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The lesson children learn from smacking

Brief letters: Corporal punishment | The five-second rule | Albert Camus | Democratic barons | Toilet turns

The Guardian - UK

Emily Ratajkowski Faces Backlash Over Essay About Single Motherhood Accompanied By Bizarre Breastfeeding Photo

“What is going on with people? That photo is genuinely disturbing…”

Bored Panda

Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens review – the last day of maternity leave is a comic rollercoaster

Parenting is represented in all its hilarious, moving and truthfully plodding detail, in the story of a mother and her two little boys

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Oprah-backed author Amy Griffin in bitter court fight over abuse memoir

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Nevada, alleges the former classmate falsely portrayed Griffin as "a fraud and a thief" in comments published by The New York Times

The Independent UK

From tents to trebles: Edinburgh book festival to set author’s words to music

Works of Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie and more to feature in celebration of literature’s interplay with other art forms, says director

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh International Book Festival programme unveiled – how to get tickets

The programme for this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival has been unveiled, with nearly 600 writers from 41 different countries…

The National (Scotland)

House of the Dragon showrunner says major season 3 newcomer Ormund Hightower is "basically the Tywin Lannister of this world"

Ryan Condal says he's "the richest guy who's not sitting on a throne somewhere"

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Tia Williams Can't Resist a Globetrotting Romance

The bestselling romance author dishes on her latest must-read novel and her favorite international love stories.

Marie Claire

Pam from Pigroot wins Hemingway contest in Florida

A Dunedin writer wins first prize and $US1500 in a contest in honour of Ernest Hemingway

Newsroom.co.nz

Rare first edition of Wuthering Heights to be auctioned for first time since 1908

The auction comes as the romance continues to captivate new audiences, fueled by a recent big-screen adaptation

The Independent UK

Inside the Situation Room Tapes: The Terrified White House Discussions Over Trump's Epstein Ties Exposed

Alleged recordings from the White House Situation Room may have been accessed by journalists, raising security concerns and scrutiny over internal discussions on sensitive topics.

International Business Times UK

Journalists May Have Obtained Situation Room Recordings For Their Upcoming Book: Report

Journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman may have gotten recordings from Situation Room meetings for their upcoming book "Regime Change," according to a new report.

International Business Times

Apple TV's Silo season 3 will show how it all began – and I can't wait to watch this Sci-Fi epic

The next season of Silo launches on 3 July and brings it all together, though not how you might be expecting

Wash by Erica Wagner review – vivid portrait of a monumental American

The life of the Brooklyn Bridge’s chief engineer inspires this multifaceted novel

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Photographer Don McCullin to focus on Vietnam for his final book

Exclusive: The work will feature some of the photographer’s most powerful images from his 70-year career

The Guardian - UK

‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist

With an adaptation of Night and Day hitting cinemas, the pioneering author’s work continues to inspire audiences

Total Film

Matt Smith still doesn't know if the House of the Dragon writers will give Daemon a book-faithful Gods Eye: "It's surely got to head there"

Matt Smith doesn't know how (or if) the Battle Above the Gods Eye will go down

The Times of India

'JD was interested in my conversion and I think that...': Usha Vance opens up on husband’s faith and their marriage

A quiet conversation inside the US vice president’s residence offered a glimpse into the personal faith and family life of US VP JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, as they spoke openly about religion, marriage and raising a young family in Washington.

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Eleanor Catton on Keely O’Shannessy

A tribute from the Booker prize winner

Space

How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago

Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "All Around the Moon" were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell a tale that now seems remarkably familiar: three astronauts in a conical capsule on a free-return trajectory around the moon.

The Guardian - UK

Mother hopes to get justice for murdered daughter in retrial in Dominican Republic

Shirley Firth is hoping those responsible for Lindsay de Feliz’s death in 2019 will finally be convicted

The National (Scotland)

Scottish crime thriller will rope audiences into its twisted world

TO the uninitiated, “true crime fiction” might sound like a contradiction in terms. However, as Denise Mina’s acclaimed novel The Long Drop…

The Guardian - AU

Australian cookbook authors Helen Goh and Yoko Nakazawa win prestigious 2026 James Beard awards

Winning books on baking and pickles were among five by Australian authors nominated in the US food media awards

Cinemablend

Matt Cornett Told Me Why Charlie Is Really Dead To Sam In Every Year After, And It Broke My Heart Even More

Well, this is tragic.

The Times of India

Quote of the day by Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott: "There are lots of resources each of us can pull from our safes to share with…”

A few years ago, a small community library in the United States received an unexpected donation. The money helped keep programs running, supported local readers, and eased worries about funding. Stories like that often make the news because large donations are easy to measure. The numbers attract attention.

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