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Hamnet review – slick adaptation captures Shakespeare’s horrified unravelling

Lolita Chakrabarti’s staging of Maggie O’Farrell’s moving novel about the death of the playwright’s son – and his resurrection in Hamlet – is powerfully played, with the occasional cheesy line

The Guardian - UK

Princess Catherine 'relieved' that Meghan Markle won't be attending King Charles's Coronation

Princess Catherine apparently had a hand in 'preventing' Meghan from attending the Coronation, according to royal experts

Woman & Home

Crime novelist Anne Perry, who had helped commit a murder as a teenager, dies at 84

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Crime author Anne Perry who was jailed for murder as a teenager dies aged 84

Her dark past was turned into the film Heavenly Creatures

Wales Online

The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – trapped in lockdown

Trust breaks down between the survivors of a vaccine trial as they prepare to brave a world wiped out by pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Republicans' war on reading goes nuclear

Republicans in Texas and Missouri open up a new front in the war on public education

Salon

A Little Life review: a ‘grisly spectacle’ starring James Norton

It’s “rare for a play to be a phenomenon before it even opens”, but A Little Life has managed that, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. The 2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara on which it is based – about a New York lawyer whose life has been destroyed by…

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Anne Perry death: Crime author and real killer behind Heavenly Creatures dies aged 84

The writer, who was convicted of murder as a teenager, was known for her Pitt and Monk detective novel series

The Independent UK

Harry Potter remake: JK Rowling to executively produce new TV series

Max have confirmed a new Harry Potter TV series that will be executively produced by author JK Rowling and will be closely based on the existing books. Here's everything we know so far about the Harry Potter remake.

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Garth Marenghi announces return to Glasgow with new Incarcerat book tour

We hope you are sitting uncomfortably as the UK's favourite horror writer is coming back to Glasgow as part of a new tour in a follow-up to his recent sell-out visits to the city.

Glasgow Live

Harry Potter fans livid over TV series cast after main actors' fallout with JK Rowling

Many avid fans of Harry Potter has slammed the idea of turning the world-famous book and movie franchise into a TV series after the main cast have almost all distanced themselves from author JK Rowling following her controversial views about the LGBTQ+ community

Daily Mirror

Daughter slams Harry Potter-obsessed mum for naming her after character

A new Harry Potter TV show is on the way but it might not be good news for one daughter who said her mum has made her life 'hell' being named after a character.

Daily Record

Granta reveals its pick of future star British novelists

The journal’s once-in-a-decade selection of the best fiction writers under 40 has broadened its selection of 20 to include authors who ‘regard the UK as their home’

The Guardian - UK

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa review – high-risk comic debut

Stephen Buoro’s tale of a teenager in Nigeria, hanging with his friends and hankering after white girls, ticks all the boxes of a literary blockbuster

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The Independent UK

Feeling a bit blah? It’s a real thing – but there are ways to beat it and find joy again

Author Tanith Carey has done a deep-dive into our ‘blah’ moods and how to overcome them. Lisa Salmon finds out more.

The National (Scotland)

New book focuses on last execution of a witch in Scotland

THE last person to be executed in Scotland for witchcraft is the subject of a new book.

Los Angeles Times

Anne Perry, teen murderer turned crime writer, dies at 84

LOS ANGELES — Anne Perry, a prolific British crime writer with a murderous past that was brought to light in Peter Jackson's 1994 film "Heavenly Creatures," has died. She was 84.

ABC News

Harry Potter TV series, Game of Thrones prequel coming to new streaming service Max

Author JK Rowling's seven Harry Potter books have sold more than an unprecedented 600 million copies worldwide — and now, The Boy Who Lived is heading to a new streaming service with a new series.

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Nurse practitioner writes book to help others understand the job, avoid burnout

After watching her colleagues burn out or drop out of the profession in worrying numbers, Rasa Kabaila wrote a book aiming to inspire and prepare nurses for the workforce.

The Independent UK

In new book, Murakami explores walled city and shadows

Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city four decades ago

Salon

Myth of US individualism and inequality

“Often we think that if we are not happy, it’s our problem, and we just have to show more grit"

The Guardian - UK

Angela Myers obituary

Other lives: English teacher who became a Church of England lay preacher in retirement

Newsroom.co.nz

Book of the week: Old age is not for sissies

Scones, Ron Brierley, Timaru: a portrait of a vulnerable older woman

Woman & Home

Prince Harry 'swore at Charles' in telephone fight about money

Prince Harry allegedly used foul language toward his father King Charles according to a new book

Marie Claire

New Book Seemingly Confirms Plans for Princess Charlotte to Inherit Prestigious Royal Title Someday

Her grandfather King Charles is looking out for her future.

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