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Hilary Mantel, award-winning British author of 'Wolf Hall' trilogy, dies

Hilary Mantel, the best-selling British author of the award-winning "Wolf Hall" Tudor trilogy, died peacefully on Thursday at the age of 70, her publisher said on Friday.

Reuters

Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70

‘She saw and felt things us ordinary mortals missed,’ her agent says of Booker prize-winning author who died on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Hilary Mantel death: British author of Wolf Hall trilogy dies aged 70

Writer died ‘suddenly yet peacefully’ on 22 September

The Independent UK

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Sam Byers: ‘JM Coetzee made me vegetarian’

The novelist on being inspired by the Beats, discovering Chekhov, and taking notes from Pierre Boulez

The Guardian - UK

Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie review – Karachi to London

A friendship is charted from girlhood to middle age, in this admirably thorny novel of postcolonial adolescence and contemporary politics

The Guardian - UK

Cong, various groups slams Manipur govt order for prior approval on book publication

Manipur's opposition Congress on September 22 vehemently criticised the BJP-led state government's decision for prior approval of all the books on the state's history, culture, tradition and geography by a government committee before their publications.

The Times of India

Wigtown Book Festival returns to celebrate literature in Scotland's Year of Stories

ONE of Scotland’s most beloved book festivals is set to get underway on Friday.

The National (Scotland)

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Michelle Obama set to appear in 6 cities on book tour

Michelle Obama is set to embark on a six-city tour this fall behind her upcoming new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.”

Tribune News Service

‘I’m going to read them all.’ Grade schoolers get excited about book donation during Bernie’s Book Bank’s crosstown charity walk

The volunteers were midway through their 20-mile “Walk As One Chicago” fundraiser, marching from Guaranteed Rate Field to Wrigley Field and back. They stopped at schools along the way to promote book ownership and literacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

How do you teach a primary school child about consent? You can start with these books

Parents will be increasingly aware they need to talk about consent with their children.

The Conversation

A writing revolution is taking over this Canberra school

Mount Stromlo High students were keen to flex their writing skills with a 12-hour challenge to write a book in a day.

The Canberra Times

Lawyer: Teen a worry months before Michigan school shooting

A lawyer representing families of victims of a Michigan high school shooting says some teachers and a counselor were aware of the suspect's troubling behavior months before the mass shooting last fall

The Independent UK

This week's best-selling books

The week's biggest-selling New Zealand books, as recorded by the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list and described by Steve Braunias

Newsroom.co.nz

King Charles to 'await Prince Harry's book' before giving Archie and Lilibet titles

A royal expert has noted that King Charles is keen to limit the top tier of royals with a "slimmed down" monarchy, and Prince Harry's children could miss out due to this.

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‘Catherine Called Birdy’: Lena Dunham’s medieval coming-of-age story will delight everyone, especially young girls

A teen in 1290 resists society’s expectations in a comedy that sneaks up on you emotionally.

France 24

New books explore the hidden world of sex workers

It's an issue that's seldom discussed, but the identity of sex workers and their battle for workers' rights are being brought into the mainstream with the help of books and films. Two authors who have written very personal accounts about the subject join Eve Jackson in the studio. Poet, novelist…

The Guardian - UK

Philip Pullman calls for inquiry into writers’ trade union the Society of Authors

The writer, president of the SoA for nine years before he stood down in March, claims the organisation needs ‘investigation from outside’

Axios

Non-existent Jan. 6 report is hot with publishers

The book industry sees the report — not yet completed — as the hottest government document since "The Starr Report" in 1998.

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Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer review – a comic odyssey

Greer’s eccentric novelist returns in a quirky sequel to the Pulitzer-winning Less – but is the reprise worthwhile?

The Independent UK

The Queen was ‘hurt and exhausted’ by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step down, book claims

Royal book claims the Queen didn’t like to think about Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to quit royal family

Asharq Al-Awsat

Writer Publishes Stories on Fates of Syrians Inside and Outside Syria

A new story collection titled “Hadalish and Other Stories” was released by Syrian writer and novelist Musa Rahum Abbas in collaboration with Dar Fadaat Publishing and Awtar Publishing. The new book includes 25 short stories alongside an introduction and a conclusion. According to the publisher, the stories of the collection…

The Guardian - UK

I spent an afternoon writing my own name. It was lovely until I started overthinking it

Who’d have thought that signing 2,000 books could be so relaxing, writes Adrian Chiles

The Independent UK

Andrew Sean Greer: ‘I’m just a guy who happened to win the Pulitzer’

His agent told him not to write a sequel to his Pulitzer-winning novel ‘Less’ – but Andrew Sean Greer did it anyway. He talks to Nick Duerden about binning drafts, finding acclaim, and his status in America

Los Angeles Times

New book about Jan. 6 attack will feature Rep. Adam Schiff's 'critical insights'

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California is not done talking about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Independent UK

King Charles ‘waiting for release of Harry’s book to decide if Archie and Lilibet will get titles’, book claims

‘It depends a lot on what happens in the coming months,’ source claims about children’s possible title changes

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