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Roald Dahl: ‘Classic Collection’ to ‘keep original works in print’ in wake of editing row

The classic collection will sit alongside the newly-released Roald Dahl books for young readers, which have been rewritten to cater for the sensitivities of modern audiences

Evening Standard

Puffin UK says it will now keep Roald Dahl's stories in print without changes

It follows controversy over changes to his original works

Wales Online

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

How to care for a pet cloud; overcoming bullies; a powerful tale of Muslim identity; a YA sci‑fi thriller, and more

The Guardian - UK

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007 Things I learnt from a (sort of) spy

A new book by Ava Glass — not her actual name, obvs — is based on real life experiences working with MI5 and MI6. Joanna Taylor meets her

Evening Standard

Sequel book to How The Grinch Stole Christmas to be released this year

The story will pick up a year after the original

Wales Online

Sequel to Dr Seuss book How The Grinch Stole Christmas! announced

The Grinch returns one year after the original book to prove to the Whos in Who-ville that he loves Christmas.

The Independent UK

Alastair Brotchie obituary

Other lives: Author and publisher who brought avant-garde European literature to the UK market in readable translations

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Return of the Grinch: sequel to Dr Seuss classic will hit shelves before Christmas

How the Grinch Lost Christmas! will take place one year on and see the green grouch try to prove he has grown to love the festive season

The Guardian - UK

The Ferguson Report: Irony declared dead as publisher announces ‘sensitivity rewrite’ of 1984

The classic political novel 1984 will be rewritten by Inclusion And Diversity specialists who think they know better than George Orwell.

The New Daily

Edinburgh graffiti mocking rewrites of Roald Dahl's classic books appears overnight

New artwork has appeared on the Sighthill Roundabout underpass, which appears to take issue with the rewriting of classic Roald Dahl books - with street artist Rebel Bear taking credit.

Edinburgh Live

Carlo Rovelli: ‘I tried to read Anna Karenina to my girlfriend before bed’

The theoretical physicist and author on boring his girlfriend with Tolstoy, the magic of Homer and making sense of Wittgenstein

The Guardian - UK

Raj Bhavan to sponsor Konkani novelists in Goa

The leader of opposition in Goa Assembly, Yuri Alemao, along with writers from the coastal state on February 22, 2023, hailed the decision of Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai to help Konkani writers to come up with their first book.

The Times of India

One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya review – meltdown in Mumbai

A young man’s troubled existence mirrors wider social and political turmoil, in this epic yet intimate debut

The Guardian - UK

University of Newcastle's new graduates ready to lawyer up

After a long, hard slog, late nights and studying by the book, Newcastle's newest lawyers were admitted in at a ceremonial sitting of the NSW Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Andrew Bell on Friday.

Newcastle Herald

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ABC News

Ukrainian authors reveal reasons for decision to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week

Ukrainian authors who have chosen to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week have opened up on their reasons, with one saying she could not participate in "any kind of event that gives voice" to doubts about her nation's sovereignty.

Tribune News Service

Missouri ACLU, librarians sue over law that led to schools banning hundreds of books

Missouri librarians are suing over a new law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, leading to districts removing hundreds of books — including classic novels, human anatomy texts and Holocaust history books, according to a lawsuit filed in Jackson County Court.

France 24

Yes some Ukrainians are destroying Russian books, but why?

A video showing hundreds of Russian books being shovelled out of trucks, onto the floor and then packed up has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. The scene takes place in Ukraine and has sparked comparisons by pro-Russians to Nazi book-burning. Put into context though, it's…

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial viewers incorrectly claim to spot author John Grisham in the courtroom

Screenshots of a man bearing striking resemblance to Grisham began circulating on Twitter as Mr Murdaugh testified

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The Conversation

How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sister Vivian Ivantic, who dreamed of female priests in Catholic church, dies at 109

“She was a little bit of a rebel,” her niece said.

ABC News

The Loop: Ukraine's first lady tells of 'year of hell', Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty over shooting, Lewis Capaldi has on-stage Tourette’s flare-up — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

Tribune News Service

This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2023 NPD Group.

Chronicle Live

Morpeth Book Festival postponed due to planned rail strike

Organisers are aiming to reschedule the second-ever festival to later in the year

Los Angeles Times

Animated short nominees get surreal, gentle, meta and very, very personal

A near-death ballet. The virtues of vulnerability. The surreal, the meta ... and the sublime clumsiness of the young and horny. The 2023 Oscar-nominated shorts have all this and more.

The Guardian - UK

Roald Dahl’s mean and nasty books don’t deserve all this attention

Letters: Chris Townsend, Anthony Lawton and others weigh in on the decision to edit the author’s books to make them less offensive to a modern audience

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