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First edition Harry Potter among TV and film props expected to fetch £11m at auction

The hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been estimated at a value of £150,000

Wales Online

Harry Potter: First edition Philosopher’s Stone hardback to be sold for up to £150,000 at auction

The book will be sold alongside franchise star Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Hero Wand’, which is estimated to go for up to £30,000.

The Independent UK

Robin Abcarian: I read 'Gender Queer,' the most banned book in America. And so should you.

It doesn't take long to read the most banned book in America, an award-winning memoir in graphic novel form called "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe. It's about the illustrator's yearslong quest to unravel what it means to be gender nonbinary — that is, to feel neither female nor male.

Los Angeles Times

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As attempts to ban books across the county increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’

CHICAGO — A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the titles…

Chicago Tribune

Eamonn Holmes being "very upset" at seeing Rylan depressed was a "wake-up call" to the 33-year-old

"I remember how their faces looked when they saw me"

Belfast Live

First edition hardback Harry Potter to be sold for up to £150,000 at auction

The book will be sold alongside franchise star Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Hero Wand’, which is estimated to go for up to £30,00

Evening Standard

The biggest revelations from Maggie Haberman’s forthcoming book on Trump

The book from The New York Times’s premier profiler of Trump is set to come out next week

The Independent UK

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Harry Potter: First edition hardback of Harry Potter to be sold for up to £150,000 at auction

The book will be sold alongside franchise star Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Hero Wand’, which is estimated to go for up to £30,000.

The Independent UK

Michael Walker obituary

Other lives: Critic, author and cinephile who became one of the first teachers of film studies at A-level

The Guardian - UK

New books on Royal Family to give insights to King Charles' 'temper' and Harry's 'obsession'

Excerpts from three new books featuring major revelations and reports about the Firm in the wake of the Queen's death, including hidden details about Megxit, were released this past weekend.

Daily Record

The war in Ukraine shows how libraries play a vital role in challenging disinformation

Libraries have always been places of knowledge. For many of us, they offer insight into the socio-cultural and political changes happening around the world. I see this regularly as a librarian developing collections in Slavic and East European studies for the University of Toronto Libraries.

The Conversation

Row looms over Prince Harry's bombshell book as King Charles and Camilla are spotted in Scotland

Meanwhile, there are reports Charles has not yet decided whether to allow Archie and Lilibet to use their Prince and Princess titles

Irish Mirror

Meghan, Meghan, Camilla, and Meghan again: what to expect from this year’s royal books

The authors of all three titles due out soon are following the maxim that no one ever failed to sell books by writing disparagingly about the Duchess of Sussex

The Guardian - UK

Kids books complaint

On the pittance of prize money for kids' authors

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The Guardian - US

White House switchboard called phone linked to January 6 rioter after attack

Claim of call at 4.34pm made in book by former Republican congressman and adviser to House select committee

Evening Standard

Who is in the cast of Karen Pirie alongside Outlander star Lauren Lyle?

The new ITV drama is an adaptation of one of author Val McDermid’s most popular novels

Salon

So why did he steal those documents?

Let's review: He's a pack rat; he hoped to sell them; he meant to use them for blackmail. Yes, yes and yes

Axios

Biggest takeaways for the feds in Maggie Haberman's Trump book

These passages are the ones that will get the most attention from the Department of Justice.

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Daily Record

Prince Harry and Meghan wanted Windsor Castle but were given Frogmore, new book claims

The monarch made the "generous gesture" of giving them the cottage instead, according to a close friend of the Queen.

The Independent UK

Prince Harry was ‘incensed’ after courtiers ‘got in the way’ of Queen meeting, book claims

According to a new book, Harry and Meghan felt ‘cornered, misunderstood and deeply unhappy’ as they tried to mediate with royal family members

The Independent UK

Hilary Mantel’s prediction about Prince George and the royal family

Author said in an interview last year that it was ‘hard to understand the thinking behind the monarchy in the modern world’

The Guardian - AU

The Lifespan of a Fact review – sparky journalism dramedy falls short of big ideas

Sigrid Thornton and Charles Wu star in a rapid-fire play, recounting US essayist John D’Agata’s real-life run-in with a pedantic fact-checker

Daily Mirror

Police drop investigation into 'online threat' made to JK Rowling after Salman Rushdie support

A police investigation into an 'online threat' made to Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she supported Salman Rushdie in the wake of his stabbing, has been dropped

The Independent UK

Trump ran for president because ‘nobody knows’ his ‘rich friends’, new book reveals

‘Here’s the way I look at it. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are,’ he told Maggie Haberman of his decision to run for president

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Ehrenreich obituary

American journalist and author of the bestselling Nickel and Dimed, her 2001 memoir of living undercover on the breadline

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