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Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act

For a year, New York’s Adult Survivors Act gave adults claiming they had been sexually assaulted a chance to file civil lawsuits, no matter how long ago the assaults occurred

The Independent UK

Book Review: ‘Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV’

Peter Biskind’s book on how peak TV came to be, and what happened when Netflix entered the game

Broadcasting & Cable

The Sexiest Sci-Fi Mech Game Just Got a Huge Discount on Steam

For fans of 'Evangelion', visual novels, and queer flirting, 'Heaven Will Be Mine' is the best game to buy during Steam's Autumn Sale.

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Clinic Worker Is Troubled That People In The Waiting Room Don’t Smile, Asks “What’s Wrong, Y’all”

A woman who brought her husband to a clinic on an early, gloomy morning was met by loud Christmas music and an overexcited receptionist demanding smiles.

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‘This is a wake-up call’: Booker winner Paul Lynch on his novel about a fascist Ireland

The writer was on the operating table for cancer, then exactly a year later he found out his nightmarish vision had made the shortlist. He reveals why the words for Prophet Song came out with such urgency, there was no time for paragraph breaks

The Guardian - UK

'Alice Sadie Celine' Is Our December Book Club Pick

Read an excerpt of Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's novel, here, then dive in with us throughout the month.

Marie Claire

Harry and Meghan 'happy in the US' and don't want to return to UK, says royal author

Royal author Omid Scobie's new book Endgame is released on Tuesday

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Khaled Khalifa obituary

Syrian author of six novels about his war-riven country, including the award-winning No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

The Guardian - UK

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: Booker prize-winning novel is a distinctly Irish tale of civic and ideological collapse

The philosopher Hannah Arendt’s much-quoted description of the “banality of evil” could be applied to the disquieting story told in Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. The Booker prize-winning novel is a perfect study of the banality of totalitarianism.

The Conversation

Royal aides 'wiped away tears' when they heard Meghan had left The Firm, author claims

Omid Scobie's bombshell new royal biography, Endgame, is published today and counters previous bullying allegations made against the Sussexes by staff

Evening Standard

Book Review: Lauren Grodstein’s masterpiece of historical fiction set in Warsaw Ghetto during WWII

The Oneg Shabbat archive was a secret project of Jews imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto to record their histories as they awaited deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II

The Independent UK

OPINION - Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is another weak winner as the Booker prize slides into irrelevance

The thing about Prophet Song, Paul Lynch’s unexpected winner of the Booker, is that it’s almost hilariously unprophetic. It starts with the Irish secret police knocking at the door, looking for a trades unionist, and goes on to a dystopian vision of a fascist state.

Evening Standard

The big change you might've noticed in Kate Middleton, according to a royal author

This change in the Princess of Wales is just one reason she’s considered a ‘dream’ to the institution of the Royal Family

Woman & Home

Booker prize: rediscovering the first female winner, the often-forgotten Bernice Rubens

One of the most captivating and enigmatic novelists of the 20th century, Bernice Rubens remains largely unknown despite her remarkable literary achievements. She was the second recipient of the Booker prize in 1970 for her novel The Elected Member and its first female winner.

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The Guardian - UK

The big idea: should we abolish literary genres?

Categorising fiction may help to sell books, but it says little about how writers write or readers read

The Guardian - UK

The Dublin riots shocked Ireland – but some of us saw this creep to the far right coming

Perhaps the mayhem last week will end politicians’ complacency about violent anti-immigrant groups, says Stephen McDermott, a reporter for TheJournal.ie

The Conversation

Having a single parent doesn’t determine your life chances – the data shows poverty is far more important

Numerous research studies have suggested that children from a single-parent family are worse off than those who have two parents at home. These findings chime with decades of stigma that have painted coming from a single-parent home as undesirable.

The Independent UK

Novel ‘simulates events already occurring’, says Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch

The author said he found himself ‘living through’ scenes he had already written for his book Prophet Song during the pandemic lockdowns.

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Evening Standard

Who is Paul Lynch? Author wins Booker Prize 2023 for Prophet Song

Irish author takes home one of the top awards in literature

Evening Standard

William 'exasperated' by new book from Harry and Meghan biography author Omid Scobie

Endgame is set to be released on Tuesday and will look 'inside' the royal family and the monarchy’s 'fight for survival'

GoodToKnow

The 'heartbreaking' question King Charles was asked about his grandchildren, and it's bound to have hit a nerve

The King might not have expected this

WEKU

Rosalynn Carter's mental health advocacy changed journalism — and journalists

Aaron Glantz writes that he was adrift after years of reporting in Iraq and on the war's effects. His fellowship at The Carter Center and a pointed question from the first lady put him back on course.

The Guardian - UK

The Future by Naomi Alderman review – survival of the fittest

Wisecracks, gadgets and cartoonish violence are to the fore in this fast-paced novel about three tech tycoons facing Armageddon

International Business Times UK

New Book On Royals Claims Kate Middleton 'Never A Fan' Of Meghan Markle

In his book "Endgame," royal author Omid Scobie claims the Princess of Wales "shivers" whenever she hears the Duchess of Sussex's name.

The Guardian - UK

‘She took control of the ship with a pistol’: the high seas heroine who inspired a savage pirate tale

Katherine Howe’s bloody, brutal new novel is about a Boston barmaid who dresses up as a cabin boy and joins a notorious crew of pirates. The writer and keen sailor explains how it was inspired by her great-aunt, who once quelled a mutiny at sea

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