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The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji review – highly entertaining matrilineal saga

Three generations of women from a well-connected, wealthy family navigate the different faces of exile in a dynamic and complex debut novel

The Guardian - UK

The Lamb by Lucy Rose review – a hard tale to shake

The film-maker’s evocative debut novel, a feminist gothic horror, explores loneliness, cannibalism and queer desire

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Between Britain; It Comes from the River; Golden State – review

The relationship between England and Scotland explored on foot; an unsettling novel of northern sisterhood and resilience; and a revelatory history of California

The Guardian - UK

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Does Labour really think Trump is a better bet than the EU?

Rachel Reeves is all for growth; her party and the country needs it. But still we hear nothing about the most obvious solution…

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Keeley Hawes stars in a Jane Austen tale with a twist

The great literary mystery about the novelist’s burned letters unravels in this period drama. Plus: the dark days of Boyzone revealed. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Miss Austen' online from anywhere – stream Jane Austen historical drama

The Jane Austen multiverse finds yet another way to obsess about the nineteenth century novelist. Here's how to watch "Miss Austen" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

Tom’s Guide

The moment I knew: I told him I missed other people’s company so he put on a silly accent to make me laugh

On a months-long overseas trip, Melanie Kinsman craved someone to talk to other than Sam, her partner. He stepped up to the challenge with a comical impersonation

The Guardian - AU

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The Observer view on Peter Mandelson’s U-turn on Donald Trump: it’s easy to mock, but that’s diplomacy

It’s not often politicians admit to a change of heart. Perhaps it’s a trend that could – and should – catch on

The Guardian - UK

Colin Barrett: ‘My wife is astonished that I’m able to write’

The award-winning author on his move from short stories to novels, writing marginal characters in small-town Mayo and the Irish fiction he rates most

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner tried to block Prince Andrew from royal duties, book claims

The deputy prime minister reportedly contacted Buckingham Palace and senior civil servants in a bid to remove the disgraced Duke of York from a list of royals who could step in for the King

The Independent UK

I Who Have Never Known Men: the lost dystopia finding new readers after buzz on TikTok

First published in 1995 then virtually forgotten, a bleak tale of women caged by men has been embraced as a gen Z Handmaid’s Tale

The Guardian - UK

Superman and Spanish artists lead the charge at Angoulême Comics Festival

The Angoulême International Comics Festival is in full swing, with a major Superman exhibition, a spotlight on Spanish women cartoonists and three dedicated manga showcases.

Radio France Internationale

Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest LA-area fires

The timing is uncanny for Pico Iyer’s new book “Aflame: Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire

The Independent UK

Tash Aw: ‘There’s something hyper-masculine about writing an epic’

As he embarks on a quartet of novels following one family, the Malaysian author talks about storytelling, family silences – and the legacy of colonialism

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Why less is more when crafting horror art

AngieHoffmeister reveals how she created the eerie art for The Folio Society's The Lottery and Other Dark Tales.

The Guardian - UK

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – ‘like being inside the internet’

A questionable male feminist, a closet sadist and a disaffected Twitter addict populate this acerbic story collection that captures the spirit of our doomscrolling age

Creative Bloq

These beautiful enamel pins are a delight for bookworms

Judy Kaufmann creates "A book to wear".

The Independent UK

What drove Jane Austen's sister to become one of literature’s most notorious vandals

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra to burn nearly all the writer’s letters after her death. Keeley Hawes and the cast, as well as the series director, talk to Katie…

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Bill Belichick Offers Teaser for His Upcoming Book 'The Art of Winning'

The North Carolina coach is on his way to becoming a published author.

Salon

LA Times "distorted" RFK Jr. op-ed

Eric Reinhart said the Los Angeles Times changed his piece to make it look like he backs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Guardian - UK

Simon & Schuster imprint will no longer ask authors to obtain blurbs for their books

Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors say

The retailer is in talks to sell its 500 high street stores, which could be a ‘nail in the coffin for British writers’

The Guardian - UK

Dave Crook obituary

Other lives: Bookseller, writer and editor of the cultural magazine Out of the Circle

The Guardian - UK

Once more unto the breeches: the 20 best Jane Austen TV dramas – ranked!

Colin Firth in a wet shirt! Elizabeth Bennet as a YouTuber! As the BBC marks the author’s 250th anniversary with four-parter Miss Austen, we pick her finest television outings

The Conversation

The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white

“Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.”

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