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A House for Alice by Diana Evans review – vivid tale of a homesick matriarch
Three middle-aged sisters grapple with their mother’s imminent return to Nigeria in this immersive domestic drama of becoming and belonging in post-Grenfell London...
theguardian.com
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Reviving Cantonese heritage and empowering bilingual kids across borders
Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3)Eight years ago, Sophie Yeung moved from Hong Kong to Melbourne with her two-year-old daughter. But the young parent...
scmp.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Children's Books in China 2025: All Our Coverage
Back in 2017, PW stated that describing the Chinese children’s book market is “as easy as A, B, C (amazing, booming, crowded).” Fast forward to 2025,...
publishersweekly.com
@ 30+ days ago
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Weike Wang’s Rental House, Callum Robinson’s Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman, and Pat Barker’s The Voyage Home all feature among the...
lithub.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Weathering by Arline Geronimus review – how discrimination makes you sick
A public health expert charts the cumulative effect of prejudice on peoples’ bodies, from heart disease to cancer...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Bob Books Gets a Makeover, Enters Preschool Market
After more than 40 years of teaching children to read via phonics, Bob Books is ready to expand its reach and update its look for a...
publishersweekly.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The big idea: why the UK needs a triple lock against poverty
The policy that has topped up pensions should be applied to working-age benefits...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Trash to Treasure: A Librarian’s Guide to Hoarding for Good
Wait! Don’t throw that! We could use it forsomething. If that sounds familiar, you must be a youth librarian. Creativity often sparks when something...
ala.org
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New Book Unveils Backstory of “On the Waterfront”
A Must Read for Film Fans 1954’s On the Waterfront has always been among my favorite and most watched films. After reading Stephen Rebello’s...
beyondchron.org
@ 30+ days ago
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Elfquest creators donate $ 500k to Columbia University Comics Archive
Wendy and Richard Pini, co-creators of American fantasy classic Elfquest, donated $ 500,000 to Columbia University to endow its library's growing...
boingboing.net
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10 Must-Read Manga of 2024
This year, established manga publishers including Seven Seas and Yen Press jostled on the shelves with big superhero comics houses, prestige graphic...
publishersweekly.com
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architecture / auto / books
‘Sikandar’ review: Salman must stop, for his own sake and ours | Mint
livemint.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Girls Who Stray: Anisha Lalvani’s Debut Novel Redefines Indian Women’s Fiction with a Dark, Coming-of-Age Thriller
Anisha Lalvani’s debut novel marks a bold new direction in Indian women’s writing. This coming-of-age thriller follows a nameless 23-year-old woman...
thehindu.com
@ 30+ days ago
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books / writing
The New York time s Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets & Critics
For long time readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York time s Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of...
openculture.com
@ 30+ days ago
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How Maria Shriver found her voice through poetry in new memoir
Journalist and author Maria Shriver stops by TODAY to discuss her new memoir “I Am Maria,” a collection of reflections and poems on heartbreak, healing...
today.com
@ 30+ days ago
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'The Master and Margarita': Highly successful Russian film takes aim at regime
france24.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – trapped in lockdown
Trust breaks down between the survivors of a vaccine trial as they prepare to brave a world wiped out by pandemic...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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music / books
“I can’t marry you, but we can totally have an affair some time ”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale is open to singing with Skid Row again
loudersound.com
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Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story
All families have secrets. Don’t they? Even if you think your family doesn’t, maybe it’s just because no-one has uncovered them yet....
bigissue.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The New York time s Readers’ Picks for the Best Books of 2024
The New York time s posted its 100 Notable Books of 2024 back in November—you can find out more about how those are picked on the...
bookriot.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Kareena Kapoor on owning the ramp at every size - Social News XYZ
socialnews.xyz
@ 30+ days ago
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Writing In The Stupid Age
This is the text of the 2024 Stinging Fly lecture, which was delivered at the United Arts Club in Dublin on October 23rd 2024.I tried to...
stingingfly.org
@ 30+ days ago
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A House for Alice by Diana Evans review – a follow-up with fire and fury
London life after Grenfell is powerfully portrayed in this sequel-of-sorts to Ordinary People...
theguardian.com
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books / movie & tv
The TV series Stephen King called a masterwork: “Close to a work of genius”
Film and television have reached a point where at least one generation of filmmakers who specialise in horror have grown up devouring the work of...
faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Austrian Auction House Accuses Chinese Firm of Bid Rigging
artnet.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Morgan Wallen Walked Off Stage During The SNL Closing Credits, And Now Fans Are Convinced There’s Drama
cinemablend.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Touching Cloth by Fergus Butler-Gallie review – the pratfalls and pitfalls of priesthood
Butler-Gallie’s wry memoir of his work as a Church of England priest is warm and rewarding, if tinged with disappointment...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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writing / books
The Discourse: Can A.I. Write A Good Story?
