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Sebastian Faulks on his futuristic 16th novel and rewriting 007: ‘I stopped watching Bond when Sean Connery left’

The ‘Birdsong’ author has struggled to shake off the ‘historical fiction’ label, but his latest novel, ‘The Seventh Son’, is set in a futuristic fertility clinic. He tells Claire Allfree about human evolution, his former life as the Indy’s first literary editor, and what he borrowed from Bond author Ian…

The Independent UK

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Independent UK

Of Mice and Men first-draft fragment torn up by Steinbeck’s dog goes to auction

John Steinbeck’s pet ‘made confetti’ of the manuscript in 1936, but a surviving piece will go on sale alongside personal journals, first editions and a wrought-iron sword owned by the author

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Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science

Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically about the ethics of science. Researchers have also found that sci-fi serves as a positive influence on how people view science. Science fiction scholar Istvan Csicsery-Ronay calls this “science-fictional…

The Conversation

Where to start with: JM Coetzee

For 50 years the Nobel laureate and double Booker prize winner has been dividing opinion with his novels on power, humanity, war, the death of ‘Jesus’ and dogs – many dogs

The Guardian - UK

‘Motherhood is a cult, to a degree’: Anne Heltzel on her horror novel about parenthood

The author explains how Just Like Mother, her gothic horror tale of a cult fixated on childbearing, is uncomfortably close to reality

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Ian Fleming was a spy too: Bond was his bid to relive his youth

“The name’s Secretan, James Secretan.” Doesn’t quite work, does it? Ian Fleming realised as much when he read through the draft of his first spy novel Casino Royale, scratched out the vaguely foreign surname, and created “James Bond”. He explained to a friend that his action hero needed a name…

Evening Standard

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Lauren Groff: ‘Virginia Woolf’s Flush is delightfully bananas’

The US author on the book she should never have read as a child; the thrill of Emily Dickinson, and falling in love with Vasily Grossman

The Guardian - UK

PJ Harvey at Roundhouse review: an immersive thrill from a musical one-off

Harvey was hypnotic in an epic live return that spanned new work and nostalgia

Evening Standard

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – food, sex and morality in the end times

A private chef for the ultra-rich confronts the inequality of survival, in a sensual novel of ideas that asks difficult questions

The Guardian - UK

My Sister Jill review – Patricia Cornelius’s family drama cries out for social realism

The playwright’s stage adaptation of her semi-autobiographical novel explores Australia’s changing attitude to war, but it never rises above the schematic

The Guardian - AU

Local author Scott Turow to receive Fuller Prize from the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

‘Chicago has always been my literary homeland,’ said Turow, a former federal prosecutor who’s grinding away from his Evanston home on another novel.

Chicago Sun-Times

9 Years Later, A Divisive Director Finally Gets Back to His Spy Thriller Roots

With 'Argylle,' Matthew Vaughn hopes to “reinvent the spy genre” again. Can the 'Kingsman' director deliver the goods?

Inverse

Book Review: 'SNL' star Leslie Jones drops raw memoir mixed with life advice

Comedian Leslie Jones is out with a raw memoir recounting her difficult upbringing and the racism and sexism she’s overcome throughout her career

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First edition Sherlock Holmes book owned by Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts sells for record £214,000

Late Rolling Stones drummer owned an impressive collection of rare and first edition books by crime fiction legends including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

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

Evening Standard

Roman Empire TikTok trend becomes marketing ploy for Mary Beard

The classicist released her book Emperor of Rome with impeccable timing

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Opinions by Roxane Gay review – the art of argument

A second collection from the author of Bad Feminist is, at its best, effortlessly convincing

The Independent UK

Did Oscar Wilde set back the cause of gay rights? Author Tom Crewe on why the great playwright is no hero

The author of award-winning alternative history novel ‘The New Life’ tells Louis Chilton how Wilde’s trial set back a moment of optimism

The Conversation

A journey of discovery and identity formation: The Dictionary of Lost Words makes its wonderful stage debut

The Dictionary of Lost Words follows Esme as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian England. While her father and colleagues construct the Oxford English Dictionary, Esme begins to form her own dictionary – particularly the words spoken by women and the working class who have been excluded.

The Guardian - AU

The Dictionary of Lost Words review – stage adaptation of bestseller finds power in the silences

Pip Williams’ 2020 novel was all about words – but on stage, it could do with a few less

The Independent UK

New 50p coin celebrates The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

The Royal Mint’s craftspeople have reproduced an original illustration of Mr Tumnus and Lucy walking through snowy woods in Narnia.

Texas Observer

Ricardo Nuila: The People’s Doctor

Physician and Author Ricardo Nuila thinks public hospitals could help save patients trapped in our troubled medical system.

Reason

Bjorn Lomborg: Why Do We Fixate on Climate Rather Helping the World's Poor?

The 'Skeptical Environmentalist' offers 12 low-cost, proven policies that he says would save 4.2 million lives and generate $1.1 trillion in new wealth every year.

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