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Halloween: The spinechilling books to get you in the moooood

The witching hour approaches, and Halloween is nearly here... What will you be reading to get in the morbid mood?

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1,000 signatories in largest boycott of Israeli publishing industry

Writers including Nobel Prize laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and Sally Rooney have joined history’s largest cultural boycott against Israel’s publishing industry.

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Groundbreaking exhibition on Tove Jansson’s murals opens in Helsinki

Ahead of next year’s 80th anniversary celebrations of the Moomins, 'Tove Jansson: Paradise' focuses on the artist and writer’s lesser-known mural work. Fans of the Moomins need not fear, though – the charming cartoon trolls can still be spotted.

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Rare copy of 'Le Petit Prince' to go on sale for €1.15 million

A rare carbon typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s "Le Petit Prince" is going up for sale next month. It is one of only three known copies and marks the first time a typescript of the classic story has been offered for public sale.

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Fathers and sons: How John le Carré's son continues his legacy

As the first George Smiley novel is released by Nick Harkaway since his father John le Carré's death, we look at the other historic father-son literary partnerships.

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Book on endangered languages wins coveted British culture award

Ross Perlin won the annual award for his book ‘Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues’.

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Long-lost Bram Stoker story to be unveiled at Dublin festival

The forgotten short story was recently discovered and will be read to the public for the first time this weekend at the Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival.

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ABBA, The Cure and Radiohead sign AI protest letter

Among the 13,500 signatories protesting the use of creatives’ work to train aritificial intelligence tools are composer Max Richter, writer Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as actors Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon.

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Joe Biden: 'A woman can do anything a man can do, and then some'

President Biden honoured “the masters of your craft that have made us a better America”, and took a brief detour to give a shout-out to Vice President Kamala Harris’ run for the White House. ““I know the power of the women in this room to get things done,” he said.

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German Peace Prize winner appeals for arms for Ukraine

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum was awarded this year's Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. During her acceptance speech, she argued that "‘I want peace’ is not always a moral argument."

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Why Taylor Swift might upset the publishing industry

While Björk and Colin Greenwood’s books are being released through traditional publishers and an arts design firm, Taylor Swift’s decision to publish through her own imprint has larger implications for the publishing industry.

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Controversy stalks Italy's honourary status at Frankfurt Book Fair

Italian Publishers Association president Innocenzo Cipolletta defends Italy's controversial attendance at Frankfurt Book Fair.

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Martina Hefter wins German Book Prize, kicking off Frankfurt Book Fair

This year's edition of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's oldest and biggest book fair, begins with the announcement of 2024's German Book Prize winner.

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Baillie Gifford Prize announces book shortlist amid controversy

Britain's leading nonfiction prize has announced its annual shortlist. Is it enough to overcome the bad press Baillie Gifford has faced this year due to its investments?

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Han Kang: A guide to the Nobel Prize winning author

As South Korean author Han Kang becomes the 18th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, here's a guide to her work.

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South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The author of "The Vegetarian" and "The White Book" wins this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. She becomes only the 18th woman to win the prize.

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Who's predicted to win?

Every year, the bookies odds predict who might pick up the highest prize in literature. Every year, they're completely wrong.

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'Churchill's Spaniards': The untold story of those who fought Hitler

A new book by Séan Scullion, "Churchill’s Spaniards - Continuing the Fight in the British Army 1939-46", tells the story of about 1,200 Spaniards who enlisted with the British army to fight Hitler in the war.

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Salman Rushdie to publish first fiction work since 2022 knife attack

A new set of three novellas will be published, the first fiction from the author who survived a knife attack in 2022.

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Austrian-American writer Lore Segal dies aged 96

Moved from Vienna to Britain by the Kindertransport in 1938, Segal is famed for her autobiographical work dealing with themes of displacement – all with her trademark wit.