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Nigeria’s writer and professor of drama, Kole Omotoso, died on 19 July 2023 aged 80.
Authors and publishers are worried about the threat of AI – and they’re fighting back. But there are still important ways human authors can’t be replaced with machines.
A project to upgrade a high school playing field led to a book on how to inspire more young people to pursue careers as urban planners.
Librarians are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battle raging across the US over censorship, book challenges and book bans. That conflict has even changed how librarians are trained.
Even for people who regularly look to social media platforms for book recommendations, recommendations from friends, family members or colleagues are a main way of choosing what to read.
Six of the best books from 2023 to read this summer.
Hint: It’s all tied up with the country’s history with British royalty.
A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
While derision and mockery permeate airwaves and social media feeds, satire holds the key to creating a more informed, engaged electorate.
Coca-Cola has made ambitions climate and sustainability pledges, but marketing its products worldwide will always be a top priority.
A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
Beatrix Potter’s silence concerning her sources means the Brer Rabbit folktales that helped create her stories are passed over without acknowledgement or celebration.
Scientists are learning amazing things about bees’ sensory perception and mental capabilities.
Book bans in Ron DeSantis’s Florida have censored beloved Australian author Mem Fox – for an illustrated character’s bath. But blanket nudity bans teach children bodies are ‘inherently sexual’.
Marijane Meaker was a lesbian pulp fiction trailblazer who wrote bestselling YA fiction as M.E. Kerr. She was also Patricia Highsmith’s lover.
The new book “Black and Queer on Campus” explores the range of experiences that Black LGBTQ students face at colleges across the US.
Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
Washington isn’t a state that typically comes to mind in discussions about student-led protests from the Civil Rights Movement. A Black history professor seeks to change that with a new book.
Reading is “sexy”. Maybe it’s because watching someone read exerts a fascination on the beholder, be it St. Ambrose or Marilyn Monroe.
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Professor in Publishing Studies, University of Stirling
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Literature, Aston University
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Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
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Associate Dean International, Faculty of Arts, Design & Humanities, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University