Books changed my life, says Queen's first reading hero ⊕⊕
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Selina Brown, from Birmingham, says she is delighted to be the UK's first National Reading Hero.
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Books, malls and cars: where the physical world still rules ○
Many consumers are resisting, even turning back the digital revolution
6 months ago
‘I’m going to write about all of it’: author Chris Kraus on success, drugs and I Love Dick ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A decade after her debut became a cult hit, the US author talks about the true crime that inspired her latest novel, #MeToo overreach and being married to an addict
Chris Kraus regards the late succes…
‘They didn’t even read the book’: Palestinian American children’s authors censored in US ⊕
Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’
Jenan Matari had just begun promoting her debut children’s book this summer when the cancel…
8 months ago
‘A psychological umbilical cord’: Why fiction loves difficult mothers ○
As the film of Deborah Levy’s novel Hot Milk is released, author Abigail Bergstrom explores the literary fascination with inaccessible, emotionally distant maternal figures
‘My love for my mother is l…
Russia has also declared war on literature. Look at what’s happening and be warned | Anna Aslanyan ○
Books – on LGBTQ+ themes or Ukraine – are Moscow’s target this time. And there as elsewhere, self-censorship is amplifying oppressors’ work
Anna Aslanyan is a journalist and translator, and the author…
9 months ago
Israel strikes Gaza school as over 300 Palestinians killed in 48 hours ○
Books and clothes were scattered amongst the rubble after Israel’s deadly attack on a school sheltering Palestinian fami
‘We need to reclaim these words’: Inside England’s first romance-only bookshop catering to record levels of popularity ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Saucy Books in London has become the go-to destination for romance readers – but fans say misogyny is stopping the genre getting the recognition it deserves
Whether you want a brooding billionaire, a …
Richard Flanagan: ‘When I reread Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop it had corked badly’ ○
The Booker-winning author on taking inspiration from Kafka, and a youthful passion for Jackie Collins
My earliest reading memory
My mother reading Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows to me – and …
The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed | Editorial ○
Having a separate award was good for female novelists. Now a medical author is blazing a trail with a true story
Female nonfiction writers are paid less on average, receive fewer reviews and win fewer…