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Pearl by Siân Hughes review – a circling story of memory and loss

Taking a Middle English classic as its inspiration, this is a novel about a lasting grief that echoes through time

The Guardian - UK

Bret Easton Ellis: ‘I connected with Quentin Tarantino’

The US author on discovering Stephen King, being inspired by Joan Didion, and losing himself in film criticism

The Guardian - UK

‘Overrun with rats’: Charles Dickens Museum illuminates author’s factory stint

Dickens was taken out of school aged 11 to work in a London blacking factory as his father sank into debt

The Guardian - UK

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Items from Charles Dickens’s childhood to be displayed to mark 200-year milestone

Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave school in the autumn of 1823

The Independent UK

‘To solve Manipur, we need flexibility,’ says Samrat Choudhury, author of Northeast India: A Political History

Samrat Choudhury's book maps Northeast India's long journey from isolation to integration, highlighting unresolved issues like autonomy and independent states. Colonial records provide insight into the region's history, while Christianity's quick pick-up and slavery's prevalence are discussed. The author explains why some creative problem-solving is required to sort out festering…

The Hindu

Items from Charles Dickens’ childhood to be displayed to mark 200-year milestone

Dickens was just 11-years-old when he was forced to leave school in the autumn of 1823.

The Independent UK

Alice Winn wins 2023 Waterstones debut fiction prize for In Memoriam

Novel described as ‘truly stunning feat of fiction’ tells love story of two first world war soldiers

The Guardian - UK

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Alice Winn’s In Memoriam scoops Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2023

The novel, set in the First World War, was described as ‘comfortingly classic yet daringly original’ by judges.

The Independent UK

Survival horror Blood Commandment pits an isolated family against a vampire

Spawn artist Szymon Kudrański is behind the new book from Image.

GamesRadar

No reason to alter fixtures to suit European qualifiers

WHEN does a book begin? When you catch a glimpse of its cover? When you lift it off the shelf? When you read the blurb on the back? When you count…

The National (Scotland)

One Of The Best Stephen King Movies Of All Time Is Returning To The Big Screen Next Month

Stephen King fans will get to see one of the best adaptations of all time return to the big screen in September 2023.

Cinemablend

This week's bestselling books

Book reviews, award-winning essays, author interviews and more - dig into the best of New Zealand writing at ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias.

Newsroom.co.nz

But The Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu review – an impressive debut

This observant novel follows a young Malaysian Australian writer as she unpicks her preconceptions of an artist’s life, postcolonialism and Sylvia Plath

The Guardian - AU

Govt transfers probe into death threat letters to writers to CCB, Bengaluru Police

Writers request special probe into death threat letters; Karnataka government hands over case to CCB. Writers happy with dedicated special probe to get to bottom of case and bring culprits to justice. Over 20 threat letters sent to 10 writers since 2022, signed "Sahishnu Hindu".

The Hindu

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The Guardian - UK

Most parents want more time reading to young children, study shows

1,000-parent survey also found 33% lack the confidence to read to their child, despite not seeing the activity as a chore

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tomiwa Owolade: Salman Rushdie’s warning rings true – ignore the Twitter outrage

The ‘updating’ of Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming works are just the tip of the iceberg

Evening Standard

OPINION - Everything I need for work I learned on the job — my degree was a waste of cash

In my last job, £258 of every paycheque was syphoned off to the Student Loans Company. Now that I’ve gone freelance, I sometimes have palpitations about the chunk of money I’ll have to hand over to cover the debt come tax return time.

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How to use Procreate's text tools

Max Ulichney shows you how to use Procreate's text tools to design a children's picture book cover.

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No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben review – a bold and provocative debut from Ghana

Black gay American friends explore Ghana’s queer underground while a killer commits a grisly string of murders in this thrilling read

The Guardian - UK

How we met: ‘I was super-excited. She scowled at me and seemed so unfriendly’

Rebecca and Clare, both 43, became friends at university in 1999. Rebecca describes their relationship as more important than any romance

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A very grumpy toddler; poems for the planet; ancient demons unleashed; and a moving YA trafficking tale

The Guardian - UK

Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue review – exquisite imagining of Anne Lister’s first love

The Room author evokes a touching relationship between the lesbian diarist Anne Lister and her boarding school lover Eliza Raine

WhatToWatch

The Marsh King's Daughter: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the movie

Based on Karen Dionne's best-selling novel The Marsh King's Daughter, the new movie stars Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn. Here's what you need to know.

The Conversation

What would Aristotle think about the current state of politics?

In recent years, political debate has degenerated into ever more aggressive partisan mudslinging and character assassination, with no room for a reasoned and non-rancorous discussion of competing alternatives in assessing the policy issues of the day.

The Guardian - AU

Madeleine Gray: the 10 funniest things I have seen (on the internet)

This writer might be ‘bad at internet’ but she has good taste in funny videos, including Kim Cattrall scatting, Robert Pattinson’s hunt for a hotdog and Bob Mortimer

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