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Page Turners: ‘Eat The Ones You Love’ author Sarah Maria Griffin
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Sarah Maria Griffin is from Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of the novels Spare & Found Parts and Other Words For Smoke, which won an Irish Book Award in 2019. She writes about video games for The Guardian, and her nonfiction has appeared in...
Just Ask The History Books: These Are The Most Iconic Nail Polish Shades of All Time
Marie Claire UK
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June 6, 2025
I’ll readily admit that I’m a nail art girl wherever possible, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love a flawless full-cover manicure. It doesn’t matter if you paint them yourself or get them done in-salon, the power of cleaned-up cuticles and that...
Author who self-published book shares exactly how much she earned in one year
The Mirror US
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June 5, 2025
If you're wanting to become an author and wondering where to begin, you can now write and publish your own book without ever having to leave your desk or your home with the help of Amazon. Once considered a last resort for struggling authors who...
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...
On sex and seeing: Melissa Febos, author of ‘The Dry Season,’ discusses her year of pleasure and celibacy (Part One)
Montana Public Radio
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This week on The Write Question, the first half of host Lauren Korn’s conversation with memoirist Melissa Febos, author of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex (Knopf). In this, her fifth book, Melissa investigates love and...
Shrewsbury kids author hopes his new sci-fi adventure tale will get youngsters to put down their phones and read
Shropshire Star
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June 6, 2025
Shrewsbury writer Jamie Russell has penned Mech Brigade, which is for readers aged nine to 12. It tells the tale of 13-year-old Miles, who joins an army of child soldiers in the far future, piloting giant robot ‘mechs’ to protect Earth from...
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...
Amazon cuts more jobs in books division
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Amazon (AMZN) has cut jobs in its books division, including at its Goodreads review site and Kindle units, the company said on Thursday. The Seattle-based retailer said that fewer than 100 workers were impacted and the move was meant to improve...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
Books About Lady Knights—and More SFF Links
Book Riot
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June 5, 2025
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her...
REVIEW: Speedo Mick - The Musical at Liverpool's Royal Court
Wirral Globe
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June 5, 2025
Over in Liverpool's Royal Court, actor Paul Duckworth was singing the praises of a local hero in a home-grown world premiere. A true story about a passionate Evertonian born to walk...into the history books, that is. It's a celebration of a...
Uncivilized Books Finds A Comics Distribution Home For Living The Line
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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June 5, 2025
Posted in: Comics, Current News | Tagged: diamond, lunar Uncivilized Books finds a comics distribution home for Living The Line, courtesy of Lunar Distribution and more Uncivilized Books is a boutique comics publishing house based in Minneapolis,...
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...
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...