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British author and disgraced politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
2+ day, 29+ min ago (586+ words) October 6, 2026 — 8:26am Best-selling British novelist and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer, who was jailed for perjury in a high-profile libel case, has died at age 86. Archer sold more than 300 million copies of his books worldwide during his five-decade writing career and…...
Jeffrey Archer, best-selling author and former U.K. Conservative MP, dead at 86
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (742+ words) Talented and ambitious, Archer was a high flyer who could never quite escape the whiff of scandal despite a talent for bouncing back from humiliating setbacks British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a…...
British author and disgraced politician Jeffery Archer dies aged 86
2+ day, 29+ min ago (319+ words) October 6, 2026 — 8:26am Best-selling British novelist and former Tory politician Jeffrey Archer, who was jailed for perjury in a high-profile libel case, has died at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said on Monday. Archer sold over 300 million copies worldwide during his five-decade writing career…...
Banned book or not? Can you guess from the plot?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (117+ words) Objections rise from issues like sexual content and profanity or racial slurs and stereotypes. PEN America counted 6,870 bans across 23 states in the 2024-2025 school year. Since 1982, the American Library Association has used Banned Books Week to draw attention to books that…...
More than 50 years after a North Dakota school district burned its copies, this anti-war novel is still being censored
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (94+ words) washingtonpost.com The battle over the novel offers a window into America’s long-running fight over what students should be allowed to read. Bruce Severy, a full-bearded, idealistic 26-year-old, moved from Southern California in 1973 to the small town of Drake, North…...
Expert advice of yore makes you wonder about current ‘certainties’
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (144+ words) October 3, 2026 — 5:30am I came across a letter the other day, written by Charles Darwin during his trip to Australia. Sorry, that sounds like I found the letter in my desk drawer, rather than the more conventional place to find such a…...
Banned Books Week and the freedom to read
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (261+ words) Banned Books Week acknowledges the ongoing fight against censorship of public information and the freedom of reading across the world. It may seem like an issue most impactful on our neighbours to the south, but according to a Toronto Metropolitan…...
How BookTok and Korean snack wrappers have made reading radical
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (365+ words) September 30, 2026 — 1:00pm Well, I never. Reading books is sexy. Apparently fed up with social media, young women (and some young men) are turning back to this ancient form of communication where you actually have to think. Nasty points to online book…...
‘Exclude her’: British Jews urge UK to bar entry for Australian author over October 7 remarks
1+ week, 1+ day ago (760+ words) September 29, 2026 — 8:50am London: Britain’s peak Jewish group has urged the UK government to prevent Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from visiting the country after an outcry over her past remarks about the October 7 attacks on Israel. The Board of Deputies of British…...
Ex-CIA officer’s novel alleges grave dysfunction in deep-cover operations
1+ week, 3+ day ago (105+ words) washingtonpost.com Twelve years after the Central Intelligence Agency initially rejected its publication, a scathing book skewers a top-secret spying program. A new, previously suppressed book by a former CIA officer paints a satirical and slashing portrait of the agency’s…...