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Friday, September 30, 2022

Matilda the Musical kicks off the London film festival as Netflix banks on Roald Dahl

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The rights to Dahl’s work has been the streaming service’s most expensive content deal to date, so Matthew Warchus’s new film needs to work ...

Canada’s Robert Munsch marathon aims to honour much-loved children’s author

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Actor M John Kennedy will read all 75 books in a single day during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche art festival Continue reading...

Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga found guilty of inciting violence

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Novelist given suspended sentence after staging peaceful protest calling for political reform Continue reading...

Trump made up audit excuse for not releasing tax returns on the fly, new book says

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In eagerly awaited book Confidence Man, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times depicts scene on campaign plane in 2016 Continue reading... ...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Kushner camping tale one of many bizarre scenes in latest Trump book

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Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman reveals racism, transphobia and ignorance from ex-president’s time in power Continue reading...

Trump asked May at debut meeting why Boris Johnson was not PM, book says

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Former president reportedly asked indelicate question at White House in January 2017 when Johnson was foreign secretary Continue reading......
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Libraries to offer shelter to the vulnerable during UK’s cost of living crisis

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Fines for late books will also be abolished by some libraries in England and Wales in a bid to ease financial pressures Continue reading......

Judith Schalansky is ninth author to write secret work for Future Library

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The German author’s contribution will remain unseen, alongside contributions from authors including Margaret Atwood and David Mitchell, unti...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Bill Bryson breaks retirement to record Christmas audiobook

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Despite assertions that he is ‘enjoying not doing anything’, author pens The Secret History of Christmas to reveal Santa’s true identity Co...

Tom Hanks announces ‘wildly ambitious’ first novel

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The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece spans 80 years and is said to be ‘thoughtful, poignant and hugely entertaining’ Continue r...

Pennsylvania school district accused of banning Girls Who Code book series

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Pen America says Central York school district banned the books but officials strongly deny it in statement Continue reading...

Republican ex-congressman suggests colleagues ‘had serious cognitive issues’

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Paul Gosar and Louie Gohmert were eager to believe ‘wild, dramatic fantasies’, claims Denver Riggleman in new book Continue reading...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Trump claimed ‘I was not watching television’ on January 6, book says

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Ex-president denied knowing his supporters were rioting and called them ‘fucking crazy’, Maggie Haberman writes in new book Continue readin...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

‘Everyone’s got a book in them’: boom in memoir industry as ordinary people record their stories

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Companies providing ghostwritten autobiographies for people wanting to tell their histories have seen surge in trade since the pandemic Con...