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Euronews Culture Book Club: Four picks for April

Music, matriarchs, and modernism are the themes of this month's book recommendations. This April, we're looking at the latest work from a one of Japan's most exciting writers, and one of the best musical memoirs of recent years.

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NaNoWriMo closes: How scandals rocked a novel writing community

Child grooming accusations, AI controversies, and financial difficulties: how scandal after scandal led to the downfall of an online novel writing community.

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Publisher stops sales of book featuring man who killed his own kids

Anagrama says it will respect a public prosecutor's recent opinion and refrain from selling the controversial book. Ruth Ortiz, the mother of the murdered children, has denounced Bretón for a possible breach of his sentence.

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Vampire Diaries author LJ Smith dies aged 66

Smith's smash hit young adult novels provided the base material for a sprawling franchise.

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French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal given five year prison sentence

Sansal was arrested in November 2024 at Algiers airport. French President Macron has called on Algeria to release the writer.

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Salman Rushdie announces first fiction work since near-fatal stabbing

'The Eleventh Hour', which comprises a trio of novellas and two stories, marks the author's return to fiction after an onstage assassination attempt in 2022 blinded him in one eye.

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Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 announces shortlist

Musical memoirs, medical histories, and foreign office insights populate the second annual shortlist of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

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World Poetry Day: After #MeToo, feminist poetry is flourishing

Poetry and feminism have always been intertwined but in recent years, many new feminist and queer voices have emerged and found space to express themselves. For World Poetry Day, we take a look at this moment of poetic liberation.

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World Poetry Day: Social media injects a new lease of life into poetry

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we take a deep dive into the trends that brought a renewed popularity to this genre.

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Survival manual to be sent to every French household by this summer

In an uncertain international context, the French government is preparing to distribute a survival booklet to all households...

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French Education Ministry cancels 'inappropriate' version of fairytale

The new adaptation of the fairytale had been commissioned for a campaign designed to give 10-year-old pupils a book to read over the summer.

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Lithuanian publisher pulls JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' from sale

A Lithuanian publisher has pulled JD Vance’s controversial memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" from sale. Here's why.

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World Book Day: Be inspired by the literary greats in Italy

Follow in the footsteps of the world’s greatest writers and you may just find your own muse in Italy.

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Read all about it! UK and Ireland celebrate World Book Day

The UK and Ireland are celebrating World Book Day. Held on the first Thursday of March, the event is the British Isles’ localised version of the global UNESCO-organized celebration.

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Euronews Culture Book Club: Four picks for March

From exciting new releases to modern classics, this March we’re looking at a group of books that explore some of the most pressing contemporary topics, whether it’s trans identity or the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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US bans most books featuring race and gender themes says new study

Of the thousands of books banned across the US last year, new data reveals the majority featured themes on race and the LGBTQ+ community.

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New tongues and gay classics: International Booker Prize longlist out

11 novels and two short story collections are in the running for one of the most prestigious prizes in literature.

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2,000-year-old Roman gossip book makes UK bestseller charts

A newly translated version of 'The Lives of the Caesars', a gossip-filled account of the escapades of Roman emperors, has made it into the UK bestseller charts – 2,000 years after it was first published.

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UK literacy charity wants audiobooks on national school curriculum

A poll by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) has found that children’s enjoyment of listening to audiobooks had risen. NLT are petitioning the government to include audiobooks in the national curriculum.

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Trump in meltdown over bombshell revelations in new tell-all book

The new exposé by journalist Michael Wolff comes out today and the Trump team are already using some colourful language to deny some of the revelations. Here's the lowdown.