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The best new crime and thriller books to read in June 2025
iNews UK
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June 6, 2025
June’s crime and thriller releases bring plenty to keep pages turning. From whip-smart debuts to returning sleuths, this month’s releases cover everything from poison pens to village murders – with a few surprises along the way. Cosy crime fans...
Shrewsbury author Jamie Russell releases fourth book
Shropshire Live
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June 6, 2025
Shrewsbury-based children’s author Jamie Russell is celebrating a new milestone today with the release of his fourth book for young readers, “MECH BRIGADE.” Jamie Russell with his new book Mech Brigade Published by Walker Books, a leading...
The best new science fiction books of June 2025
New Scientist
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June’s new science fiction includes a space opera from Megan E. O’Keefe Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo Do you like your world ravaged by unstoppable and deadly viruses or technologies? If so, then June is your month, because we have...
Woodhaven high schoolers team with kindergarteners to author books
The News Herald - Michigan
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June 4, 2025
A collaboration between Woodhaven High and Gudith Elementary School students recently transformed the imaginative ideas of kindergarteners into fully written, illustrated, and bound children’s books. It’s all thanks to the efforts of WHS creative...
Author Dan Libman blends the mundane with the surreal in his book of short stories
Northern Public Radio WNIJ - Illinois
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June 5, 2025
Dan Libman is a writing instructor at Northern Illinois, the host of WNIJ’s Under Rocks podcast and published author. Libman discusses his recently released third book of short stories, Shocker in Gloomtown, with WNIJ host Jason Cregier. Dan...
Geoff Dyer shares his favourite books on war
The Week Magazine
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June 6, 2025
The award-winning author of four novels and numerous works of non-fiction chooses his favourite works of war reportage. His latest book, "Homework: A Memoir", is out now. The Face of War Martha Gellhorn, 1959 A record of multiple conflicts – from...
Blue Apple Books to welcome author/ poet Jim Parker, Mahjong expert Bree Beckwith
The Madison Record - Alabama
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June 4, 2025
During June at Blue Apple Books, Jim Parker and Don Howard will visit for Parker’s book of poetry, “A Man Like Me.” In another session, Bree Beckwith will explain the century-old game of Mahjong. CONTRIBUTED Madison, Madison County Record, News,...
Author, podcaster: This Framingham High program put me on right path
MetroWest Daily News - Massachusetts
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Author and podcaster Erika Cramer, a 2001 Framingham High graduate, visits her alma mater on June 6 to meet with students in the Resiliency for Life program. Cramer credits the program for helping her graduate despite facing personal challenges,...
Comic Review - The Nihil Make a Last Stand Over Eriadu in "Star Wars: The High Republic - Fear of the Jedi" #5
Laughing Place
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June 5, 2025
Yesterday saw the release of the fifth and final installment of Marvel Comics’ Star Wars: The High Republic - Fear of the Jedi miniseries, and below are my brief recap and thoughts on this installment. (Note: due to Laughing Place’s evolving...
Predator: Killer of Killers Review: A Bloody Good Time With Big Surprises
Comicbook
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June 6, 2025
When Prey arrived in 2022, it was like a shot to the heart of the dormant Predator franchise. A longtime mainstay for sci-fi and horror fans, the series had floundered for decades despite attempts to revitalize it with 2010’s Predators and 2018’s...
The 10 Best Witch Fantasy Books For Adults
The Mary Sue
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June 5, 2025
Bubbling cauldrons! Flying broomsticks! Maniacally cackling while calling things “my pretty!” Those character quirks can only belong to once fantasy archetype: the witch. While much maligned in historic works of Western fantasy, witches have since...
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 6
The Spinoff
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June 6, 2025
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 A Different kind Of Power by Jacinda...
Author charged over book on President Ruto’s daughter in Kenya
Switch TV
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June 5, 2025
Nairobi — A young Kenyan author is at the centre of a growing national storm after being charged for writing a book about Charlene Ruto, daughter of President William Ruto. The case, which rights groups have called an attack on free expression, is...
Author Prosecuted for writing a book about President Ruto’s daughter
Capital FM Kenya
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June 5, 2025
June 5 – Kenyan free-speech advocates and lawyers have condemned the prosecution of the author of an unauthorised biography of Kenyan President William Ruto’s daughter. Charlene Ruto accused Webster Ochora Elijah of “misusing” her name by writing...
Review: REDUX – Dianne Longley and Olga Sankey
In Daily
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June 5, 2025
When Dianne Longley and Olga Sankey met in Adelaide in 1979 as newly minted young printmakers it was at a watershed moment for contemporary art in Adelaide. At the tail end of the burst of activist prints produced by Adelaide’s Progressive Art...
Uncivilized Books, Living The Line And Current Distribution
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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June 5, 2025
Posted in: Comics, Current News | Tagged: diamond, lunar Uncivilized Books helps out Living The Line, in the wake of Diamond Comic Distributor's bankruptcy Published Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:57:07 -0500 by Rich Johnston | Last updated Sat, 07 Jun 2025...
Maine author discusses novel about two women thrust into a truth-seeking mission
WABI - Maine
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June 4, 2025
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Suzanne C. Carver is the author of Flight Path. Here is a summary of Flight Path from the author: A plane crash. No survivors. Two widows left behind with everything to lose. Eva’s life in suburbia has dulled the edges of...
New Jersey author donates books and plushies to Woodfin Elementary School
WLOS - North Carolina
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Students at Woodfin Elementary were all smiles when they received donations from a New Jersey woman today. A retired high school teacher and author, Susan Zapfe came to the school to donate over 100 copies of her book "The...
I tried the newest dessert from the creator of the cronut — here's my honest review
AOL
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The Cronut® is a tough act to follow, but the creator of that iconic dessert, Chef Dominique Ansel, is up for the challenge. He recently opened a new bakery, Papa d'Amour. Nestled in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood, his latest concept...
Spotlight PA Event: A live Q&A with ‘Long Bright River’ author Liz Moore
Spotlight PA - Pennsylvania
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June 5, 2025
Liz Moore’s Long Bright River became an instant hit, landing on the New York Times bestseller list and being crowned one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020. The gritty novel follows Mickey, a no-nonsense cop, and her sister Kacey, who are on...