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Salman Rushdie Recounts Stabbing In New Memoir 'Knife'

British-American author Salman Rushdie recounts the near-fatal stabbing at a public event in 2022 that left him blind in one eye and his journey to healing in his new memoir "Knife," which hits stores Tuesday.

International Business Times

Princess Kate Reportedly Carries These Four Items in Her Enviable Collection of Handbags

Guarantee we all carry at least one of these items in our own, as well.

Marie Claire

Best biographies of all time to add to your 2024 reading list

Intricate, academic explorations of lives and careers past

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‘Why didn’t I fight? Why didn’t I run?’: 10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife

The new memoir about the author’s near fatal attack reveals premonitions, PTSD nightmares and being protected by a ‘greater force’

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The greatest mystery of modern politics? Liz Truss’s self belief

The former prime minister is teaching us a lot about narcissism in her new memoir, and it’s hard to tear your eyes away

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Did you solve it? Art thou smarter than Shakespeare?

The answers to today’s problems

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‘He was a born member of the underground’: how Peter Hujar captured the New York demimonde

He only published one book – and it was hardly noticed. Now his portraits of drag queens, poets and artists are seen as vital documents of a vanished world. As they go on show, the photographer’s favourite subjects recall his genius

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Moleskine's Daniela Riccardi on Harnessing the Power of the Written Word

“It’s not just a notebook—it’s a book that has yet to be written."

Marie Claire

Alan Wake creators discuss challenges of going multi-platform and multi-project: "It's always going to be tough, but it's also pretty awesome"

Interview | Play magazine speaks to Remedy's Sam Lake, Thomas Puha about the evolution of Alan Wake from conception to sequel

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Saving Lone Star Literary Life

A literary website that has connected bookish Texans since 2015 nearly closed this year. Then one of its readers saved it.

Texas Observer

OPINION - Ocado deliveries, Nigel Farage's birthday and the Queen's final advice: key revelations from Liz Truss's book

The short-lived prime minister is now a published author with a paltry advance. Ethan Croft on Liz Truss’s life after Downing Street

Evening Standard

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

Life without Bruce and Brandon: Shannon Lee on losing her superstar father and brother

How do you survive when the two most important men in your life die at a tragically young age? The daughter of martial arts hero Bruce Lee describes what kept her going – and how she is preserving the family legacy

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You'll feel for "The Sympathizer"

This adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize novel persuades us to embrace its beautiful confusion

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Celia Mason obituary

Other lives: Teacher and probation officer who turned to writing novels in retirement

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There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib review – hoop dreams and home truths

In this powerful, digressive book, the award-winning writer and poet considers basketball’s greats, the struggles of Black men and the ‘emotional politics of place’

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The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey review – a deft saga of Ireland’s evolution

A pregnancy leads to the unearthing of a mother and daughter’s secrets and struggles in this skilful debut novel

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‘This idle prig’: the truth about CS Lewis and John Betjeman’s long-lasting feud

At Oxford, Lewis complained repeatedly in his diary about his student Betjeman’s attitude to work. A newly discovered letter throws light on their mutual antipathy

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How to give kids autonomy? 'Anxious Generation' author says a license to roam helps

Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book The Anxious Generation argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.

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I’m F*cking Amazing by Anoushka Warden review – a filthily frank, funny and moving debut

The British playwright’s first novel is sweary and saucy but also tender and soulful once it reveals its true heart

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The Pull of the Stars review – Emma Donoghue adapts her Spanish flu novel for an all-female cast

Set in a 1918 maternity ward, the play offers moments of tenderness amid its commentary on political and social upheaval

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Scotland’s artists fear ‘cultural black hole’ after festival and film project cancelled

Calls for Scottish government to increase support grow, following funding cuts to public arts body

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In brief: The Illusionist; The Borrowed Hills; Second Self – review

A fascinating biography of a true British army maverick, an ambitious Cumbrian western and a nuanced novel about a classic modern dilemma

Fashion Times

Natalie Portman Turns to Books Not a Revenge Dress in the Aftermath of her Divorce

The actress has enjoyed a long relationship with the house of Christian Dior starting when she became the face of its Miss Dior Chérie fragrance.

The Guardian - UK

Sunjeev Sahota: ‘I’ve always been in labour movements – but I’m critical of identity politics’

The Booker shortlisted novelist on writing his first significant non-working-class character, the literary critics who inspired him and why he’s not on Facebook

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