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Book festival announces line-up
DnG24
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August 8, 2025
WIGTOWN Book Festival launched its 2025 programme this week with hopes it’ll be its largest and most varied programme ever. The 10-day gathering takes place from Friday September 26 to Sunday October 5 and will feature 200-plus events and...
Review: How Pinochet and his Nazi friend escaped international justice
Irish Legal News
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Scottish lawyer Douglas Ross KC reviews the latest instalment in Philippe Sands KC’s “loose trilogy”. Philippe Sands KC is a leading public international lawyer who has moved beyond the realm of practitioner/academic by writing a series of books...
Books, debate, and exile: The Arab intellect’s unfinished story
Oman Observer
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August 7, 2025
There was a time when the Arab world was the pulse of global intellectual life, a time when the fragrance of ink and parchment filled the streets of Cairo, Baghdad, Damascus, and Fez. In those golden centuries, books were as common as bread and...
Author of Prince Andrew book squirms as he's accused of writing 'salacious gossip'
Daily Express
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August 8, 2025
A new royal biography about Prince Andrew has been branded a "salacious hatchet job" by GB News host, Jacob Rees-Mogg. The author of 'Entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York', Andrew Lownie, appeared on the news outlet and was challenged...
Book review: Michael Connelly strikes a chord with new character
Morning Sun - Michigan
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August 8, 2025
Michael Connelly is one of the premier writers of the thriller novel. In his 39 previous books, Connelly has entertained us with characters Mickey Haller (of Lincoln Lawyer fame) and retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch (Haller's half-brother)....
Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them
The Conversation
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August 8, 2025
“No Kings” rallies. “Good Trouble” protests. “Rage against the Regime” uprisings. These events in the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second term, along with public opinion polls, show that many Americans are concerned about Trump’s...
Waterstones described as 'hell on earth' during BookFest 'utter chaos'
Leeds Live
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August 8, 2025
BookFest - Thursday's huge book event at the flagship Waterstones in Piccadilly - was dubbed "hell on earth" by attendees due to severe overcrowding and safety fears. The central London branch, which hosted BookFest, Waterstones' yearly homage to...
Book Review: The Secret History of Forever Chemicals
Undark Magazine
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August 8, 2025
Its origins practically reek of conspiracy: The campaign to fluoridate water — an intervention aimed at preventing dental cavities and boosting public health — has its roots in a 1940s government program to convince Americans that fluorine...
Best bookstores in the Valley for every type of reader
AZ Central - Arizona
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As if an avid reader needed another reason to go book shopping, Book Lovers Day 2025 is Saturday, Aug. 9. Sounds like a perfect opportunity to seek out your next cozy mystery, historical fiction or steamy romantasy. We’re here to help with this...
Bookshops raided in held Kashmir after India bans 25 titles
Dawn
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August 8, 2025
SRINAGAR: Police in India-occupied Kashmir raided bookshops on Thursday after authorities banned 25 books, including one by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, saying the titles “excite secessionism”. The raids came after the Indian government...
Banned books, buried histories
Frontline - The Hindu
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August 8, 2025
On an unusually hot and humid summer day, on August 7, the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted searches at many bookstores across the nook and cranny of the Kashmir Valley. The objective behind these “surprise raids” was to confiscate 25 book...
‘Will Trent’ author takes charge with new book series and ‘Good Daughter’ TV adaptation
Los Angeles Times
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August 8, 2025
On the Shelf We Are All Guilty Here By Karin Slaughter William Morrow: 448 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As Karin Slaughter talks about...
Fix iTunes Music Authorization
Lifewire
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iTunes can play most media files, including those purchased from the iTunes Music Store. Sometimes, however, iTunes seems to forget that you're authorized to play the music you legally purchased. There are a number of reasons why this problem may...
Trade secrets of the publishing world – how to sell your book
Jersey Evening Post
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August 8, 2025
By Douglas Kruger THE strangest thing once happened to an author. Neil Gaiman spent years working on his novels, only to have them pirated by unscrupulous thieves. His books were even translated into Russian, then disseminated for free. Not a...
The Author Behind 'North of Tomboy' on Writing for Her Younger Self
Out South Florida
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Check out our interview with Julie A. Swanson, who wrote "North of Tomboy." What was your inspiration behind your most recent book? As Toni Morrison put it, “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must...
Bearsden gets new book shop that doubles as a wine bar in delightful new concept
Glasgow Live
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August 8, 2025
This is not your average indie book shop; it's a place where book fans can not only find their new favourite novel, but also enjoy a glass of wine and some charcuterie while doing so. Yup, you heard that right, The Bookmonger, which opened in...
Janeita Singh, Niyogi Books win Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize for FN Souza: The Archetypal Artist
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 8, 2025
Academician and art critic Janeita Singh and publisher Niyogi Books have won the third edition of the Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize for "FN Souza: The Archetypal Artist". The winners, chosen out of the five shortlisted titles, were presented...
Maria Reva’s satirical tour de force Endling fully deserves its Booker nomination
The Globe and Mail
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August 8, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Endling lives up to the promise of author Maria Reva’s previous book, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, a terrific novel-in-stories set in an apartment building in Ukraine.Supplied Title: Endling Author: Maria Reva Genre:...
The bring-your-own-book book club at the Richmond Library
Mission Local - California
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August 8, 2025
Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. In an attention economy driven by algorithms, there exists a bimonthly escape in the Richmond. Every other Wednesday, San...
Pune: Andharban Trek And Kundalika Valley To Reopen From August 9 With Online Booking And Eco-Friendly Guidelines
Free Press Journal
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August 8, 2025
Pune: Andharban Trek And Kundalika Valley To Reopen From August 9 With Online Booking And Eco-Friendly Guidelines | After being closed for over a month, the picturesque Andharban Trek and Kundalika Valley, the most sought-after monsoon...