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Gunned down and burned by the Nazis: the shocking true story of Bambi
Walt Disney made Bambi a cutesy schmaltzfest for kids. But the original story was a brutal allegory by a Jewish writer who later fled the Nazis. As the character hits 100, we look at the iconic fawn’s extraordinary life
Lucy Knight
21, Mar, 2023 @4:41 PM
Hilary Mantel memorial to be held at Southwark Cathedral
The celebration of the double Booker winner’s life will include tributes and readings from her work with a limited number of tickets available for the general public
Lucy Knight
21, Mar, 2023 @12:55 PM
Sensitivity readers: what publishing’s most polarising role is really about
The Roald Dahl alterations thrust sensitivity readers to the foreground, but the profession is nothing new
Lucy Knight
15, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM
Martha Mills prize: new award for young writers launched by London Review Bookshop
Prize for writing by 11-14-year-olds inspired by ‘imagination and curiosity’ of Martha, who died in 2021 aged 13
Lucy Knight
14, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
Waterstones says ‘no truth’ in claims it refuses to sell books on gender and feminism
The retailer had been trending on social media after accusations it did not stock works by Hannah Barnes and Victoria Smith
Lucy Knight
09, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM
Maggie O’Farrell and NoViolet Bulawayo make Women’s prize for fiction longlist
Nine debut novels are among the 16 books up for the 2023 award, alongside novels by Natalie Haynes, Sophie Mackintosh and Barbara Kingsolver
Lucy Knight
07, Mar, 2023 @6:00 PM
The massive mullet moment: why the world’s hair is all business in the front – party in the back
It’s been bubbling up for a while, but now it seems the hairstyle has reached another tipping point. And no wonder. It’s weird, cool, sexy and liberating
Lucy Knight
07, Mar, 2023 @4:16 PM
Roald Dahl publisher announces unaltered 16-book ‘classics collection’
Series will be released alongside controversially amended versions to leave readers ‘free to choose which version they prefer’
Sarah Shaffi and Lucy Knight
24, Feb, 2023 @1:26 PM
‘Big books by blokes about battles’: why we need the Women’s prize for nonfiction
Authors and publishers discuss the gender imbalance in nonfiction writing, and ask whether the newly announced award can redress it
Lucy Knight
10, Feb, 2023 @4:56 PM
Barbra Streisand to publish her first memoir
In ‘one of the greatest tales of the creative life ever told’, the singer, actor and director recounts her life and 60-year career, in which she won scores of awards, many times as the first woman to do so
Lucy Knight
07, Feb, 2023 @4:11 PM
Prince Harry’s memoir Spare shifts more than 1.4m copies in a day
The much-anticipated account of the troubled prince’s life has broken publisher’s previous record for first-day sales in the UK, US and Canada
Lucy Knight
12, Jan, 2023 @1:44 PM
Hanif Kureishi says he may never be able to walk or hold pen again after fall in Rome
Novelist and screenwriter says he is unable to move arms and legs and has undergone spinal surgery
Lucy Knight
06, Jan, 2023 @6:09 PM
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