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Huckleberry Finn given trigger warning by university over ‘problematic’ content

1884 novel has been placed under increased scrutiny in recent years

The Independent UK

Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review – adrift in Berlin

A professor wanders around the German capital, enabling dreamlike meditations on history, identity and belonging

The Guardian - UK

When freedoms and imagination are threatened, ‘read dangerously’

Why readers and writers will have to fight against a closing in of culture more than ever

The Hindu

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Author Sloane Crosley on nitpicking, religion, and the ‘disgusting ooze’ of social media

The bestselling author and essayist Sloane Crosley has written an experimental romantic comedy about wellness, the romantic undead and the modern human condition. She speaks to Adam White about nitpicking, religion and the ‘disgusting ooze’ of social media

The Independent UK

Spanish civil war book reveals hidden history of female journalists

Women less interested in ‘macho competitiveness of violence’ in conflict, says author

The Guardian - UK

Beto O’Rourke’s book on voting rights released during race for Texas governor

DALLAS — Beto O’Rourke’s latest work is hitting bookshelves in the middle of a heated campaign to defeat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson backs off his call to stop teaching science in elementary school

RALEIGH, N.C. — When North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson spoke on education at a round-table event Tuesday night in downtown Durham, he didn’t publicly broach a topic likely to have been on many attendees’ minds: a call in his upcoming book for eliminating science and history from the first-…

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Ani Di Franco picture book is scheduled for March 2023

Ani Di Franco has some life thoughts to share — for kids

The Independent UK

Winners of UK’s oldest literary prize revealed at book festival

The latest winners of the James Tait Black Prizes have been announced at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

The Independent UK

Why is food poverty a fact of life in 21st-century Britain?

Letters: Today’s need for food banks shows how little society has evolved from the 19th century, writes Karen Wynyard. Plus Susan Le Jeune on attitudes to food banks

The Guardian - UK

Rudy Giuliani recovered from drink and depression at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago after losing 2008 presidential bid, book claims

The former New York mayor’s ex-wife claims he was ’always falling s***faced somewhere’ after his loss in the Republican presidential nomination in 2008

The Independent UK

Dame Deborah James reaches number one with her posthumously published book

Dame Deborah James, who passed away in June, reached number one with her book, How To Live When You Could Be Dead

Daily Mirror

Suspended in the present: review of Amit Chaudhuri’s new book, Sojourn

The novel, about an academic in Berlin, gives us a real-time immersion with every moment of reading

The Hindu

Human nature can steer people away from new things – and that can blind them to novel threats

There’s a military aphorism that generals are always fighting the last war. It’s a natural human tendency to focus on the kinds of threats you’re used to while playing down the likelihood or importance of some new sort of attack.

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The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about Israel

Beyond the feted international stars, these poets and novelists each find very different ways to write about this contested land

The National (Scotland)

Diana Gabaldon on last Outlander book, prequels and her favourite place in Scotland

OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon is on her 10th book in the series – could it be her last?

The Independent UK

Neil Gaiman hits back at critics’ claim about The Sandman on Netflix vs the comics

‘Too many people now not reading books and just spending countless hours staring at their televisions,’ wrote one critic

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Long Knives by Irvine Welsh and Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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American Fever by Dur e Aziz Amna review – a subversive debut

A spiky teenage heroine from Pakistan brings a fresh perspective to the coming-of-age, coming-to-America novel

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Review: 'Raising Lazarus,' by Beth Macy

NONFICTION: A companion to her prize-winning "Dopesick," Macy's new book explores the fallout of the opioid crisis — and those who try to stem the tide.

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Review: 'Fox Creek,' by William Kent Krueger

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Laurie Hertzel: Books for sale, by the pound

The other morning I was drinking coffee, minding my own business, when a message popped up on my computer screen — a friend had sent me a link to an ad for books. These weren't just any books, but "real authentic books" of "varying colors" that were "tastefully weathered"; books,…

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Review: 'Perish,' by LaToya Watkins

FICTION: In this searing debut novel, a Texas family addresses its darkest secrets as its matriarch lies dying.

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Review: 'Touch,' by Olaf Olafsson

FICTION: A retiring restaurateur reconnects with an old love in this beautiful novel set during the first days of COVID-19.

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Review: 'Room and Board,' by Miriam Parker

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