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Friday, September 29, 2023

Of Mice and Men first-draft fragment torn up by Steinbeck’s dog goes to auction

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John Steinbeck’s pet ‘made confetti’ of the manuscript in 1936, but a surviving piece will go on sale alongside personal journals, first edi...

Graham Greene was ‘ready to go to jail for Lolita’, says Véra Nabokov’s diary

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Newly published record of the struggle to get the controversial 1955 novel past censors adds ‘there could be no better reason’ Continue rea...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says

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Marty Baron says Trump’s son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation Continue rea...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Cassidy Hutchinson says Republicans face ‘make-or-break’ moment on Trump

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Former White House aide says Trump ‘almost destroyed democracy’ and is running for president to do it again Continue reading...

‘Rather devastating’: how the New York Times came to terms with Aids

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A new book says the paper long failed to recognise the epidemic that defined the 1980s – in fact, despite the homophobia of its top editor, ...

The White Review literary magazine ceases publishing

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A statement cited increased costs and removal of UK state funding as the magazine, which featured writers including Paul Murray, Caleb Azuma...
Monday, September 25, 2023

Top Trump aide burned so many papers wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says

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Mark Meadows’ wife complained of cost of dry-cleaning to remove smell from suits, Cassidy Hutchison writes in new memoir Continue reading.....
Friday, September 22, 2023

Cartoonists create colouring book for refugees in rebuff to UK government

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Welcome to Britain produced after minister ordered mural at Kent migrant centre to be painted over UK politics live – latest updates Con...

Northern Ireland libraries can no longer afford to buy books

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A funding shortfall means the country’s library service will operate with reduced hours, and is ‘unable to purchase new books or take reques...

Truman Capote story discovered in notebook published by Strand magazine

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Editor Andrew F Gulli found Italian-set work written in pencil by American writer among papers in Library of Congress Continue reading... ...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist

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Chetna Maroo’s ‘mesmerising’ Western Lane has been chosen on a male-dominated list • ‘Portraits of what it means to be alive today’: how we...

New guidelines urge UK libraries not to avoid controversial books and ideas

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‘In [a] polarised world, it is important our sector is clear in its opposition to censorship’ says the Cilip report, published as services i...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

George RR Martin and John Grisham among group of authors suing OpenAI

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Seventeen authors have joined a new lawsuit alleging ‘systematic theft on a mass scale’ by the program Continue reading...

Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns

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The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ pu...