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Author Orhan Pamuk welcomes Euronews to his Museum of Innocence

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This floating bookshop is the new coolest place to read in Paris

The floating venue, called Nanna, offers more than 5,000 books in a self-service setup where visitors can borrow freely - with no obligation to return them.

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Rare edition of Emily Brontë’s 'Wuthering Heights' heads to auction

It’s the first copy of the Gothic novel in the publisher’s original cloth binding to be auctioned since 1908.

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Books, authors and readers: a day at the Lisbon Book Fair

In Lisbon, June is about more than the popular saints’ festivities: it is also the month when Parque Eduardo VII turns into the country’s biggest bookshop. Ninety-six years after its first edition in 1930, the Book Fair still draws huge crowds. We went to find out why.

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Play inspired by Olga Tokarczuk stories at Teatr Polski

A series of short stories by Olga Tokarczuk form the basis of "Open Your Eyes", a pioneering production directed by Igor Gorzkowski and currently bein staged at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw. Marcelina Burzec went to meet the cast.

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Mon Dieu! Agatha Christie's Poirot is getting a reboot

Talk about big shoes to fill... Or should that be, a powerfully dainty moustache to sport?

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Volunteers create audio story collection for blind children

The ‘Words that Embrace’ project is an initiative by writer Maria Saraiva de Menezes, born of a partnership between Alcântara Municipal Library in Lisbon and the Bengala Mágica association.

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Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King win the International Booker Prize

The 2026 International Booker Prize has been won by Taiwanese writer Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King for "Taiwan Travelogue", a historical romance judges praised for succeeding as "both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel."

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The six books competing for the International Booker Prize 2026

This year's International Booker Prize shortlist of six novels take readers from a Japanese colonial-era Taiwan to the propaganda studios of Nazi Germany.

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French publishing protest targets billionaire Bolloré as Cannes begins

On the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, 600 leading figures from the film industry have published an opinion piece condemning the growing influence of the conservative billionaire on the industry, from Canal+ to Grasset, and warning of a threat to creative freedom.

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Read all about it: Audible opens bookless pop-up audio bookstore

New York is the launchpad this month for Audible Story House a pop-up bookless bookstore. The firm hopes the idea will take off in the city and cement its place as a community hub and listening lounge for literature.

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Holiday reading: The best travel books to inspire your next trip

From classic memoirs to modern fiction, these travel books capture the spirit of adventure and are perfect to pack for your next holiday.

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Walter Chandoha: A new book celebrates the king of cat content

Before there were cat memes, there was Walter Chandoha. The legendary feline photographer's earliest images are homaged in a new book, "Family Cats: From the Archive 1949-1968".

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Rare Pablo Neruda book on Spanish Civil War to go on display in Chile

A rare copy of Pablo Neruda’s “Spain in the Heart”, written during the Spanish Civil War and possibly printed on cotton made from military uniforms, is set to go on public display in Chile for the first time.

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Rabat is officially the World Book Capital. Here’s what to see and do

From hidden bookstores to historic libraries, Rabat offers many delights for book lovers.

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Sophie Hughes: 'A translated book is one that has been written twice'

This World Book Day, we discuss the oft-overlooked art of literary translation and the future of the practice with translator and 2026 International Booker Prize judge Sophie Hughes.

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Top Russian publisher rejects accusations in 'LGBT extremism' probe

The Kremlin has for years been hardening repressive laws against the LGBTQ community as part of what President Vladimir Putin touts as a drive to promote 'traditional values', including cracking down on films, books, art and culture.