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NewsDesk MC June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 authors, Book Recommendations, Books, Claire Fuller, Denis Johnson, Dylan Thomas, Harrell Fletcher, Jane Austen, John Michell, Larry McMurtry, Learning to Love You More, Literary Fiction, literature, Lonesome Dove, Miranda July, Phenomena, Pride and Prejudice, reading, Richard Ford, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Under Milk Wood, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, wildlife

Claire Fuller Reflects on the Books That Shaped Her Reading Life and Writing Career

“Every stage of a reader’s life leaves behind a book that changes not only what we read, but how we

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NewsDesk MC June 13, 2026June 13, 2026 authors, Books, contemporary fiction, correspondence, creative writing, emotional themes, Family, fiction, forgiveness, grief, hope, human experience, letters, literary world, literature, loss, Maryland, memory, novel, Publishing, readers, storytelling, The Correspondent, united states, writers

Novel explores grief, forgiveness and hope as author reflects on the success of “The Correspondent”

“I could only write that grief accurately by trying to get as close to the thing as I could.” The

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NewsDesk MC June 13, 2026June 13, 2026 Afghan society, Afghan Women, afghanistan, bbc, Books, civil society, Conflict Reporting, education, Foreign Policy, history, human rights, Intercontinental Hotel, International Relations, journalism, Kabul, kabul airport, media, migration, political change, refugees, South Asia, taliban, US withdrawal, women’s rights

Veteran journalist chronicles Afghanistan’s upheavals through the story of Kabul’s landmark hotel

“Afghans always used to say: the last to die is hope.” A new book by a veteran international journalist uses

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NewsDesk MC June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 A A Milne, Alice Liddell, Arts and Culture, authors, Books, Childhood Fame, Childhood Identity, Christopher Robin Milne, contemporary fiction, Cultural Commentary, Family Drama, Fantasy Literature, fiction, J M Barrie, Lewis Carroll, Literary History, Literary Inspiration, Literary Legacy, literature, Novel Review, Peter Pan, Publishing, storytelling, The Children

New Novel Examines the Hidden Cost of Childhood Fame Behind Literary Classics

“The desire to escape the grip of your own child self, trapped in words and images and most of all

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NewsDesk MC May 25, 2026May 25, 2026 authors, book industry, Books, bullying, childhood experiences, childhood trauma, contemporary fiction, creative writing, family themes, fiction, imagination, literary adaptation, literary world, literature, Little Women, Motherhood, novels, personal reflection, Publishing, reading, reading culture, storytelling, writers, writing

Author Says Reading and Writing Expanded a World Limited by Bullying

“Being bullied forced me to find ways to make my world bigger.” An author has described how reading and storytelling

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NewsDesk MC May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 Books, British actors, Delusions, film industry, Game of Thrones, Gilly, Hannah Murray, health awareness, Hospitalisation, Jessie Cave, memoir, Memoirs, mental health, Mental Health Act, mental illness, NHS, Personal Narrative, psychiatry, psychological health, Psychosis, Publishing, recovery, television, The Make-Believe

Hannah Murray Details Psychosis and Hospitalisation in New Memoir

“I believed I was the saviour of the planet and that reality itself had been transformed.” Actor Hannah Murray has