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Five memorable trees in books we love, from The Magic Faraway Tree to Too Much Lip

Trees – majestic, mysterious and, as we are beginning to understand, wonderfully sophisticated and complex – play a powerful role in the stories we tell.

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Texas school board purges 41 books

"It is virtually impossible to run a school that purges books in response to any complaint," advocate warns

Salon

'Freedom of expression should not mean offending Islam and its values'

Guest columnist Anila Baig reflects on the ramifications of the attack on Salman Rushdie and the ongoing debate around free speech - saying that some Muslims feel there are double standards

Daily Mirror

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Salman Rushdie attack suspect says he only read two pages of Satanic Verses

Hadi Matar made the admission in video interview from behind bars at the Chautauqua County Jail

The Independent UK

'Dune: Part 2's most important, untold story will be on HBO Max

The 'Dune' prequel TV series is still happening. Here's how 'Dune: The Sisterhood' could explain a massive storyline that is essential to 'Dune: Part 2.'

Inverse

Matthew Desmond's book 'Poverty, by America' coming in 2023

Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s richest country

The Independent UK

Hundreds of authors to read from Salman Rushdie’s works in show of solidarity

The ‘Stand with Salman’ event in New York mirrors a public reading of The Satanic Verses that took place after the fatwa was issued in 1989

The Guardian - UK

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Watch | These illustrators create children’s books set in the Northeast of India

A video featuring the second part of Picture this, a new series on children’s book illustrators in India by Menaka Raman.

The Hindu

Top 10 books about starting afresh

Writers from Anne Tyler to Joan Didion and Tom McCarthy explore the possibilities and perils of remaking one’s life

The Guardian - UK

‘Master of the macabre’ Garth Marenghi announces latest project

Matthew Holness, appearing as the fictional horror author, teased Marenghi’s forthcoming ‘TerrorTome’

The Independent UK

Is This Love? by CE Riley review – gender-ambiguous marriage story

The breakup of a toxic relationship is catalogued in a powerful, elliptical novel that doesn’t quite pull off its ambitious experiment

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: 'The Devil Wears Prada' glamorized a toxic workplace. The musical tries a new approach

It's common knowledge that the coveted, cutthroat magazine depicted in the novel "The Devil Wears Prada" is a thinly veiled Vogue, where author Lauren Weisberger briefly worked as an assistant to longtime editor Anna Wintour. The 2006 film adaptation of Weisberger's book went on to gross $326 million worldwide largely…

Los Angeles Times

Romance meets true crime in Alicia Thompson’s latest

"Love in the Time of Serial Killers" by Alicia Thompson; Berkley (352 pages, $17)

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Autoportrait,' by Jesse Ball

NONFICTION: An antidote to the formulaic genre of memoir, providing an authentic look at what life feels like, in all its contradictory glory.

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Review: 'A Tale of Five Cities and Other Memoirs,' by Joyce Elbert

NONFICTION: The unjustly neglected Joyce Elbert reminiscences about being a woman novelist in a man's world.

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Review: 'Elizabeth Finch,' by Julian Barnes

FICTION: A distinguished British writer's graceful novel about a rewarding bond kindled in the classroom.

Chicago Tribune

Adam Levin’s latest big, huge novel throws Chicago into a giant sinkhole. After all, he lives in Florida now.

CHICAGO — Adam Levin left Chicago a few years ago and moved to Florida, and if you don’t think that’s hilarious, you should meet Adam Levin. He grew up in Highland Park, taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and for the past decade has been known…

Tribune News Service

The mystery of why we love reading mysteries

There are all kinds of mysteries — classic mysteries, police procedurals, cozies, spy thrillers, legal thrillers, psychological thrillers and detective novels.

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The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Change by Kirsten Miller and The Queen Of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan.

The Independent UK

Jennette McCurdy says her brothers ‘understand’ and ‘support’ her memoir

The actor’s memoir, titled, I’m Glad My Mom Died, is dedicated to her siblings

Tribune News Service

Barton Goldsmith: Things you can do while you’ve got time on your hands

Time is our most valuable asset, and wasting it is not good for your psyche. If you’re in line at the bank, stuck at the office or trapped at home hoping the plumber will arrive soon, you can do a number of things to enhance your life, and not just…

Pedestrian.tv

Just Gonna Say It: Peeta Mellark Is Actually The Greatest YA Leading Man Of All Time

Fk off Edward Cullen.

The Guardian - UK

The Furrows by Namwali Serpell review – bravura investigation of grief

A woman is haunted by the death of her little brother in this dark, destabilising fable about time and loss

The Independent UK

Sabrina Ghayour: ‘This is the biggest misconception about Persian food’

The British-Iranian chef talks to Prudence Wade about how her cooking has changed since becoming a stepmum, and why simple is always best

Los Angeles Times

Want to read Anne Heche's out-of-print memoir? It could easily cost you $750

Fans of the late actor Anne Heche can get their hands on her 2001 memoir, "Call Me Crazy." But only if they're willing to spend a pretty penny on it.

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