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Margot Robbie in red latex, Kate Bush impersonators and a pint of Emily ale: my crash course in Brontëmania

As Wuthering Heights gets a raunchy Hollywood remake, our writer takes a pilgrimage through Haworth, the village where its author lived – and finds her spirit still electrifying the cobbled streets and windswept moors

The Guardian - UK

Ncuti Gatwa leads star winners at first Speakies awards for audio storytelling

The actor won best performance for BBC drama Gatsby in Harlem at the inaugural British Audio awards, while Nicola Coughlan’s narration of Juno Dawson’s Queen B clinched best sci-fi audiobook

The Guardian - UK

The Independent Pride List 2025: the LGBT+ people making change happen

PRIDE 2025: The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest pioneers over the past 12 months

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Cynthia Erivo and The Vivienne among ‘LGBT+ changemakers’ in 2025 Pride List

The Independent’s Pride List for 2025 also includes Tom Daley, Joe Lycett and Bella Ramsey.

Evening Standard

Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest – season two episode six recap

As a song contest on a space station descends into terror, Ncuti Gatwa gives his most disturbing performance yet – and the Doctor in rage mode is terrifying

The Guardian - UK

Rylan Clark kept Doctor Who Interstellar Song Contest casting secret for a year

The TV personality is due to play himself in an upcoming episode of Doctor Who in which he is presenting the Interstellar Song Contest.

Evening Standard

Russell T. Davies pitched Doctor Who's upcoming musical episode as "Die Hard meets Eurovision," says writer Juno Dawson

Exclusive | Juno Dawson on the origins of Doctor Who's Interstellar Song Contest

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9 Years Later, 'Doctor Who' Is Making An Important Addition

The BBC sci-fi series is bringing back a writer who could help shake up Season 2 of the ongoing reboot.

Inverse

Spectator breached code with trans comment in Nicola Sturgeon article, watchdog says

A MAGAZINE’S reference to Juno Dawson as a “man who claims to be a woman” in an article on Nicola Sturgeon was discriminatory, the press…

The National (Scotland)

‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators?

A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books about female friendship

Sally Rooney, Alice Walker and Nancy Mitford are among the writers who have charted complex and profound bonds that can last a lifetime

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as librarians reveal UK schools are banning LGBT+ books after complaints from parents

Exclusive: Library staff, MPs and charities have warned banning books is worrying regression on LGBT+ rights and can be harmful to young people

The Independent UK

Juno Dawson: 'So-called champions of free speech want to ban my books'

The Yorkshire-born trans writer talks about the banning of her book in the States, being forced off Twitter due to toxic abuse, and the "bad faith" of many of the free speech crowd

Evening Standard

Juno Dawson: ‘The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a deeply vibey novel’

The YA author on identifying with Armistead Maupin and learning from Malorie Blackman

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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

Perilous Times by Thomas D Lee; The Grief Nurse by Angie Spoto; Airside by Christopher Priest; Hokey Pokey by Kate Mascarenhas; The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

The Independent UK

The best books to pick up this Pride Month and celebrate LGBTQ+ voices

Imy Brighty-Potts rounds up some super proud reads, for book fans of all ages.

The Independent UK

9 teen books that need film adaptations, from Man O’ War to What Sunny Saw in the Flames

With the forthcoming release of Judy Blume adaptation ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret?’, Megan Warren-Lister runs through other Young Adult novels that should be given the big screen treatment

The Guardian - UK

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

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 year’s ‘most challenged’ title

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How we fell under the spell of witcherature

From Wednesday Addams to countless new books, witches are having a cultural moment. Why now, and what does that say about our modern age?

The Guardian - UK

Do the write thing: do authors use autopen?

They may have to sign thousands of books individually, but it seems writers wouldn’t dream of using a robot pen

The Guardian - UK

‘You might as well be on the moon’: the authors taking residence in Derek Jarman’s home

Deborah Levy and Juno Dawson are among the writers and artists who have stayed at the film-maker’s cottage in Dungeness. On a rare tour of the property, Laura Barton hears how the project came about

Evening Standard

The blockbuster book trends of the year

From cosy crime to queer romance, Francesca Brown looks at the literary trends dominating the charts, and filling our shelves

The Guardian - UK

How the first female Time Lord changed Doctor Who forever

As Jodie Whittaker hands the baton to Ncuti Gatwa, we reflect on how embracing diversity has led to some of the show’s most unflinching and affirming tales

The Guardian - UK

Picture books for children – reviews

A magical zebra, fat cats in lockdown and a bus-riding chipmunk star in this month’s round-up

The Conversation

Why sensitivity readers matter – and should be paid properly

Last month, controversy was reignited in the UK around teacher Kate Clanchy’s memoir Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, about her time teaching kids from diverse backgrounds to write poetry.

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