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‘The book took me about a decade’: the 2023 Booker prize shortlisted writers on the stories behind their novels
From the paintings of Paula Rego to a Jamaican American childhood, the six novelists up for the UK’s most prestigious fiction prize share the inspirations behind their nominated books – and how they got them onto the page
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Texas Board of Education urged to reject climate-accurate textbooks
Republican state official pans scientific consensus as a “woke environmental agenda.”
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On collaborating with your spouse
Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel discuss what they learned from writing a book together as a married couple.
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Raising a Reader: 5 Novel Ideas for Motivating Kids to Read
Turn reading from homework to a hobby with fun, engaging ideas for encouraging reading in kids and teens.
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Is Ghostwriting Ruining Literature?
Ghostwriting is a tradition that has been around since the 5th century, and has carried into the present day. But does it delegitimize a work?
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Swapping books for audiobooks has reignited my love of literature
The prospect of reading a book filled me with anxiety and shame. But an ADHD diagnosis changed everything, says writer and presenter Verity Babbs
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National Memoir Writing Month - November 2023
November is National Memoir Writing Month. It's the perfect time to start writing your autobiography. It's not clear to me how November came to be National Memoir Writing Month. I suspect that National Memoir Writing Month was created by somebody who doesn’t like writing fiction.
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Editorial: Huntington Beach will let neighbors censor neighbors' reading choices. That's wrong.
Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.
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Why so many celebrities are releasing memoirs
What's behind the recent glut of celebrity memoirs? Fans can't get enough of the rich and famous, and the stars want a chance to control the narrative.
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How To Rekindle Your Love Of Reading
Revive your inner bookworm
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Scholastic Book Fair Will Discontinue Separate Collection Of Race And Gender Books
The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country.
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Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect
As Texas enters its third straight school year of coordinated book banning activity, a growing number of districts are targeting library books. Caught in the dragnet: books featuring a “naked” crayon and one with a cartoon butt.
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The secret life of a ghostwriter
What does it take to lend one's writing to someone else? A ghostwriter who has authored multiple books offers a peek into the world of writing sans the fame.
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Porn addicts, vicars, madmen and murderers: Sarah Ogilvie on the Oxford English Dictionary’s unlikely writers
In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth
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Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories
Sapient machines have appeared in stories for over a hundred years, but they’re just one example in our long tradition of using non-human characters to tell stories about ourselves.
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Publishing A Book Means No Longer Having Control Over How Others Feel About It, Or How They’re Inspired By It. And That Includes AI.
There’s no way to write this article without some people yelling angrily at me, so I’m just going to highlight that point up front: many, many people are going to disagree with this article, and I’…
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The Story Behind The Story: How Ghostwriters Shape Public Discourse
Politicians, celebrities, business leaders and influencers from all walks of life increasingly turn to professional writers—ghostwriters—for the literary assistance they need to craft their messages, stories, speeches and online content in a compelling way.
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28 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end
Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp.
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Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
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Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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