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‘Beautiful and terrifying’: the best American LGBTQ+ books, chosen by Samuel R Delany, Kaveh Akbar, Eileen Myles and more

From 20th-century classics to little-known treasures, queer authors share their favorite books about LGBTQ+ life

The Guardian - US

Hemingway's Madrid, one bite at a time

The city's literary quarter still serves up churros, sherry and oxtail — and just enough ghosts for lunch

Salon

Pam from Pigroot wins Hemingway contest in Florida

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

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Paris's Saint-Germain-des-Prés book fair returns

The Saint-Germain-des-Prés book fair is a literary rendez-vous at the famous Parisien café, Les Deux Magots. To the delight of book lovers, the event is returning for its third year, bringing a rich and modern programme to the Left Bank historical venue where Boris Vian, Jean-Paul Sartre and Ernest Hemingway…

France 24

AI in literature debate: Does the book still matter?

The debate over AI-written stories is missing the point. Literary awards must now focus on what truly matters in a book. The final work's impact on the reader is the key. AI is just another tool, like editors or beta readers. Authors who use it intelligently will produce better work.

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Peter Messent obituary

Other lives: Professor of American studies at Nottingham University and an authority on the writer Mark Twain

The Guardian - UK

4 Classic Books That Teach Life Lessons No School Can

In today’s fast-paced world, the importance of digging deep into the fictional worlds created by great authors is increasing day by day. A lot of people think that reading fiction is an act to pass our free time. However, the truth is, great stories and novels can gift us priceless…

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Counting the cost of F1's controversial new engine formula

Coming to near 50% electrification was supposed to make F1 more attractive to manufacturers. But with Renault gone, Honda in crisis and the drivers in revolt, has it been worth it?

Autosport

3 Timeless Short Fiction Classics That Reveal Life’s Truths

The truth is, in today’s fast-paced world of social media and reels, reading fiction is increasingly becoming an act that requires deeper efforts and focus. While reading a work of fiction we have to bring forth our imaginative capabilities and construct the world inside our minds. This simple step in…

Times Life

The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell

Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pore over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway

The Guardian - UK

Top 2026 travel trends: Glowcations, literary tourism and year-round Alpine escapes

From visiting places associated with favourite books to travelling with multiple generations- these are the top trends likely to shape travel in 2026.

Euronews

What to read by the Nobel Prize in literature winner László Krasznahorkai

Author joins illustrious list of laureates including Ernest Hemingway and Toni Morrison

The Independent UK

‘I had to think about Andrew Tate. That was miserable’: 150 years of masculinity, all in one play

Revered for her work on Succession and Normal People, Alice Birch has now written an era-spanning play about men, novels and the manosphere. Give me a Brontë any day, she says

The Guardian - UK

Reading for release: Uzbekistan to free prisoners early if they finish chosen books

Uzbekistan has approved a law that allows prisoners to reduce their jail sentences by up to 30 days per year, by reading several books, included on a special list. But the educative exercise is not an option for all inmates.

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The Conversation

Friday essay: Gertrude Stein got famous lampooning celebrity culture – but not everyone got the joke

Today, modernist literary icon Gertrude Stein is famous for many reasons. The “autobiography” she wrote of her partner Alice B. Toklas: a gossipy, ironic tour of bohemian Paris, featuring memorable cameos by artist Henri Matisse, poet T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway and others. Surviving Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish lesbian, somehow.…

The Independent UK

Patrick Hemingway, last surviving child of literary giant Ernest Hemingway, dies at 97

Patrick's most ambitious undertaking was the editing of ‘True at First Light,’ a fictionalised account of Ernest Hemingway's time in Africa

International Business Times

Mark Gottlieb On The Role of A Literary Agent as a Brand Builder in the Corporate World

Trident Media Group's Mark Gottlieb reveals how today's literary agents shape author identity, champion creative freedom, and act as brand builders—echoing the editorial legacy of Maxwell Perkins.

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20 Conspiracies That Were Proven To Be Real, As Shared By Folks Online

Redditors have been sharing conspiracy theories that turned out to be as real as the moon landing or Bigfoot.

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Evening Standard

What's your drunk style? Are you a 'nutty professor', a 'Mr Hyde', or an 'Ernest Hemingway'?

A new study has whittled it down to four different ways that a few drinks can take you. Which one do you become?

Evening Standard

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok: inside the glamorous Thai hotel adored by authors and Hollywood royalty

Everyone from Grace Kelly to Ernest Hemingway has stayed at this Bangkok bolthole — and Mike White penned most of the latest season of the White Lotus here. So what makes it so special? Lydia Swinscoe checks in to find out

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75 Rare Historical Photos That Capture The World Most Of Us Weren’t Alive To See (New Pics)

Why did things look so cool back then?

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I Found And Compiled 27 Interesting Facts From Literature History

Authors are a special group of people, almost living in a world of their own, always on the hunt for inspiration. That being said, here are 28 highly interesting tidbits from the history of literature that I collected.

The Conversation

Friday essay: ‘the Boy-Girl’, a crime journalist and a Black activist – meet the radical ratbags of 19th-century Melbourne

“The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there,” wrote English author L.P. Hartley in The Go-Between (1953). Modern Melburnians may feel the same. But while they live with an increasing cityscape of skyscrapers, the past is not far away.

The Conversation

Should Joan Didion’s therapy notes to her husband about their daughter have been published?

Joan Didion died, aged 87, in 2021. When a new volume of her diaries was announced, anticipation was high: her personal nonfiction is the foundation of her formidable literary legacy. But as details emerged, readers began to question the ethics of its publication.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that

Editorial: Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikely

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