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Time Being by Jude Cook review – a smart existential tale of midlife

A fatal mistake sparks this juicy melodrama, in which a philosophy professor navigates the guilt of being a survivor

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27

How 15-year-old Bethany became a published illustrator despite situational mutism

A 15-year-old student from Cambridgeshire has become a published book illustrator after a portrait she drew during a school storytelling session caught an author's attention. Bethany, who experiences situational mutism, was sketching Chip Colquhoun to help her concentrate when he noticed her artwork and later invited her to illustrate his…

The Times of India · Oct 27

The Wall Street Journal Praises The Old Gray Lady

"Let’s hope that people across the media industry will take Josh Blackman’s criticism to heart."

Reason · Oct 27

Authors donate royalties to Sally Rooney after books taken off shelves in UK

CHILDREN’S laureates for both Ireland and Wales have announced they are donating their royalties to fiction author Sally Rooney in a show of solidarity after her publisher stopped selling her books in the UK

The National (Scotland) · Oct 26

Woman Gets Caught Throwing Away Her Stepchild’s Food, Husband Decides It’s Grounds For Divorce

It can be strange to see your parent marry a new person. And while it’s great to have a stepparent that you love, that’s not the case for everyone. But there’s a big difference between not being best friends and actively being enemies. One person reached out to the internet…

Bored Panda · Oct 26

Sophia Fan, the 17-year-old Maryland student who distributed more than 7,000 books in 4 years

Sophia Fan initiated Literacy Cycle at the age of 13, aiming to provide educational resources to children. The nonprofit has reached over 7,000 books distributed across multiple states and a chapter in Rwanda. Originally focusing on AP textbooks, it now accepts various types of learning materials. Fan plans to continue…

The Times of India · Oct 26

Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li review – a virtuosic interrogation of the power of art

What does it cost, to live your life in the hope of immortality? Li examines the gulf between talent and genius through the marriage of two real-life musicians

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26

The one change that worked: I told the men in my life I loved them – and my world opened up

At first I felt uncomfortable telling my dad, brother and friends how I felt. But I soon found it liberating, and once I started, I couldn’t stop

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26

Reading Routes Through Kolkata, Kochi and Mumbai: Cities Indian Novelists Built

A city a novelist has claimed is never quite the same place again. The lane looks ordinary until you know what happened there on a page, and then it never looks ordinary again. Kolkata, Kochi and Mumbai have been claimed more thoroughly than almost anywhere else in Indian fiction, not…

Times Life · Oct 26

Patti Smith says deathbed promise to Robert Mapplethorpe led to memoir series

The singer was speaking to Dua Lipa, who is curating the London Literature Festival.

Evening Standard · Oct 25