Episode Notes OpenAI head Sam Altman announced that they had developed an artificial intelligence model that “is good at creative writing,” and the...
slate.com
@ 30+ days ago
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How Deborah Levy can change your life
The long read: From her shimmering novels to her ‘living autobiographies’, Deborah Levy’s work inspires a devotion few literary authors ever achieve...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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City builder strategy game RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores announced
V Publishing and developer RAVINE Games have announced RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores, a new city building and strategy game where you build...
nichegamer.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The Disappearance of Diedrich Knickerbocker: Washington Irving’s Iconic New York Hoax
In 1809, a curious manuscript was found in Diedrich Knickerbocker’s room. But where—and who—was the man himself? On October 26, 1809, New Yorkers...
mentalfloss.com
@ 30+ days ago
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These voyeuristic photos use a glory hole as an aperture
dazeddigital.com
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'There Are Rumors.' Bo Derek Told Me About Her Last Minute Tommy Boy Casting And The Questions She Still Has About What Happened
cinemablend.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Tell Me How This Ends by Jo Leevers review – a sympathetic double act
The bond between a terminally ill woman and an oddball charity worker makes for a promising, pleasingly complex debut...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER by Gene Wolfe
From the publisher: “Severian is a torturer, born to the guild and with an exceptionally promising career ahead of him . . . until he is exiled from...
sffworld.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Final Four honors students at San Antonio's Burke Elementary for reading for 1,827,419 minutes
tpr.org
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books / celebrity
Buffy Sainte-Marie loses major Canadian awards over revelations over true identity
faroutmagazine.co.uk
@ 30+ days ago
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Allegheny County, Pittsburgh library card holders can get free admission to several attractions
wpxi.com
@ 30+ days ago
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DOGE blows the lid off massive number of loans granted to kids and more top headlines
foxnews.com
@ 30+ days ago
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books / writing
5 mystery novels to cozy up with in the new year
The winter cold of the new year is the perfect time to cozy up with a good mystery novel, and this season offers a wonderful...
post-gazette.com
@ 30+ days ago
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When did I decide to become a solo mother by choice? I have so many answers – but none are true
A bad breakup, bad dates, a podcast: the series of moments that led to the decision that changed Alexandra Collier’s life – and created a...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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The Author of THE HELP is Back
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.The Help Author’s...
bookriot.com
@ 30+ days ago
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books / movie & tv
'Churchill at War' Is a Perfect Companion Piece to 'The Crown'
movieweb.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Maha’s theatre policy to be introduced within two months: Minister
Mumbai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Minister of Cultural Affairs Ashish Shelar on Tuesday announced that the state government will introduce...
socialnews.xyz
@ 30+ days ago
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entrepreneurship / books
Bestselling author: I asked 26,000 people around the world their biggest regrets—these were the top 4
Living life without regrets is impossible, says bestselling author Daniel Pink. Regrets are a fundamental part of life, and instead of running from or...
cnbc.com
@ 30+ days ago
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#4744, Afrofuturism | New Sounds | WNYC
Afrofuturism has been “a cultural force since the mid-20th century when jazz visionary Sun Ra and his Arkestra first touched down on Planet Earth”...
wnyc.org
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books / writing
8 New Mystery, Thriller, and True Crime Adaptations To Watch in March 2025
Hello, mystery fans, welcome to another month of adaptations to watch! Before I dive into this month’s selections, if you missed January and...
bookriot.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Adapt and survive: why Dickens still endures on page, stage and screen
The new version of Great Expectations is the BBC’s seventh, while A Christmas Carol is the most adapted English classic ever. What is it...
theguardian.com
@ 30+ days ago
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How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
Economists some time s present their discipline as the queen of the social sciences, a claim staked primarily on a superificial resemblance to physics: It...
salon.com
@ 30+ days ago
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Novelist's Second Murder Mystery Is Based at Cuba Lake
In Brandon Conner’s novel, “A Precise Deception,” USDA agent Allen Marshall is discovered dead in his cabin on Cuba Lake by his son Jared,...
tapinto.net
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