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‘I Looked Deranged.’ Harry Potter’s Matthew Macfadyen Thought He’d Just Copy Ralph Fiennes’ Voldemort, But The Director Had Other Ideas

They worked their magic.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all-star outing

Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowling’s magical tale

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‘I’m never surprised when I read about a woman murdering a man’: Helen Garner on her Baillie Gifford prize-winning diaries

Her first book outraged Australian critics – but now she’s scooped the UK’s top nonfiction prize. She talks about female anger, becoming cool at 82 – and why winning made her feel like a stunned mullet

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Joan Baez brutally roasts Trump’s government in Thanksgiving-themed poem

POETRY: Last year, the acclaimed singer and civil rights activist Joan Baez published her debut poetry collection. Today, she shares a fiery new work exclusively with ‘The Independent’ that takes aim at the Trump administration and wrestles with her lifelong dedication to pacifism

The Independent UK

Other People’s Fun by Harriet Lane review – darkly comic tale of envy and revenge in the Insta age

The worlds of the haves and the have-nots clash, in a toxic friendship between two women brought together by a school reunion

The Guardian - UK

Turn your world Upside Down with the latest issue of SFX – a Stranger Things Collector Pack

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"I think what we have here is failure to appreciate": Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven files lawsuit against the band

Alan Niven, who managed Guns N' Roses from 1986 to 1991, says the band are blocking the publication of his memoir

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Australia's Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize for her 'addictive' diaries

Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer, has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction

The Independent UK

Best Christmas books, from classic novels to contemporary romances

Cosy up this season with romcoms, classics and family dramas

The Independent UK

'Recklessly candid' diary wins the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

The winner is the first diary to have won the esteemed prize

Evening Standard

Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction

Tracing the author’s life from bohemian Melbourne in the 70s to the breakdown of her marriage in the 90s, How to End a Story was praised by judges for ‘taking the diary form to new heights’

The Guardian - UK

Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels

Author says he is ‘overcome with emotion’ after winning £40,000 honour for books including The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool Library

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth Made Her Feelings About Ex-Prince Andrew Clear With One Telling Statement, Per Bombshell New Book

'The Windsor Legacy' reveals new details about the late Queen and her relationship with her son.

Marie Claire

Michelle Obama’s book details how the media’s fixation on her arms was used to ‘otherize’ her

The Look, a new photo book, aims to offer insight into how the former first lady used fashion as a tool for visibility and representation

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Sara Pascoe’s novel wins inaugural Jilly Cooper award

Weirdo, the comedian’s ‘daring look at young womanhood’, is the first winner of new honour named after the Riders novelist, adding to the Comedy women in print prizes

Radio France Internationale

Laurent Mauvignier wins France's Goncourt literary prize for family saga

France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, was awarded Tuesday to writer Laurent Mauvignier for a 750-page family saga spanning more than a century.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why

Salman Rushdie's new book, “The Eleventh Hour,” marks a creative reset for the author

Evening Standard

Jeffrey Archer offers to write your name into his novel as charity auction prize

The author said he will decide on the character in his final standalone novel, but they will be named after the winning bidder.

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Stephen King reveals the IT: Welcome to Derry scene that "sticks in [his] mind" and it involves pickles

That terrifying pickle scene affected Stephen King, too

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Beloved children's book covers get dystopian makeunder

Designs warn of a worrying future.

The Guardian - UK

Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z Danielewski – House of Leaves author returns with a 1200-page western

A quarter century after that landmark cult novel, this new epic has aspects of brilliance but seems designed for academic study rather than readerly enjoyment

The Guardian - UK

Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside

The Independent UK

Mary Earps claims reaction to autobiography has been ‘distorted’ amid public backlash

Extracts from the former Lioness’s forthcoming book this week have attracted criticism online

AAP

Chiefs of staff reveal life with world's most powerful

Political chiefs of staff around the world have shed light on what it's like being at the centre of major events while remaining invisible.

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom tapes, erotic Greek myths and joyful Thai cooking: the best Australian books out in November

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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