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All hail the book of the year

Jane Stafford on the novel that won the 2023 Ockham fiction prize on Wednesday night

Newsroom.co.nz

20 Years Ago, 'Dune' Went Further Than Lynch Or Villeneuve Ever Dreamed

In 2003 'Frank Herbert's Children of Dune,' pushed filmed versions of Dune way into the third book. Here's why it's worth another look.

Inverse

Best candle making kits for crafty aromatherapy

Get your craft on

Evening Standard

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Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski's The Madness is a super-powered revenge thriller

The new miniseries is pencilled by ACO

GamesRadar

New Lawsuit Against Florida Public School Library Book Bans

Allegations include violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments

Reason

In the year since I quit social media, my screen time has fallen, my mood is up – even my resting heart rate is lower

A snap decision to step away has become a lifestyle shift for Philippa Moore. Though keeping up with friends can be tricky, she has no regrets

The Guardian - AU

Florida school district sued for violating first amendment rights with book bans

PEN, Random House and parents file lawsuit after rightwing groups seek to ban books that address racism or sexual identity

The Guardian - US

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Penguin Random House sues Florida school district over book bans

Publisher Penguin Random House and PEN America have sued a Florida school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities

The Independent UK

Johnny Cash lyrics to be collected in book for first time

Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics will include rare and never-before-seen visual material alongside stories and commentary

The Guardian - UK

Jimi Hendrix is to battle a tyrannical intergalactic force in an official graphic novel

The graphic novel Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze will follow the legendary guitarist on a psychedelic, extremely perilous quest to the very centre of the universe

Louder

Barbara Kingsolver's 'Demon Copperhead' and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis

Barbara Kingsolver’s literary honors range from the National Book Prize of South Africa to the PEN/Faulkner Award.

The Conversation

Winnie and Nelson: new book paints a deeply human portrait of the Mandela marriage and South Africa's struggle

A powerful new book on Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has just been published. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is at once a double biography of South Africa’s two famous liberation leaders and a historical love story about their personal lives. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during…

The Conversation

Intruder at home of Biden adviser Jake Sullivan bypassed Secret Service agents

National security adviser confronted apparently intoxicated man at 3am then told his protectors what happened, report says

The Guardian - US

Madonna's racy nude photos from controversial Sex book to go up for auction for £240,000

A selection of 'titillating' naked photographs from Madonna's Sex book, taken by renowned photographer Steve Meisel, will be sold for as much as £240,000 at auction

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Bird wins book of the year

Winners of the Ockham book awards revealed

Daily Mirror

'I spent £300 on a baby shower gift for a friend who had a miscarriage - I want it back'

Parents urged the woman to reconsider her stance after she explained why she hoped her husband's friend would return a present they gifted her before she had a miscarriage

The Guardian - UK

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy review – immersive dive into the baby years

The chaos and horrors of early motherhood are vividly, remorselessly evoked in a woman’s monologue to her son

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson and The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir by Victoria Belim.

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The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie say attempts to censor Ian Fleming’s James Bond are ‘almost comical’

Authorr delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish

ABC News

Mem Fox book Guess What? not banned but 'approved' for school libraries, US county says

Education authorities in the US county of Duval, in Florida, reject claims a book by renowned Australian children's author Mem Fox has been banned from classrooms, saying the work has instead been "approved" for school libraries and is not on a list of 21 "not-approved" titles.

Wales Online

Welsh bookshop announced best Independent Bookshop of the Year

Mel Griffin always dreamed of owning a bookstore as a teenager, and now its been voted the best in the UK

The Independent UK

Suspect who attacked congressman’s staffers with baseball bat filed bizarre lawsuit agains CIA

Xuan Kha Tran Pham, 49, was arrested after entering the district office of Rep Gerry Connolly

Reason

Vice-President of Writers' Organization (PEN) Resigns Because of Panel's Excluding Russian Writers

UPDATE: Added response from PEN.

The Independent UK

Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors

The Southern Baptist Convention says that Saddleback Church is appealing its ouster from the denomination for having women pastors on staff

Newsroom.co.nz

Chidgey wins People's Choice

The Axeman's Carnival wins the popular vote ahead of tonight's Ockhams

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