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Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize

Six writers are now finalists for the prestigious annual prize, which awards £20,000 to a writer aged 39 or under

The Guardian - UK

Secret manuscripts written by mobster Whitey Bulger before his arrest are revealed

Lawyers for former FBI agent John Connolly say that the crime boss’s handwritten statements show that he was framed

The Independent UK

FBI agent dispels conspiracy theories behind America’s most notorious art heist – and reveals who he thinks really did it

The Boston museum is still offering up to $10 million to anyone who returns the art in good condition

The Independent UK

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Future of William Wordsworth’s Lake District home secured for the public

Romantic poet’s Rydal Mount and Gardens, marketed for over £2.5m, will remain open under Wordsworth Trust

The Guardian - UK

Malorie Blackman says Noughts & Crosses racism theme is still relevant after 25 years ‘in the times we’re living’

’Noughts & Crosses’ became a six-book series, which has been adapted for both the stage and screen

The Independent UK

Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave review – a will-they-won’t-they queer romance

Two women fall into and out of each other’s lives over decades, in a moving examination of love and choices

The Guardian - UK

Climate fiction prize announces finalists including Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott

The authors of The Book of Records and Dusk join Keshava Guha, Susanna Kwan, Maria Reva and Helen Phillips on the shortlist for the £10,000 prize

The Guardian - UK

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Tony Gould obituary

Other lives: Literary editor of New Society and New Statesman who wrote a social history of polio, a disease he contracted in his late teens

The Guardian - UK

57 Years Later, The 'Dune 3' Trailer Changes The Books In Two Massive Ways

How is this the end? The new 'Dune: Part Three' trailer suggests this is the end of the "Dune Trilogy." Here's the only way that makes sense.

Inverse

Meghan Markle Reveals Her "Current Bedside Book" and What Makes Her Kids "Bloom" in a Rare Instagram Comment

"When @meghan the Duchess of Sussex shares your book, you go into shock, you share, and you celebrate."

Marie Claire

Children's Book Author Kouri Richins Convicted in Husband's Murder — What the Jury Heard

Kouri Richins, a children's book author, has been found guilty of murdering her husband in a high-profile Utah trial. The case captivated national attention due to its shocking details.

International Business Times UK

Len Deighton, spy novelist and author of The Ipcress File, dies aged 97

British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Utah mom who wrote children's book on grief 'Are You With Me' found guilty of murdering husband

Kouri Richins, the self-published author of children's book 'Are You With Me' dealing with grief, was convicted of aggravated murder of her husband, whom she poisoned with fentanyl. Her husband Eric Richins was killed in March 2022 and Kouri Richins published the book a year later. She slipped five times…

The Times of India

Exclusive: Royal Photographer Reveals the “Lovely” Moment at Princess Charlotte’s Christening That Ended Up Being the Unexpected “Strongest Image”

Chris Jackson tells 'Marie Claire' that the "picture of the day" from the event ended up being totally different than he'd expected.

Marie Claire

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How to not get away murder: The author who got caught poisoning her husband

If this sounds like a Netflix true-crime pitch, that’s because it almost writes itself. A husband dies suddenly. A grieving wife goes on TV. She writes a children’s book about loss, telling kids that the dead are never really gone. America nods along. The story feels neat, tragic, even a…

The Guardian - UK

The Delusions by Jenni Fagan review – an afterlife of queues and bureaucracy

A witty metaphysical satire about what happens when the processes that help souls pass on begin to fail

International Business Times UK

Kouri Richins Who Wrote Grief Book After Husband's Death Is Found Guilty of Murdering Him

From a failed Valentine's Day poisoning to deleted texts and a $2.9M mansion purchase on the day he died, the evidence painted a picture of calculated homicide. Kouri Richins will be sentenced on May 13.

The Independent UK

Utah mom who wrote kids’ book on grief after husband died convicted on all charges after slipping poison into his Moscow Mule

Kouri Richins, 35, was convicted on all charges after poisoning her husband Eric by lacing his cocktail with fentanyl

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57 Books Covers That Are So Incredibly Awful That They’re Actually Funny (New Pics)

The phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” sounds nice on paper, but if everyone actually followed it, publishers wouldn’t spend so much time and money creating them. And that’s not something we, the readers, want. Thoughtless, poorly executed, or otherwise baffling designs still manage to make it to…

The Independent UK

Lizzo announces surprising new career venture

‘Lil Lizzo meets Sasha B Flootin’’ will be released September 8

Marie Claire

Exclusive: Royal Photographer Chris Jackson Reveals What It Was Like Photographing Queen Elizabeth's Many Sides: “She Didn’t Make it Easy For You”

The 'Modern Majesty' author tells 'Marie Claire' how the late Queen "understood the power of the image."

The Guardian - UK

Better than Wuthering Heights? The Brontës’ novels – ranked!

As Emerald Fennell’s film sparks debate, we celebrate the pioneering brilliance of the siblings’ work

The Guardian - UK

London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship

The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Margareta Magnusson, Swedish ‘death cleaning’ author, dies age 92

Magnusson’s 2017 bestseller The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning turned the Scandinavian decluttering practice into a global phenomenon

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie does not want to be seen as ‘free speech Barbie’: ‘Little frustrating’

Author says he prefers conversations about him to focus on his books

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