January 28, 2020
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1. Michelle Obama wins Grammy for Becoming audiobook 2. Coelho deletes children’s book co-written with Kobe Bryant ‘3. The Undefeated’ Wins Caldecott Medal, While ‘New Kid’ Picks Up Newbery 4. New Nancy Drew comic celebrates beloved sleuth’s 90th birthday by … Continue reading
January 21, 2020
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1. Jack Reacher series author Lee Child ‘quits and lets brother step in’ 2. UK Costa Book Awards Names Short Story Finalists 3. World Book Day 2020 launches Share a Million Stories 4. Christopher Tolkien, son of JRR Tolkien, dies … Continue reading
January 14, 2020
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1. Leri Price Wins 2019 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2. Copies of the book ‘A Case of Exploding Mangoes’ seized, claims Mohammed Hanif 3. Elizabeth Wurtzel, a controversial writer, dies 4. Singular ‘they’ voted word of … Continue reading
January 7, 2020
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1. Barack Obama’s book list of 2019 2. Sonny Mehta, venerable publisher known for spotting great books, dies at 77 3. Emma Watson hides copies of Little Women across London 4. Lizzo bashes author’s claim that she’s only popular due … Continue reading
December 24, 2019
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1. Amitabha Bagchi’s ‘Half The Night Is Gone’ wins $25,000-DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 2. End of an era for book publisher Penguin 3. George RR Martin opens bookshop next to his cinema in Santa Fe 4. How … Continue reading
December 10, 2019
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1. Milan Kundera’s Czech citizenship restored after 40 years 2. Mr Men books accused of sexism because Mr Clever mansplains to Little Miss Curious 3. BBC News presenter alluded to joint victory with Margaret Atwood but failed to give the … Continue reading
December 3, 2019
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1. Bad sex award goes to Didier Decoin and John Harvey 2. Nobel prize for literature hit by resignations 3. Malayalam poet and writer Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, 93, has been selected for the Jnanpith Award in 2019 4. Dalai Lama’s … Continue reading
November 26, 2019
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1. Chloe Aridjis and Daniel Saldaña Paris named as 2020 winners of Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award 2. Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures To Adapt Stormzy-Published ‘Teaching My Brother To Read’ For Television 3. 2019 National Book Awards … Continue reading
November 19, 2019
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1. ‘Maoism’ Author Julia Lovell Wins Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize 2. Politician Asked Locals to Gift Him Books, Now He’s Donating Them to School Libraries 3. Kit de Waal named FutureBook Person of the Year 4. Tickets for Elton … Continue reading
November 12, 2019
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1. Women’s writing began much earlier than supposed, finds academic 2. Climate strike named 2019 word of the year by Collins Dictionary 3. Neil Gaiman confirms that work is already underway on Sandman season 2 for Netflix 4. University of … Continue reading