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Labour tax hike has made some London bus routes unsustainable, says company boss

But TfL reassures passengers there is no threat to the future of bus routes 80, 93, 151, 154, 155, 163, 164 and 470

Evening Standard

How slow is your London bus? Declining bus speeds mapped as citywide average falls below 9mph

Bus operators blame roadworks, cycle lanes, 20mph speed limits and LTNs as passenger numbers continue to plummet

Evening Standard

Booker prize winners, rap hits and Ryder Cups: interpreting the Ashes omens

History shows that surprisingly random factors can have an impact on whether England or Australia lift the urn

The Guardian - UK

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The Booker Prize Shortlist 2024: The stories being considered for the top literary prize

Familiarise yourself with this year’s shortlisted novels to discover your new favourite yarn

Evening Standard

Jimmy Carter receives Holbrooke award from Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving an award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

The Independent UK

Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner make the 2024 Booker prize shortlist

The six finalists include five books by women – the highest number of female writers shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon on the key wish she has for political leaders

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she wises more political leaders would read fiction “as a general principle”...

The National (Scotland)

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‘I miss my solitude’: Booker winner Paul Lynch says he is a ‘social introvert’

Author of novel Prophet Song about an imagined fascist Ireland tells Hay audience he is not a political writer

The Guardian - UK

Paul Lynch: ‘When you win the Booker, you are told you won’t write for a year’

The Irish novelist on navigating success shortly after a cancer diagnosis and a marriage breakdown, the renaissance in Irish writing, and how his ‘tragic worldview’ fits the times

The Guardian - UK

A ‘sea of stories’ launches Jaipur Literature Festival

The Jaipur Literature Festival, the starting point of literary festivals in India, offers a diverse program of books, conversations, and cultural activities.

The Hindu

Can you beat the authors? Take the bumper books quiz of 2023!

Answer fiendish literary questions from Bernardine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe, Jonathan Coe and more. Plus, spot the 10 books hidden on our festive ice rink

The Guardian - UK

A prescient World War II warning

In 1945 the US Army warned about fascism — and almost perfectly described Donald Trump

Salon

Best books of 2023: The Marie Claire reading list of the must-reads and page-turners

Kindles at the ready, Readers – our round-up of new releases and recommended favourites for 2023 is designed to give you a TBR list to treasure throughout the year

Marie Claire

Five Great Reads: the housing wealth myth, Disney’s year of flops and breaking our addiction to stuff

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on utopias: news from nowhere can help us here and now

Editorial: The Booker prize has gone to a dystopian vision of a totalitarian Ireland. But imagined futures needn’t always be bleak

The Guardian - UK

‘This is a wake-up call’: Booker winner Paul Lynch on his novel about a fascist Ireland

The writer was on the operating table for cancer, then exactly a year later he found out his nightmarish vision had made the shortlist. He reveals why the words for Prophet Song came out with such urgency, there was no time for paragraph breaks

The Conversation

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: Booker prize-winning novel is a distinctly Irish tale of civic and ideological collapse

The philosopher Hannah Arendt’s much-quoted description of the “banality of evil” could be applied to the disquieting story told in Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. The Booker prize-winning novel is a perfect study of the banality of totalitarianism.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is another weak winner as the Booker prize slides into irrelevance

The thing about Prophet Song, Paul Lynch’s unexpected winner of the Booker, is that it’s almost hilariously unprophetic. It starts with the Irish secret police knocking at the door, looking for a trades unionist, and goes on to a dystopian vision of a fascist state.

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France 24

Ireland's Paul Lynch on winning 2023 Booker Prize with novel 'Prophet Song'

Irish writer Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning fifth novel is a timely and urgent book described as powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real, capturing the social and political anxieties of our time. The book is set in a dystopian Dublin in the grips of totalitarianism. Some of the themes of "Prophet Song"…

France 24

Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' world tour hits cinemas worldwide

In this culture update, FRANCE 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim gives us a sneak peek of Beyoncé's concert film of her billion-dollar "Renaissance" tour. The film gives fans a glimpse of behind-the-scenes action and the best on-stage moments. Jennifer also tells us more about this year's Booker Prize winner – Irish…

Evening Standard

Booker winner Paul Lynch: 'There is no Paul privilege'

The winner was one of three Pauls shortlisted for the Prize

The Independent UK

Novel ‘simulates events already occurring’, says Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch

The author said he found himself ‘living through’ scenes he had already written for his book Prophet Song during the pandemic lockdowns.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss throws weight behind the Republicans

The former PM said she wants a Republican back in the White House

Evening Standard

Who is Paul Lynch? Author wins Booker Prize 2023 for Prophet Song

Irish author takes home one of the top awards in literature

WEKU

Irish writer Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize for dystopian novel 'Prophet Song'

Lynch, 46, had been the bookies' favorite to win the prestigious prize, which usually brings a big boost in sales.

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