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The Guardian view on the UK’s first centre for illustration: visual literacy, and the sheer joy of images, matter

Editorial: A national institution for this overlooked artform shows it is finally getting the recognition it deserves

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What happens after happily ever after? This sun-soaked romance will sweep you off your feet

We sat down with the author of After Ever After, Hannah Luckett to hear more about her second-chance romance set in France - perfect for the beach this summer

Woman & Home

Novel ways to master reading books

Letters: Malcolm Bellamy on how he is finally getting through Middlemarch. Also letters from Roger Osborne and Roz Connery

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Best Australian books out in June: a buzzy novel, gripping nonfiction and an extremely unusual debut

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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The Royal Family Loses One of Its Longest Friends as King Charles's Goddaughter Shares Emotional Post

India Hicks called her mother "the last of her kind."

Marie Claire

Unseen Edith Wharton short story is published more than a century later

The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazine

The Guardian - US

How Did Marjane Satrapi Die? Heartbreaking Cause of Death Revealed for Persepolis Author at 56

Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel Persepolis, has died at 56. Her work, rooted in her Iranian heritage, championed women's rights and left a lasting global impact.

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

Haunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph; Selected Poems by Leontia Flynn; Sparrow on the Rooftop by Rachel Long; You Must Live: New Poetry from Palestine, edited by Jorie Graham; Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai; Somebody Should Have Pressed Record by Galia Admoni

The Guardian - UK

Hidden for more than 100 years, this Edith Wharton story is finally being published

Titled ‘The Men Who Saved the World’, the previously unpublished work will appear in The Strand’s new issue

The Independent UK

Iranian-French author known for Persepolis dies at 56

Iranian-French artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent human rights advocate and the author of the autobiographical book Persepolis, has died at 56.

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The Children by Melissa Albert review – intriguing fairytale of creativity’s dangers

In her first novel for adults, the YA author explores the dark side of writers who fictionalise their children’s lives

The Guardian - UK

Who Was Marjane Satrapi? Net Worth, Career and Heartbreaking Romance Behind 'Persepolis' Creator's Final Years

Marjane Satrapi's life, career, net worth and final years explored following her death at 56, including her work behind Persepolis.

International Business Times UK

The Ruiners by Ellena Savage review – a playful and subversive take on Great Expectations

In her sharp and intellectual first novel, the author finds tragic comedy in socialism, inequality and the flawed ways we connect as the world burns

The Guardian - AU

This week’s bestselling books – June 5

The latest NielsenIQ BookScan chart of NZ books, plus win a book on the meaning of NZ life

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Virginia Giuffre's Memoir 'The Nobody Girl' Reveals Threats Kept Some Epstein Victims' Names Hidden

Virginia Giuffre's memoir explores her experiences of abuse and the challenges in publicly naming individuals linked to Epstein's network.

The Guardian - UK

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan audiobook review – a grim life in China’s gig economy

This memoir of a man who moved around China chasing low-paid work for 20 years is an indictment of a shocking system, read in a suitably austere way

The National (Scotland)

Star-studded line-up unveiled for Scottish crime writing festival

Richard Osman, Lucy Foley and Lee Child will be among the authors taking part in a “sensational” crime writing festival in September, organisers…

Evening Standard

Denise Mina unveils line-up for ‘sensational’ crime writing festival

Bloody Scotland takes place in Stirling in September.

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The Guardian - UK

Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56

Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year

The Guardian - UK

Cooking, travelling, and the magic of joyful daily food moments

From station‑side markets to late‑night hotel rooms, you can take pleasure in the smallest everyday eating rituals

International Business Times UK

Ex-Pentagon UFO Chief Claims He Saw 'Alien Bodies' and 'Non-Human Craft' With His Own Eyes

Former Pentagon UFO investigator Jay Stratton claims he personally saw 'non-human craft' and 'non-human beings', and now plans to detail an alleged 80‑year US government cover-up in a new memoir.

The Guardian - UK

UK university’s axing of black studies MA has ‘dangerous parallel’ with US, says academic

Civil rights scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw warns Birmingham City University’s decision part of extremist campaign that has ‘travelled across Atlantic’

International Business Times UK

Who Will Play Violet and Xaden? Breaking Down the 'Fourth Wing' Casting Rumours

Amazon's adaptation of 'Fourth Wing' sparks fan speculation over casting choices for lead roles, with actors like Josh Heuston and Mackenzie Foy being popular picks.

The Guardian - UK

Dominion by Addie E Citchens review – Women’s prize-shortlisted portrait of patriarchy’s horrors

The violence of male entitlement is embodied in the charismatic son of a Mississippi pastor, in a sharp portrait of cruelty and inheritance

Evening Standard

War Horse at the National Theatre: Remains tremendously moving

4/5 The return of War Horse to the National Theatre comes with added resonance in our time

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