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Five Great Reads: female fantasies, coping with grief and a nuanced take on a plagiarism scandal

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

Author Lauren Groff creates a medieval matriarchy for the ages in 'Matrix'

Author Lauren Groff's desire to run away to a "lesbian utopia" during the Trump administration was the unexpected spark for her latest novel, "Matrix", which plunges readers into the lives of nuns in medieval England. She joins us to talk about the influence of poetess Marie de France, and the…

France 24

Victory City by Salman Rushdie review: Bravo to this funny, cynical, bewildering mix of satire and fantasy

The author’s first novel since he was attacked last year celebrates the merits of pluralism, and the dreariness of fanaticism

Evening Standard

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Meet the Co Tyrone mum with a passion for bringing young and old people together

Fey Cole is a lecturer at South West College in Dungannon specialising in working with early years children

Belfast Live

Amrita Rao and RJ Anmol on their book 'Couple of Things' : Our love story has so many juicy details that even a book is not enough - Exclusive

Amrita Rao surprised one and all when she tied the knot with popular radio jockey Anmol. Though the couple always kept their personal lives private, they shared their love story with their fans through videos on YouTube. Now, they are all set to turn it into a book titled, ‘Couple…

The Times of India

Wave of protest plays staged as UK theatres face closures and staff shortages

In several new productions, playwrights explore the cost of living crisis as their industry reels from funding cuts, cancellations and low wages

The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi; The Hopeful Hat by Carole Satyamurti; Toys/Tricks/Traps by Christopher Reid; The Fourth Sister by Laura Scott

The Guardian - UK

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Free Love by Tessa Hadley audiobook review – female self-discovery

Actor Abigail Thaw narrates this intimate and gripping story of political and sexual awakening in middle-class suburbia

The Guardian - UK

DeSantis has his own book-banning troops

Florida's GOP governor claims there's no war on reading — so why are there censorship troops?

Salon

Commentary: The video of Tyre Nichols’ murder is unbearable. But it shows why we need stories of both Black pain — and joy

The murder of Tyre Nichols and the individual and collective reckoning we have all encountered — whether or not to witness the brutal images of his final moments — sent me back to an issue that I’ve been wrestling with for two decades.

Los Angeles Times

Joseph O’Connor: ‘My scepticism about monarchy began at six with a Ladybird book’

The Irish novelist on being inspired by The Catcher in the Rye, discovering James Joyce, and his aversion to books about hobbits

The Guardian - UK

Melanie Sykes opens up about being diagnosed with autism at 51

The Des and Mel presenter is due to speak further about the "life-changing" diagnosis in a tell-all book

Nottingham Post

Delhi HC asks Nagpur jail authorities to make available books to 2006 Mumbai blasts convict

NEW DELHI: The superintendent of Nagpur Central jail was asked by the Delhi high court on Friday to make available certain books to a death row convict in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings case either in physical form or their soft copy.

The Times of India

Best online bookstores in the UK in 2025: Top places to shop for bibliophiles

For when the Dewey decimal system is just too much

Evening Standard

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This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 28, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2023 NPD Group.

Daily Mirror

Melanie Sykes opens up on trauma and how she dealt with later-life health diagnosis

The TV presenter Melanie Sykes has announced she has been diagnosed as autistic at the age of 51, in 2021

Evening Standard

Best letter writing sets: Beautiful stationery to make your correspondence stand out

Your type, on paper

The Guardian - UK

Detail and description: A creative writing masterclass with Jem Poster and Sarah Burton

Explore and expand your descriptive writing ability in this weekend masterclass with Professor Jem Poster and Dr Sarah Burton, co-founders of Cambridge University’s master’s programme in creative writing

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This week's bestsellers

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

Daily Record

Special Scots edition of Harry Potter has people in stitches over 'hysterical' differences

While the Harry Potter series has been translated into over 80 languages worldwide, one of the more interesting versions is the Scots edition—which has some "hilarious" changes

The Guardian - AU

Little Plum by Laura McPhee-Browne review – the taboos of motherhood

In her compassionate second novel, McPhee-Browne deftly articulates the experience of becoming a parent

Wales Online

Valuable PG Wodehouse books saved from landfill

One of the books is thought to be worth more than £200

The Independent UK

Camilla praises ‘life-changing’ effects of reading as she tours book charity

The Queen Consort helped stamp books set for export to Rwanda as she visited Book Aid International.

Daily Record

Signed Harry Potter books found by retired librarian after 20 years set to sell for thousands

Janette Tuckwell met JK Rowling in 1999 when she took a group of school pupils along to a Waterstones store and received her own first edition signed copies of the first two novels.

The Guardian - UK

Gerald Moore obituary

Other lives: Expert on African literature who spent much of his time as a lecturer in Nigeria and Uganda

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