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Glasgow mum sells tatty Harry Potter paperback for £20,000 at auction

Mum-of-two Holly Hodgart is was thrilled to receive the bumper sum for the first-edition copy of the Philosopher's Stone she was given as a child when it went under the hammer.

Glasgow Live

‘It’s so much worse’: Children’s author Judy Blume condemns books censorship in the US

The novelist, whose book ‘Forever’ was recently removed from school districts in Florida, spoke with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg

The Independent UK

OPINION - What the latest laundry wheeze misses about self-help

THERE is no more optimistic bit of a bookshop than the self-help section.

Evening Standard

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The Portable Door review – Harry Potter-ish YA fantasy carried by hardworking cast

Jeffrey Walker’s adaptation of the young-adult fantasy novel retains its edge thanks to its performances, but gets stuck on the whole door thing

The Guardian - UK

In Prime Video’s adaptation of ‘The Power,’ teen girls get it and the world is not the same

Writer-producer Raelle Tucker was still reading Naomi Alderman’s 2016 dystopian novel “The Power” when she realized she had to be involved in bringing it to television.

The Orange County Register

Kidnapped review – razzle-dazzling Robert Louis Stevenson

There’s an optimal mix of irreverence and affection in this bracing adaptation of the swashbuckling classic

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West and Wyndham Lewis: how 'cancellation' affected two artists, a century apart

It may seem like the modernist painter and writer Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) and Kanye West (the rapper and onetime presidential hopeful now known as Ye) have little in common. But their stories are connected: both are known for making controversial statements about the Nazis.

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10 books worth a fortune that could be sitting on your shelf

First editions are among the most sought-after

Wales Online

Scots mum books magical cruise after selling old Harry Potter book for £20K

Holly Hodgart, 34, couldn't believe her luck when the first-edition copy of the Philosopher's Stone went for some a high price when she put it up for auction.

Daily Record

Editorial: It’s back: Farm bill still crammed with subsidies, pork

Decades ago, when the late Harry Reid was relatively new to the upper chamber, a book arrived at our offices courtesy of the Democratic senator. It was “The Farm Fiasco” by libertarian author James Bovard, a piercing work that critically examined the labyrinth of subsidies, handouts, pork and market distortions…

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Shy by Max Porter review – exhilarating portrait of a lost boy in 90s Britain

A young delinquent takes stock of his bad luck and bad decisions in this brief but brilliant novel from the author of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers

The Guardian - UK

A Little Life and misery lit: Have we finally suffered enough?

As Hanya Yanagihara’s novel about a self-harming victim of abuse is adapted for the West End, Eloise Hendy explores how trauma and misery became a literary trend

The Independent UK

‘It seems unlikely there wasn’t gay sex at the front’: The writers restoring queer lives into world war history

First World War poetry has always been defined by gay writers, so why is our idea of war still so heteronormatively masculine? Marcus Field speaks to two writers bringing questions of war, heroism and gender to the fore

The Independent UK

Judy Blume: book banning now much worse in US than in 1980s

Children’s and young adult author of 1970 book Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret says growing intolerance must be challenged

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Daily Record

Scots police 'had personal vendetta against ex-gangland figure Paul Ferris', claims new book

The book alleges cops were hellbent on bringing Ferris - once an enforcer for Glasgow crime lord Arthur Thompson - to justice.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Professors' power over studies, career kept many students silent

The sexual harassment and indecent behavior by professors and other officials at public universities that was revealed in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as about 80% of all students attend private universities.

Salon

"Lucky Hank" and the adjunct crisis

The new AMC show distinguishes itself from other academic stories by acknowledging contractual faculty

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle come up with answers but Manchester United remain a riddle

Eddie Howe’s side have recaptured early season form but their visitors struggle without Casemiro in midfield

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Marie Claire

Both Prince William and Prince Harry Were “Lost Souls” Before Meeting Their Wives, Royal Author Says

“William and Harry need their partners in a very similar way.”

The Guardian - AU

Aphrodite’s Breath by Susan Johnson review – a revealing memoir about mothers and daughters

A trip to Kythera for the Australian author and her mother results in this unsparing and intimate look at their intense and often unhappy dynamic

The Guardian - UK

Social media analyst Emily Hund: ‘We can never know the truth behind an influencer’s seeming authenticity’

Today influencers sell ideas as well as products. But the integrity on which their status rests, says the US academic, is as unknowable as the algorithms that promote their content

The Guardian - UK

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro review – astute story of self-discovery

The author’s debut novel is an imaginative tale about a troubled Nigerian teenager’s rite of passage

Daily Mirror

Secret KGB academy near Moscow trained up young men and women to seduce Brit diplomats

The KGB's top-secret facility in Kazan, east of Moscow, targeted young men and women from impoverished parts of Russia and trained them in Marxism, spycraft and seduction

The New Daily

Strong adolescent-parent relationships make for healthier young adults

Adolescents who report strong relationships with their parents enjoy significantly higher levels of good general health in young adulthood.

The Independent UK

Gone with the Wind publishers brand novel ‘racist’ and ‘harmful’ at start of new edition

Novel’s own publishers are cautioning readers about its ‘problematic’ content

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