The best books to read in August: new paperbacks from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog | Books

Fiction Fiction Dream Count Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Dream Count is billed as “a publishing event 10 years in the making”. Composed of the interlocking stories of four women, Chiamaka (“Chia”), Zikora, Omelogor... Read more »

‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham | Dolly Parton

Shane Jarman was up a ladder decorating a Christmas tree at the school where he was deputy headteacher when he got a call asking him to come to Rotherham hospital ASAP. It... Read more »

How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade | Publishing

Think about the last book you bought. How did you choose it? Was it from a recommendation, a review, a TikTok video? Did the cover grab you, were you swayed by the... Read more »

Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library | Future Library

The next manuscript by the American artist Laurie Anderson will remain unseen for 88 years, as she becomes the 13th figure to contribute to the Future Library project. Anderson joins Margaret Atwood,... Read more »

Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason review – a tale of literary obsession, with cameos from real-life authors | Fiction

The protagonist of Meg Mason’s new book, the follow-up to the 2020 tragicomedy Sorrow and Bliss, is an invisible woman. She might well be standing there but you won’t notice her. She’s... Read more »

Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels | Children and teenagers

Small Monster, Big Monster by Allan Sanders, Phaidon, £7.95Refrigerator is EMPTY. Monster is FULL (of pizza!). An eye-wateringly bright board book, featuring splendidly zany, toddler-pleasing pairs of opposites. The Flying Machine of... Read more »

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 28th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. Source link Read more »

Kolkhoz by Emmanuel Carrère review – intricate portrait of an elite French family | Autobiography and memoir

When Emmanuel Carrère’s mother, Hélène, died in 2023, at the age of 94, President Macron spoke at her memorial. She had been “perpetual secretary” of the Académie Française, in effect its head, and... Read more »

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review – brilliant portrait of an existential crisis | Books

Artie Dam is a much-loved history teacher from coastal Massachusetts famed for his white socks and old sneakers and who sees a growing hopelessness in his young students. Not only are they... Read more »
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