Up in smokes: Daily Tele’s taxpayer-funded ciggies help Labor minister destroy travel card | The Weekly Beast

News Corp reporter bought a pink doughnut, a soft drink and tobacco as part of a NSW government endorsed media stunt. Plus: cartoonists go their own wayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhat happens when a freshly minted minister doesn’t like one of the policies she inherited from the opposition? She helps a friendly newspaper to expose it as easily subjected to fraud, and then axes the discredited policy in the budget.This comedy of errors was exposed during New South Wales budget estimates this week when Labor minister Jenny Aitchison admitted a Daily Telegraph journalist “was given” a travel card by someone in the government or the department, although she couldn’t recall by whom. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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The week's bestselling books, Sept. 1

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Lit Hub Daily: August 28, 2024

Hannah Silva examines the (not so) shocking similarities between quantum physics and queer dating. | Lit Hub Memoir  August brought some great book covers, and a lot of them were slippery. | Lit Hub Design “I had been writing my diaries on the notepad app of my phone, when it went the way of so […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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This Lego Labor Day sale discounts Star Wars and Mario sets by 25 percent

It’s almost Labor Day so the sales have started to trickle in. Here’s a cool one. A whole bunch of Lego sets are on sale for 25 percent off from, uh, Barnes & Noble. That may not make sense on paper, but we assure you that these discounts are very real. It’s tough to pick the “best”... Continue reading at Engadget

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Lit Hub Weekly: August 19 – 23, 2024

Why libraries are often deliberate targets during war: “For book lovers, there is something profoundly, almost viscerally disturbing about a library on fire.” | Lit Hub Libraries Why there might still be hope for the Earth’s oceans: “A worse version of today’s ocean is not inevitable, but... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The week's bestselling books, Aug. 25

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Lit Hub Daily: August 21, 2024

“Although Nazis were more famous for burning books, they also sold them.” Evan Friss on when the Nazis opened a propaganda bookstore in Los Angeles. | Lit Hub Bookstores Get ready for the literary film and TV you need to watch this fall. | Lit Hub Film “He was not one of those people who […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Lit Hub Daily: August 20, 2024

Why libraries are often deliberate targets during war: “For book lovers, there is something profoundly, almost viscerally disturbing about a library on fire.” | Lit Hub Libraries “On paper, Enoch’s travels don’t sound that dissimilar to reported nonhuman encounters.” Luis Elizondo on beings from... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Deals: Week of August 19th, 2024

Avid Reader Press signs an Samuiel Hawley’s epic WWII novel, HarperOne takes science writer Corey S. Powell’s exploration of the unseen universe, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week’s Bestsellers: August 19, 2024

‘Apprentice to the Villain,’ book two in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s TikTok–spawned romantasy series, is the #2 book in the country. Plus ‘The Mercy of Gods’ launches a new series from pseudonynous Expanse authors James S.A. Corey, and Casey McQuiston returns with the queer romance ‘The Pairing.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, Aug. 18

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Lit Hub Daily: August 14, 2024

Take a literary road trip across America, with book recommendations for all 50 states. | Lit Hub “Although I have not inherited a physical plot, I’ve inherited dual impulses related to how I define home.” Sadiya Ansari on family, place and inheritance in South Asia and North America. | Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Lit Hub Daily: August 13, 2024

Navid Sinaki on Scheherazade, secrets, and finding his voice as a young, queer Iranian immigrant. | Lit Hub Memoir “What do we inherit from trauma? Complicated stories, frayed genetics, and many, many hidden secrets.” Danzy Senna, Kristopher Jansma, Rosie Schaap and more take the Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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This Week’s Bestsellers: August 12, 2024

Alex Hirsch’s ‘The Book of Bill’ is the #1 book in the country, followed by two editions of J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy.’ Plus Alison Espach’s ‘The Wedding People’ and Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Slow Dance,’ two book club picks, make their debuts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 9, 2024

Among the week's headlines: the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on Iowa's SF 496 with a mixed decision; Utah bans 13 books from all public schools in the state, six of which are by Sarah J. Maas; and Kelly Jensen of 'Book Riot' offers a how-to guide to fighting book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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5 New Travel Guides to Dream Destinations

Books from Accidentally Wes Anderson, Atlas Obscura, and others take readers on the adventures of a lifetime. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of August 12th, 2024

Simon & Schuster will publish Bob Woodward’s latest White House tell-all, Hachette takes women’s health advocate Tamsen Fadal’s Menopause guide, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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New Guidebooks from Major Travel Publishers

Travel guides are taking fresh approaches to, and expanding beyond, familiar destinations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, Aug. 11

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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My weeks of reading hornily: steamy book sales have doubled – and I soon found out why

From fairy porn to romantasy via the Omegaverse, publishing is sexier than ever. The reason? A big shift in gen Z and millennial attitudes to respectability and shame ...I spent a fortnight reading nothing but smut and I don’t need to give you a reason. But since there is one, here it is:... Continue reading at The Guardian

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UK: Spiracle Opens ‘Audiobook in a Card’ for Bookstores

London's Spiracle co-publishes independent houses' audiobooks and sells them to bookstore consumers using in-store cards with QR codes. The post UK: Spiracle Opens ‘Audiobook in a Card’ for Bookstores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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