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Harry Potter publisher says in challenging economic times books are seen as cheap form of entertainmentBloomsbury Publishing, the home of Harry Potter, has revealed a rise in annual sales as it said people were turning to books as a cheap form of enter…
Move comes as rightwing groups increase pressure to remove books, most written by or about members of the LGBTQ+ community and people of colourThe American Library Association and the Authors Guild are among a group of organisations bringing a lawsuit …
The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrelFrom mocking kings and priests to encouraging audiences to get drunk, newly discovered texts at the National Library …
Kate Bingham, who chaired UK’s Covid vaccine taskforce, tells Hay festival she hopes mind-altering drugs could treat mental illnessThe former chair of the UK’s Covid vaccine taskforce has described the use of psychedelics to treat depression as an “are…
In conversation with Sally Rooney at Charleston festival author says award has hindered her ability to focus on writingAnnie Ernaux, the French winner of the 2022 Nobel prize in literature, has said she never wanted the award and that it fell into her …
Evidence that both women experienced stress and anxiety, with Elizabeth traumatised by mother’s death and issue of marriageElizabeth I was heavily influenced by her mother Anne Boleyn, despite the fact that the latter died when the Tudor queen was less…
Florida governor accuses media of creating ‘ridiculous poem hoax’ after complaint targeted verse recited at Biden inaugurationRon DeSantis on Friday appeared to defend a woman who got Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem The Hill We Climb removed from a M…
Strand Magazine will publish Blackmail, a tale of a blind Korean war veteran, found by New York editor Andrew GulliA New York editor and literary detective is celebrating the discovery and release of an unpublished short story by James M Cain, one of t…
Social media posts picture Daily Salinas at Proud Boys events and show she posted antisemitic content onlineThe parent behind Amanda Gorman’s poem ban in a Florida school appears to have attended Proud Boys rallies and has previously posted antisemitic…
Precious manuscripts placed in industrial-sized freezers at -25C to rid them of excess waterAncient books and manuscripts, some dating back to the 16th century, that have been affected by devastating floods in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Roma…