Daily Cartoon: Friday, October 16th

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John Green: ‘I devoured the Sweet Valley High books in the 1980s’ | Books

My earliest reading memory I remember learning to read with dull stories about Jane going up a hill, but my earliest thrilling reading memories are of series like The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet... Read more »

Vermeer by Andrew Graham-Dixon audiobook review – a sharp and authoritative guide | Books

In the decades after the death of the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1675, few knew his name or work. He was so unknown that his paintings were sold with the forged... Read more »

Palestine book by Alana Hadid and Jenan Matari pulled from Random House before release | Penguin Random House

A book on Palestine for young readers was pulled at Penguin Random House just before its scheduled release, following editorial disputes between the publisher and the book’s Palestinian American authors over their... Read more »

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 15th

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The Floating World by Ben Eastham review – a compelling debut of art’s relation to money and power | Fiction

At the end of a night in a London pub, after last orders have been called, three friends are joking about what role they’d serve on a remote desert island, with no... Read more »

Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story | AI (artificial intelligence)

The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short story after an article in the Atlantic said software had flagged it as almost completely AI-generated. Kundizeza’s story... Read more »

Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support | UK news

Sally Rooney has said she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the UK because of her support for the banned organisation Palestine Action. The Irish novelist, whose books... Read more »

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, October 14th

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