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Jason Arday claimed he was paid ‘1.4 million’ by publisher for memoir

Simon & Schuster still plans to publish book by Cambridge academic who resigned this week amid plagiarism claims

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Sky City by Jacqueline Crooks review – an ambitious, lyrical portrait of trauma

A young woman is haunted by her childhood in this forcefully imaginative and unapologetically bleak novel from the author of Fire Rush

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Meet the 70-year-old debut novelist who turned a self-published book into a global bestseller

BOOKS: It's outsold some of the buzziest books of the year and Oprah is a fan – but the debut novel by an ex-lawyer and musician from Alabama almost flew under the radar entirely. Annabel Nugent tells the inside story of an unlikely publishing hit

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Trump Welcomes Epstein Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Into Republican Party, Promotes His New Book

Donald Trump endorses Alan Dershowitz's shift to the Republican Party, promoting his new book criticising Democrats. The move highlights Dershowitz's past ties to Jeffrey Epstein and ongoing scrutiny.

International Business Times UK · Aug 5

Why waste your time on social media when you could be flicking through picture books?

From histories of opera to compendiums of mosses, they’re beautiful, expertly written and don’t leave you feeling grubby, writes Joel Snape. What’s not to like?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

In Britain, we equate blackness with the working class. It’s time for a rethink

In my new book, I narrate the existence, behaviours and sensibilities of the black British middle class, a social group largely ignored, until now

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

Omar Musa wins Miles Franklin literary award for ‘tour de force’ novel Fierceland

The novelist, poet and rapper won $60,000 for his novel about two siblings who reckon with the legacy of their late father, a palm oil baron in Malaysian Borneo

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5

One Hundred Years of Solitude part 2 review – Netflix show continues to dazzle. But Márquez was right, his novel is unfilmable

3/5 Netflix series fails to capture the porous border between magic and reality, so brilliantly portrayed in Gabriel García Márquez’s 1967 novel

The Independent UK · Aug 5

A moment that changed me: I found a forbidden novel – it led to a dangerous, lasting love

Growing up in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, romance was frowned upon – as was much of my Uyghur culture. But one day, exploring a strange house, I found a gateway to both worlds

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

I built a website without leaving ChatGPT — and it only took one prompt

I used ChatGPT Sites to turn four book reviews into a polished monthly reading website without writing code. Here’s how it worked and the prompt to try.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 5