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December 1, 2020

For Reading Addicts Reading Challenge 2020 – December

This year's challenge is at an end, if you're still reading along and sharing your…

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December 1, 2020

$1.5 million paid at auction for rare Batman comic book

A Detective Comics (DC) comic book from 1939 was sold at auction for $1.5 million.…

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November 29, 2020

Undiscovered Constable paintings found in old family book

Previously undiscovered drawings by John Constable have been discovered in an 18th-19th century family scrapbook.…

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November 28, 2020

Quentin Tarantino Signs Two-Book Deal, Including ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Novelisation

Last year, famed film director Quentin Tarantino released his ninth film Once Upon a Time…

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November 28, 2020

Darwin’s notebooks stolen from Cambridge University

Charles Darwin's notebooks have been reportedly stolen from Cambridge University library. Staff had believed the…

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November 27, 2020

Staff at Jordan Peterson’s publishers protest new book

A new book from controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson has prompted complaints from staff. Peterson’s…

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November 27, 2020

Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Is Set to Become the Best-Selling Presidential Memoir in History

Former US president Barack Obama's hotly-anticipated memoir A Promised Land was published just a few…

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November 26, 2020

Neil Gaiman opens a mysterious padlocked Good Omens box on Twitter

Neil Gaiman co-wrote Good Omens with the late great Terry Pratchett, and published in 1990 and it…

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November 25, 2020

4 books to read right now as recommended by Bill Gates

Bill Gates has recommended four titles to read after this tumultuous 2020. The Microsoft co-founder…

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November 24, 2020

Novelist and writer, Harry Rey is Ensuring Better Representation for People with HIV in Books

Novel and writer, Harry Rey was diagnosed with HIV himself ten years ago. To tackle…

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