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Let’s Get Reading: Newsletter 144 (opens the original)
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I just finished reading the excellent novel Houris by the Algerian author Kamel Daoud. The book talks about the horrific consequences of the very taboo Algerian Civil War of the mid-90s, and because this author broke that omertá, he’s been sentenced by the government to a prison sentence in absentia. I think this shows that there are still authors who are willing to risk hard prison time to express their ideas in books and we shouldn’t forget that.It got me thinking about another author who risk
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Just Kids took the world by storm, but there are plenty more incredible works from Patti Smith for you to sink your teeth into!The written world of Patti Smith: A guide to her best books – RUSSHMaybe not so ‘raunchy’ by today’s standards (more classic than controversial), but the story behind Lady Chatterley’s Lover is full of twists and turns!The raunchy best-selling ba
Let’s Get Reading: Newsletter 143 (opens the original)
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How to write a Bond novelI love a good author writing schedule. One of the most notorious (and apocryphal) is of course Hunter S. Thompson’s daily regimen. There’s also Ursula K. Le Guin that springs to mind. But this week I reviewed Ian Fleming’s short story co
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This week in the Round-up, we’ve got Alison Bechdel on family and Are You My Mother?, the Marquis de Sade’s rather fitting chocolate cake recipe, Jack Kerouac’s war with the publishing industry, one of autumn’s most hyped new thrillers, and the lasting impact of E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India. Enjoy!I’m always interested to read something from the Paris Review, and this interview with graphic novelist Alison Bechdel (originator of the famous pop culture ‘test’) is no exception.<
Let’s Get Reading: Newsletter 142 (opens the original)
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The Podcast is Back!This week, we’ve got some very exciting news to announce. The Lit With Charles podcast has returned, after a brief, inter-Season hiatus. We’ve taken a bit of time off to rethink the structure, and so we’re back with something a little different.Rather than focusing on interviews with authors, we’ve gone for a more conversational new format. Each week, I’ll be joined by my trusty sidekick Liv for a fun, informal chat about books, authors and anything even vaguely related to th
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