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Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry among 16 authors longlisted for Women’s Non-Fiction Prize

Literary award was founded in 2023 to help redress the historic gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes

The Independent UK

Brooklyn Beckham and wife Nicola Peltz ‘offered huge deal for tell-all book’

Pubilshers are said to be ‘clamouring’ to get the apiring chef and actress to put pen to paper

Evening Standard

George RR Martin’s team releases statement following AI accusations

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George RR Martin’s team defends new Game of Thrones book amid AI artwork claims

Fans suspect cover elements of new illustrated edition of ‘A Feast for Crows’ generated with AI

The Independent UK

New York Times v Sullivan: the 60-year old Supreme Court judgment that press freedom depends on in Trump era

Donald Trump is attempting to sue the New York Times. In a lawsuit filed on September 15 the US president charged that the paper, two Times journalists and also the publisher Penguin Random House committed libel and defamation against him in series of articles and a book discussing his business…

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Judge tosses out Trump’s $15B lawsuit against the New York Times as he rips his lawyers

The judge slammed the ‘many, often repetitive, and laudatory (toward President Trump) but superfluous allegations’ laid out in the president’s stricken complaint.

The Independent UK

5 new Australian publishers are making defiant, weird, grass-roots books

In the past year or so, three Australian publishing mergers happened within a few short months. Text Publishing, Pantera Press and Affirm Press were all absorbed into a larger company. Once a company has shareholders, like Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster (which acquired Affirm and Text), the business…

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Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas

When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited the school library to check out a copy of “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, it wasn’t in its Dewey decimal system-assigned location.

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Kathleen Folbigg’s memoir, an ode to condiments and ‘a work of art’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

Michael Rosen says Allan Ahlberg was a ‘pioneer of great children’s literature’

The children’s author, known for books including Peepo! and Woof!, has died at the age of 87.

Evening Standard

Beloved children's author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87

Allan Ahlberg, author of over 150 children's books including the classic “Eat Peach Pear Plum,” has died at 87

The Independent UK

Allan Ahlberg, British children's author of 'Funny Bones' and 'The Jolly Postman', dies aged 87

The author of classic titles like 'The Jolly Postman', 'Peepo!' and 'Funny Bones' wrote "mini masterpieces" that have endured for decades.

Euronews

Children’s author Allan Ahlberg dies aged 87

The publishers Penguin Random House put out his last picture book, Under the Table, in 2023

The Independent UK

Caught on the jumbotron: How literature helps us understand modern-day public shaming

The scene at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on July 16 was steeped in irony.

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A Palestinian chef’s quest to preserve his heritage, one dish at a time: ‘This is a political act’

For Sami Tamimi, preparing the food of his homeland is an act of resilience and keeping his culture alive

The Guardian - UK

Inside the Salt Path controversy: ‘Scandal has stalked memoir since the genre was invented’

Raynor Winn’s bestselling book is far from the first time a true story has been called into question after publication. But how does it happen? And should readers really feel betrayed?

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made millions for writing memoir

Justice Jackson was paid an advance of $2,068,750 by Penguin Random House for her memoir titled “Lovely One,” according to her 2024 financial disclosure

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Friday essay: I’m an Aboriginal farmer. But a romanticised idea of agriculture writes Black people out of the farming story

I grew up with Dorothea Mackellar and The Man from Snowy River, where ragged mountain ranges met the colt from Old Regret. I grew up with the idea that the Australian bush meant endless possibility to breed livestock and ﬁnd gold in every rock overturned. But these practices of clearing…

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RecipeTin Eats’ Nagi Wins Book Award, Beating Bake With Brooki’s Brooke Bellamy

The timing of the awards makes this whole thing JUICY.

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RecipeTin Eats’ Nagi Tells Folks To Stop Trolling Brooke Bellamy Amid Recipe Allegations

"I know I've made serious allegations, but this does not justify the personal attacks that I've seen online against Brooke Bellamy."

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Who’s eating publishers’ lunch? The rising costs and shrinking margins of Australian books

At the end of March 2025, Penguin Random House announced booming sales, with a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. Even better, their profits rose 11.3%.

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US Food Blogger Sally McKenney Claims Brooke Bellamy Also Copied Her Recipe In Bake With Brooki

“Original recipe creators who put in the work to develop and test recipes deserve credit — especially in a best-selling cookbook.”

The Guardian - AU

RecipeTin Eats founder accuses Brooki Bakehouse of plagiarising recipes in popular cookbook

Brooke Bellamy denies taking recipes from fellow cookbook author Nagi Maehashi, who said it felt like ‘blatant exploitation’

Pedestrian.tv

TikTok Star Brooki Responds To The RecipeTins Eats’ Cookbook Plagiarism Allegations

"I stand by my love for baking, my recipes, and the joy this book has brought so many home bakers around the world to try recreating my recipes from inside their homes."

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RecipeTin Eats Accuses TikTok Star Brooki Of Copying Recipes In Bestselling Cookbook

Nagi Maehashi (RecipeTin Eats) publicly accused Brooke Bellamy (aka owner of Brooki) and Penguin Random House of copying her recipes.

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