cityReader  #70.  

 

Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’

John Self

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/23/haruki-murakami-my-books-have-been-criticised-so-much-over-the-years-i-dont-pay-much-attention

 

Journalist and Collector Nikole Hannah-Jones Leads Tour of 1619 Project Art Exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library

https://apple.news/AUcV6VzeBTPGug2bbuZ5cIw

 

Report—from England—finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure

National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/05/report-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure-national-literacy-trust

 

FINALLY WILL READ THIS. Bought it today. 

 

‘I emerged painfully transformed from her books’: Han Kang readers on her Nobel literature prize

From penetrating words to images that linger in the mind, Han Kang readers tell us what her work means to them

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/15/i-emerged-painfully-transformed-from-her-books-han-kang-readers-on-her-nobel-literature-prize

 

Beyond The Tipping Point: Malcolm Gladwell on Covid, Trump and what he got wrong

Sophie McBain

Twenty-five years after his bestselling debut, the author has updated it for ‘a more anxious age’. So which of his theories stood the test of time – and what does he find ‘embarrassing’ to read now?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/sep/28/beyond-the-tipping-point-malcolm-gladwell-on-covid-trump-and-what-he-got-wrong