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Al Babtain Foundation to Launch Dictionary of Abbasid Poets

After celebrating the release of “Al Babtain Dictionary of Arab Poets in the Era of States and Emirates”, Kuwait’s Abdulaziz Saud Al Babtain Cultural Foundation is preparing to publish the fourth part of the “Babtain Dictionary of Arabic Poetry throughout Eras” project. The “Babtain Dictionary of Abbasid Poets” covers a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

White power movements rely on veterans

White power movement is example of broader failure to support veterans and to reckon with the cost of warfare

Salon

Linda Reynolds reaches settlement with journalist Aaron Patrick and HarperCollins after suing for defamation

Former minister was seeking damages over book she alleged made defamatory statements about her response to Brittany Higgins’ allegations of rape

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Chizuko Ueno: the Japanese writer stoking China’s feminist underground

Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent feminist movement

The Guardian - AU

Convicted armed robber Ian Maloney says he has turned his life around and is now writing poetry

Ian Maloney says he has reformed his life and is writing books of poetry to raise money for cash-strapped charities instead of offending

Irish Mirror

The limited role of textbooks in history

It is widely believed that our understanding of history comes from textbooks. This is not entirely the case. As with most social sciences, our knowledge of history comes from lived experience.

The Hindu

Badges of honour

A brief history of New Zealand on a pin

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Curriculum committee to bring out supplementary textbooks to cover deleted NCERT portions

A school curriculum steering committee meeting on Tuesday decided to prepare supplementary textbooks for Plus One and Plus Two higher secondary subjects for which the State uses the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks.

The Hindu

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – Judy Blume adaptation is a winner

Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams are remarkable in a thoughtful and funny expansion of the seminal 1970s teen novel

The Guardian - US

America’s book bans have already come for prisons

From colouring books to abolition newspapers and Reader’s Digest magazines, thousands of titles are banned in prisons and jails across the country, often with opaque reasons and with little oversight, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Tender Photo: the newsletter that's creating a new conversation about African photography

Nigeria’s Emmanuel Iduma is many things: writer, editor, publisher, critic and photographer. In 2022 he combined these skills to introduce a newsletter, Tender Photo, sent to subscribers twice a week. It has since become an important platform for African photographers, writers, critics and curators. Published on Substack, it has become…

The Conversation

Children reading more due to ‘BookTok’ TikTok trends, report suggests

‘BookTok’ books like Alice Osman’s series Heartstopper are popular with secondary school children.

Evening Standard

White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans -- and not on lone wolves

For decades, the white power movement has gained steady momentum in the U.S. Kathleen Belew is an expert on the history of the white power movement and its current impact on American society and politics. Her book “Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America” examines how…

The Conversation

Amazon offers 2 months free Kindle Unlimited saving subscribers £19 for a limited time

If you enjoy a good book, read or listened to, you'll be pleased to know that Amazon is currently offering free Kindle Unlimited

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Meghan Markle could soon release her own memoir following Prince Harry's 'Spare'

The Duchess of Sussex could put out her own autobiography in a bid to 'stay relevant', says commentator

Marie Claire

William has 'no interest' in building bridges with Harry before the coronation

There are just a few weeks to go

The Independent UK

‘Romance novels have been denigrated because they talk about female pleasure’: Emily Henry on Happy Place, BookTok and sex scenes

Emily Henry’s knowing romcoms have sold four million copies and turned her into a BookTok favourite. She talks to Amanda Whiting about her new novel ‘Happy Place’, her obsessive online fandom and why romance novels are ‘innately progressive’

The Independent UK

‘That was one of the things I was going to take out!’: Lucinda Williams on her soul-baring memoir

The singer-songwriter has written a deeply personal memoir, ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You’. She talks to Jim Farber about revisiting controversial family history, her early struggles in a male-dominated music industry and wanting to be ‘a friend’ to Ryan Adams

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Daily Record

Scots woman opens up on harrowing moment her own mother tried to kill her in extract from new book

Elizabeth Mount, who also tried to kill Monica when she was a baby, was jailed and Monica was placed into foster care.

The Independent UK

Children reading more books thanks to social media trends, research suggests

But the What Kids Are Reading Report showed high school pupils were reading books of no greater difficulty than primary school children.

The Independent UK

Biden lambasts book ban attempts in remarks to teachers: ‘Empty shelves don’t help kids learn very much’

“I’ve never met a parent who wants a politician dictating what they can learn, what they can think, and who they can be,” the president said in remarks at the White House

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry will use King's Coronation as a 'photo opportunity', claims expert

Prince Harry will return to the UK next month to attend his father King Charles' Coronation, but one PR expert has suggested he will use the event as a 'photo opportunity'

The Independent UK

These books are some of the most challenged in the US. Here’s how to buy them

As book banning efforts reach an all-time high in the US, Clémence Michallon rounds up 20 of the country’s most challenged books

The Independent UK

The book ban surge gripping America’s schools and libraries

A nationwide surge in restrictions against library materials under the auspices of a “parental rights” campaign runs parallel to legislation targeting LGBT+ people and honest discussions of race and racism, sowing chaos for educators and chilling speech in schools across the US. Richard Hall and Alex Woodward report

The Guardian - UK

Calls to ban books hit highest level ever recorded in the US

Demands to censor, most often for gender themes or sexual detail, rose 38% year on year in 2022, with Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe being last year’s ‘most challenged’ title

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