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Fraudster jailed for stealing £330,000 worth of BOOKS and selling them on Amazon - using wine bar to 'launder the illegal profits'
Daily Mail
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June 5, 2025
A wine bar owner who police say used his business to launder the proceeds of a ‘brazen’ £330,000 book theft escaped jail today by the ‘slimmest of margins’. Christopher Nunn took over the Wine Vaults Bar and Restaurant in Beccles, Suffolk, in 2022...
Local author shares sequel, journey with autism
Bristol Press - Connecticut
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BRISTOL – Local author Jordan Lopez spoke about his second book, “Looked Down Upon: A Masked Wickedness,” at the Bristol Public Library this week. Lopez, a Bristol resident who is on the autism spectrum, released his second book in March this...
Top Books to Read This Summer According to Georgetown Psychology Professors
Georgetown University - Washington D.C.
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June 5, 2025
For the past five years, the Department of Psychology has compiled an annual list of book recommendations by faculty members and graduate students for graduating seniors. Yulia Chentsova Dutton received the 2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in...
Edmund White – the ‘godfather of gay literature’– is no more: 6 books you should read
The Indian Express
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June 5, 2025
Edmund White, the author who redefined queer literature, passed away on June 3, 2025, at the age of 85. A prolific writer, White penned over 30 books, including autobiographical novels and biographies, that captured the complexities of gay life...
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...
US warns Starmer it is 'important' UK hits new Nato target for spending 3.5% of GDP on defence as Labour struggles to balance the books
Daily Mail
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June 5, 2025
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 10:32 EDT, 5 June 2025 | Updated: 10:34 EDT, 5 June 2025 The US has warned Keir Starmer that it is 'important' the UK hits Nato's proposed new defence spending target. Defence...
Bestselling author William Krueger to speak in Gilman June 27
The Star News - Wisconsin
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June 5, 2025
Area residents are invited to An Evening with William Kurt Krueger on Friday, June 27 at Celebration Hall in downtown Gilman from 6 to 9 p.m. The event will include a book signing and discussion. Krueger is a St. Paul based author who is well...
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,...
Television Q&A: Will Hollywood ever revive author's sleuth character?
GMToday - Wisconsin
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You have questions. I have some answers. Q: My favorite fictional sleuth, John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee, has been poorly served by Hollywood and TV, with only two movies about him, and one moving him from Florida to California! Are there any...
The Basilica of St. Mary publishes a history book
Arlington Catholic Herald - Virginia
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It’s not every day that a parish turns 230 years old. As the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria celebrates its milestone anniversary this year, parish historian Kitty Guy and archival manager Virginia Nyce released an updated book on the parish’s...
Dan Batchelor, Author of Jack Palmer: A New Order to appear at UK Comic Cons and festivals this summer and autumn
Bucks Herald
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June 5, 2025
Author and educator Dan Batchelor is hitting the road this summer and autumn to meet readers, sign books, and talk all things sci-fi as he celebrates the release of his debut novel Jack Palmer: A New Order. Drawing on his personal experience as a...
Perpetual Books Makes A Home For ‘Unusual And Exceptional’ Books In Wicker Park
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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June 5, 2025
WICKER PARK — Strange and unusual titles wind up alongside bestsellers at Perpetual Books, which opened last week in Wicker Park after its owners spent years buying and selling unique books. Perpetual Books opened Friday at 2136 W. Division St.,...
NCERT’s Textbook Crackdown: Over 5 Lakh Pirated Books Confiscated
Pragativadi
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June 5, 2025
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh Police, has seized more than five lakh pirated textbooks and printing equipment worth Rs 20 crore over the last 14 months. This crackdown aims...
4th Estate snaps up rights to memoir and novel by Women Talking author Miriam Toews
The Bookseller
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Miriam Toews © Mark Boucher 4th Estate has acquired two new books by the internationally bestselling author of Women Talking and All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews Sign in or register below for free to unlock 2 articles each month and receive...
Problems With Ad Populum's First Payments To Comics Publishers
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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June 5, 2025
Posted in: Comics, Current News | Tagged: Ad Populum, diamond The first payments due to comic book stores from Diamond Comics purchaser Ad Populum seem not to have been made. What's going on? Ad Populum's first payments to comic publishers after...
Dan Batchelor, author of Jack Palmer: A New Order, to appear at UK Comic Cons an...
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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June 5, 2025
Author and educator Dan Batchelor is hitting the road this summer and autumn to meet readers, sign books, and talk all things sci-fi as he celebrates the release of his debut novel Jack Palmer: A New Order. Drawing on his personal experience as a...
Book Review: Two Suns by Alan and Sairung Wright
Independent Book Review
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June 5, 2025
Two Suns by Alan Wright and Sairung Wright Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal ISBN: 9798888247631 Print Length: 200 pages Publisher: Koehler Books Reviewed by Nick Gardner Sheriff Sol Jefferson loves his wife, Yaya, more than anything. In their quiet...
Amazon’s Best Books of The Year So Far List Is Here
Book Riot
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June 5, 2025
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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...