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Salman Rushdie calls out a troll for threatening him on Twitter

While prolific writer Salman Rushdie is still recovering from a brutal attack last year, a Twitter user recently threatened to harm the Booker Prize-winning author on social media. Reacting to it, Rushdie took to Twitter and called out the troll.

The Times of India

Apple’s Biggest Sci-Fi Epic Makes a Daring and Profound Pivot

'Foundation' Season 2 continues its sci-fi revolutions, but from a decidedly more tender and humanistic point of view.

Inverse

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – lyrical tale of a family accused

An Irish family in early 90s London become tabloid scapegoats in this politically astute novel of lives foreclosed

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How To Watch Foundation Season 2 Online And Stream New Episodes Weekly Of The Epic Sci-Fi Series Now

The acclaimed sci-fi saga based on Isaac Asimov’s Foundation stories continues. Our guide explains how to watch Foundation Season 2 online on Apple TV Plus now.

Cinemablend

How To Watch The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 Online And Stream Jenny Han Adaptation From Anywhere Now

Belly returns to Cousins Beach in this adaptation of Jenny Han’s bestselling series. Here we explain how to watch The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 online anywhere now.

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Author Meena Kandasamy calls for writers’ support to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Noted author and poet Meena Kandasamy called upon the writers of India to speak about the oppression faced by the disqualified Member of Parliament and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

The Hindu

Newsom to buy banned textbooks mentioning Harvey Milk for Temecula school district students

In the latest salvo in a battle between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the president of the Temecula Valley Unified School District over a banned book, Newsom announced Thursday that the state will purchase the book for district students if the board does not ensure that students have sufficient material before…

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"It was a lot of work writing this book. I'm not gonna say it was easy. I was a mess": Bikini Kill/Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna announces 'raw and insightful' memoir Rebel Girl

Bikini Kill / Le Tigre icon Kathleen Hanna to publish Rebel Girl memoir next year

Louder

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 8, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana.

Tribune News Service

Moon Knight takes on the Sons of the Jackal in a new preview of City of the Dead #1

Get a first look at Marc Spector's first ever event series

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Writer becomes overnight bestseller after his video of empty book signing goes viral on the internet

The internet is a strange yet wonderful place. In a recent incident, a video of a man who published his debut book recently and was trying hard to sell it at a store went viral on the internet. The next day, the man became a bestselling author!

The Times of India

Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville review – an empathetic story of a formidable grandmother

Author turns her novelist’s eye to her own grandmother, a smart and ambitious woman who became distant and demanding after a lifetime of disappointment

The Guardian - AU

British Library acquires ultra-rare cricket book thanks to anonymous donor

William Epps’s 1799 book of scorecards from ‘the grand matches’, formerly owned by commentator John Arlott, has been saved for the nation

The Guardian - UK

Bestselling books at Matariki

Steve Braunias describes the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list at Matariki Weekend

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Evening Standard

Bernardine Evaristo: young people are ‘addicted’ to social media and not reading

‘I worry not for my generation... I worry for young people’ she said

Marie Claire

Prince Harry recalls noticing one major difference between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle

Axios

Cassidy Hutchinson, key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, plans memoir this fall

Hutchinson's "testimony transfixed and stunned the nation," the publisher says.

The Hindu

‘I was interested in the why and how of Seagull Books’: Pushan Kripalani

In a film that’s “meant to feel like a languorous conversation with a friend”, director Pushan Kripalani goes behind four decades of the Kolkata publishing house

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Review: Few of this summer's movies burn as fiercely as Christian Petzold's 'Afire'

Leon (Thomas Schubert), the exasperated — and exasperating — young writer at the heart of the superb German drama "Afire," has a mesmerizingly punchable scowl. It's a scowl that rarely leaves your memory, since it so rarely leaves his features: a full-lipped mouth that hangs contemptuously half-open; eyes that glare…

The Independent UK

Henley Literary Festival 2023 unveils lineup including Theresa May, Sebastian Faulks and David Baddiel

Oxfordshire arts festival is partnering with The Independent for a nine-day event that features appearances from actors, writers, illustrators, musicians, poets, comedians and more

The Hindu

Sajita Nair’s ‘The Grande Matriarch of Malabar’ maps the social changes at the turn of the 20th century in Kerala through the life of her protagonist

The Grande Matriarch of Malabar, authored by Sajita Nair, narrates the story of Dakshayani, a strong-willed woman and her attachment to her ancestral home

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie speaks of 'crazy dreams' about knife attack in New York

Salman Rushdie has spoken for the first time about having "crazy dreams" following the near-fatal knife attack on him in New York in August last year, which has left the Mumbai-born author blind in one eye, and working with a therapist to help him process the mental impact of the…

The Guardian - UK

My Men by Victoria Kielland review – inside the mind of a female serial killer

This raw, powerful novel is based on the Norwegian woman whose case has been notorious for more than a century

The Hindu

Kolkata’s oldest bookshop to turn part of premises into free library

Kolkata's oldest bookshop, Dasgupta and Co., set up in 1886, is converting part of its premises into a free library for students who cannot afford books. The library will offer 10,000 titles, archival records, and translations from English to Bangla and vice-versa. Rabindranath Tagore, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, and Ashapurna Devi…

Marie Claire

Britney Spears on Forthcoming Memoir: “I Worked My A— Off for This Book”

“I had a lot of therapy to get this book done, so you guys better like it. And if you don’t like it, that’s fine, too.”

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