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Christopher Glasl’s withdrawn memoir of his time in Special Operations Group raises questions about publisher fact checking. How do they do it? And can it be improved?
Two new books examine the life and legacy of an inspiring poet whose work resisted patriarchal constraints.
The public politics of African writers has been in the spotlight again due to the bitter disagreement between Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Akwaeke Emezi over transgender issues.
But the 2018 prize, which went to a Polish woman, shows that the Academy might at least be aiming for more diversity in its laureates.
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Deputy Head of English/Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
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Lecturer, Publishing, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
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Research Assistant in Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Scottish Studies, University of Glasgow