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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Tim Minchin says editing Roald Dahl’s books ‘a slippery slope’

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Comedian behind Matilda musical says texts would need to be repeatedly updated to keep up with modern sensibilities Read the full intervie...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Unseen Gabriel García Márquez novel to be published next year

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Colombian author’s En Agosto Now Vemos (We’ll See Each Other in August) had been just a rumour but now fans will get to read it Continue re...

Baillie Gifford winner of winners James Shapiro: ‘I draw a very sharp line between fiction and nonfiction’

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The 1599 author on the difference between historians and novelists, looking at Shakespeare differently and hitchhiking to the Edinburgh fest...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

James Shapiro wins Baillie Gifford anniversary prize with ‘extraordinary’ Shakespeare biography 1599

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The English professor’s analysis of a pivotal year in the playwright’s life triumphed over a shortlist that included Craig Brown, Barbara De...

Amy Winehouse’s journal entries to be published in new book

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Family-approved book will also feature handwritten lyrics and personal photos and will be published two weeks before the singer would have t...

Sarah Holland-Batt wins Stella prize for ‘tender’ poems about her father’s death

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Poet and outspoken advocate for aged care reform is the second poet in a row to win $60,000 award for Australian women and non-binary writer...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Dead Ink wins Republic of Consciousness prize with Missouri Williams’s ‘astonishing’ debut

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The award, championing small presses with fewer than five staff, was won by The Doloriad – an audaciously original novel set in a post-apoca...

Three debut novels compete among Women’s prize for fiction shortlist

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First-time novelists are joined by two former winners on the diverse list, as the six ‘ambitious and hard-hitting’ contenders are revealed ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Design news: the father of video art, London Craft Week and Frank Lloyd Wright trainers

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Read a tome on time, watch a documentary about artist Nam June Paik and marvel at the work of graphic designer Neville Brody Continue readi...
Monday, April 24, 2023

Children read almost 25% more books last year, UK and Ireland study finds

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What Kids Are Reading report found communities on sites such as TikTok helped stimulate interest in reading Continue reading...

Calls to ban books hit highest level ever recorded in the US

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Demands to censor, most often for gender themes or sexual detail, rose 38% year on year in 2022, with Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe being last...

Letter from King Charles to be included in new Trump book, report says

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Letters to Trump reportedly contains 150 messages from key figures also including Queen Elizabeth and Ronald Reagan Continue reading...
Sunday, April 23, 2023

Never too late: over-50s urged to write fiction with prize for debut novel

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Award launched at London book fair aims to help older authors take the plunge and submit a first work Continue reading...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Hilary Mantel was working on ‘mashup’ of Jane Austen novels before her death

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Wolf Hall trilogy author remembered at memorial service at Southwark cathedral on Thursday Continue reading...