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Five Great Reads: how Animalia became a global bestseller, hand-me-down recipes, and the genius of Miles Davis

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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Skyrim lead turned novelist says George R.R. Martin should move on from Game of Thrones entirely: "George gave his story to somebody else and they ran with it and they did an amazing job with it"

"He'd be wise to say they finished my work and now I want to do something new"

Total Film

Butt Me No Butts: Teacher's Firing for Reading "I Need a New Butt!" Children's Book to Class Overturned

A short excerpt from Tuesday's long decision by Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Anthony Lawrence in Price v. Hinds County… The post Butt Me No Butts: Teacher's Firing for Reading "I Need a New Butt!" Children's Book to Class Overturned appeared first on Reason.com.

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Queen Camilla Leads Celebrity-Packed Tribute to ‘Rivals’ Author Jilly Cooper

“Very few writers get to be a legend in their own lifetime."

Marie Claire

Living spaceships, plague planets, and a quote from Josef Mengele: 'The Sixth Nik' is NYT bestselling author Daniel Kraus' 1st sci-fi novel, and it's really weird

Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.'

Space

Jack Kerouac’s 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned

The draft – one of the Beat Generation’s defining artefacts – will be part of a wider sale of pieces from the Jim Irsay Collection at Christie’s in March

The Guardian - UK

Joanna Lumley ‘elated and full of champagne’ after Jilly Cooper memorial

The service took place at Southwark Cathedral in London on Friday morning.

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Sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife to be published this autumn

Audrey Niffenegger’s follow-up to her global bestseller focuses on Alba, the daughter of Henry and Clare, as she negotiates two marriages and various modern-era dystopias

The Guardian - UK

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

White Moss by Anna Nerkagi | The Old Fire by Elisa Shua Dusapin | The Roof Beneath Their Feet by Geetanjali Shree | Berlin Shuffle by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

The Guardian - UK

'A ray of sunshine': Rivals stars and Queen Camilla pay tribute to Jilly Cooper at London memorial service

Rivals stars David Tennant, Victoria Smurfit and Danny Dyer are among the guests at the memorial for Dame Jilly Cooper at London’s Southwark Cathedral

Evening Standard

What we’re reading: George Saunders, Erin Somers and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in January

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

From Harvard doctor to queen of thrillers: How The Housemaid’s Freida McFadden took over the bestseller lists

IN FOCUS: Her twists make Harlan Coben look tame, and her endings are straight out of an M Night Shyamalan movie. Millions of ‘McFans’ keep her a constant on bestseller lists, and a Sydney Sweeney adaptation of her hit novel ‘The Housemaid’ has sent her fame skyrocketing. Annabel Nugent asks:…

The Independent UK

Life of Dame Jilly Cooper to be celebrated at memorial service

The author’s friends and family are expected to attend a service at Southwark Cathedral.

Evening Standard

'In another life, I may have been a gardener' – Mary Berry shares the greatest gardening lessons she's learnt

Forget the whisks and mixing bowls, the British icon is sharing her wealth of gardening knowledge after years of practice

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Inverse

21 Years Later, Apple TV Is Finally Bringing The Modern Tolkien To TV And Film

Get ready for the Sandersonverse, the Cosmere. Here's why the massive 'Mistborn' deal at Apple could reshape high fantasy in the mainstream.

The Independent UK

Ari Emanuel's 'fiery, furious' memoir to be released this fall

Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood super-agent, has a memoir coming out this fall."

The Guardian - AU

Embrace the imperfect and don’t try to keep everyone happy: readers share their tips on doing less in 2026

From sending fewer text messages to being selective with your gardening, this is how Guardian Australia readers are making life a little easier

The Guardian - AU

‘I was so, so stupid’: how Animalia and The Eleventh Hour made Graeme Base an unlikely bestseller

Base had no idea what he was doing when he published his wonderfully weird and fiendishly difficult picture books. They became global hits anyway

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Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among Audie Awards finalists

Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among the finalists for the Audie Awards

Total Film

Apple may have the next Game of Thrones on its hands with an adaptation of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe

The streamer is already planning to make a series and multiple movies

The Guardian - UK

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash review – clever comedy for our conspiracy theory age

This tender satire of a dysfunctional American family’s search for moral guidance is precisely what our times need

The Texas Tribune

Proposed reading list for Texas students draws concern over religious themes, lack of diversity

Faced with a proposed list of almost 300 readings for K-12 students, the State Board of Education delayed a vote until April.

Cinemablend

Two Brandon Sanderson Book Series Are Getting Apple TV Adaptations, And Fans Have Big Feelings

This is exciting!

The Independent UK

Author Mark Billingham awarded Diamond Dagger for ‘sustained excellence’ in crime writing

‘Presuming this is not an administrative error, I could not be more thrilled or honoured,’ joked the author upon receiving the award

The Guardian - UK

Deborah Cameron obituary

Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

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