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Black Lives Matter movement, Obama presidency explored in UT Austin professor’s new book

The period between Barack Obama’s inauguration as president and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol marked a pivotal time for Black Americans to gain dignity and the ability to fully participate in democracy.

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The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan review – fierce tale of family strife

Young Saoirse comes from a line of strong women forced to fight for their land in this luminous story of prejudice and patriarchy

The Guardian - UK

New store to open in Arnold as ex-teacher from Calverton takes a 'massive gamble'

Tim Beeden has taken a leap of faith to start his new business

Nottingham Post

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Leaks, lies and a locked connecting door: Jared Kushner book reveals his hatred for Steve Bannon

Firebrand Bannon left the White House in early days of Trump presidency

The Independent UK

Book Week 'magic' returns to Hunter classrooms with storybook creator

"For young people to see the process of editing and changing and reworking."

Newcastle Herald

In Plagued, journalists have traded their independence for access, resulting in a kind of political pornography

The publication of Plagued, by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, is destined to become a classic study of the perils for journalists in writing books about current political events.

The Conversation

Will Southlake approve using book by grandson of slave in school bearing his name?

DALLAS — A book about the grandson of a slave who learned to read when he was 98 years old is currently under review for use in the school named after him in Southlake.

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BBC checked my opinion on independence before interview, Outlander author says

OUTLANDER author Diana Gabaldon has said the BBC phoned her before an interview to ensure she did not make any “inflammatory” comments on…

The National (Scotland)

UK sales of The Satanic Verses surge after Rushdie stabbing

Publisher Vintage has ordered a reprint following rush to buy the 1988 novel in the wake of the attack on the author earlier this month

The Guardian - UK

Why Stephen King turned on his own publisher in a battle over the future of the book industry

Josh Marcus looks into why the horror king—and the Biden administration—are trying to stop the big-money merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The Independent UK

German publisher pulls Winnetou books amid racial stereotyping row

Ravensburger Verlag reacts as debate rages over depiction of Native American character in children’s books

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Horowitz says he regrets making fun of vegetarians: ‘I barely eat meat myself now’

‘Your attitudes do change,’ novelist says

The Independent UK

Anthony Horowitz: ‘These days, writers do have to self-censor’

The bestselling author and TV writer is about to release his 56th book. He speaks to Hannah Stephenson about the role of social media in spreading ‘harmful’ views, his belief that writers are self-censoring, and how his wife Hill is his most important critic

The Independent UK

Anthony Horowitz says Bond ‘lives by a different moral code’ to one we have now

The author has written three titles in the James Bond book franchise, but says he will not be doing any more.

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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

Estranged friends navigate a sleeping world, a boy discovers he is part-alien, and the hunt for a missing mother touches lightly on mental health issues

The Independent UK

Anthony Horowitz on cancel culture and the fear of offending

‘People seem to take offence a great deal more easily than they used to,’ says the bestselling author and TV writer,

The Guardian - US

Texas school district pulls the Bible, The Bluest Eye and other books from library

School board in Dallas-Fort Worth area requires reviewing books facing challenges from parents

The Guardian - UK

Busy Being Free by Emma Forrest review – from Hollywood glitz to Trump-based celibacy

Unafraid to confront messy contradictions, a second memoir from the author of Your Voice in My Head covers the end of her marriage and ‘tectonic shift’ from LA to north London

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The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman review – Soviet wartime propaganda with a human face

An expanded reissue of the author’s 1942 novel about a Red Army unit encircled by German forces is overtly polemical but also vividly written

Asharq Al-Awsat

Book Seen with Azhar Imam Renews Debate Over Enlightenment Concept

A photo of a book that appeared next to Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb during his return flight from a European country, renewed on Sunday a debate over the concept of enlightenment among some of his supporters in Egypt. The debate started when Dr. Khaled Montaser posted on his Twitter…

Zenger

Kawand Crawford Survived The Streets And A Crippling Accident — Then Transformed His Life

‘The Don’ explains how he went from gang fights to book deals.

The Conversation

Book Week: it's not the costume that matters, but falling in love with reading

My phone pings and it’s a message from my brother. Do we have an old white dress my niece could borrow for a Book Week costume for school?

ABC News

House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel, is coming. Here's what you need to know if you haven't read the book

The Game of Thrones ending left plenty cold, but HBO is hoping House of the Dragon will warm everyone up to Westeros again. Here's what you need to know.

Daily Mirror

Royal family 'kept in the dark' over contents of Prince Harry's tell-all memoir

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, as well as their lawyers and advisors, have not seen any part of the manuscript and don't even know when the book will be published

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Harlem Shuffle; Two Brothers; The Queen of Dirt Island – reviews

Colson Whitehead on a heist gone wrong; a revisionary study of the footballing Charltons; and Donal Wilson’s latest fictional vignette of small-town Ireland

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