity readers in the publishing industry, the bestselling author tells Katie Strick why she’ll never stop defending our rights to hold so-called ‘unpopular’ opinions

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Lionel Shriver: ‘I’ve lost friends because of my political opinions – it’s painful’

The bestselling author and ‘Woke-baiting’ provocateur has a new book of essays. She talks Brexit, Megxit and alienating people with Patricia Nicol

Evening Standard

Abominations by Lionel Shriver review – into battle with a culture warrior

You may disagree with the US author’s bracing journalism, but her right to spark disquiet goes to the heart of the freedom of expression issue

The Guardian - UK

Why sensitivity readers matter – and should be paid properly

Last month, controversy was reignited in the UK around teacher Kate Clanchy’s memoir Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, about her time teaching kids from diverse backgrounds to write poetry.

The Conversation

From Inventing Anna to Canberra Writers Festival

You've seen her portrayed in Netflix's Inventing Anna, and now Rachel DeLoache Williams will tell Canberra Writers Festival about her time with the fake heiress of New York.

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