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Novel Vaccine Shows Early Responses in Pancreatic Cancer and CRC

Cancer Network - New Jersey · August 18, 2025

A vaccination of ELI-002 2P produced immune responses that may correlate with delayed tumor recurrence in a small cohort of patients with KRAS-mutated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) or colorectal cancer (CRC), according to findings from...

Book review: Shreyas Rajagopal's Gunboy is a revenge saga soaked in style, swagger, and schoolyard bruises

Hindustan Times · August 18, 2025

Right from the word go, Gunboy fires off from all cylinders. It’s a bullet-laced bildungsroman tangled in a gun-slinging revenge drama. It’s a tale that knows exactly what it wants to be. It’s fast, familiar, and never pretends otherwise. The...

Book Review: American Entropy

Independent Book Review · August 18, 2025

Reviewed by Mandy Bach American Entropy by Travis Hupp is an expansive exploration into the emotional life of a speaker vehemently defying homophobia, racism, and apathy in the political, religious, and social systems that surround us today. The...

Reading circle begins with Pradoshe Prakritajan

New Age Bangladesh ·

Staff Correspondent 19 August, 2025, 02:44 Readers and writers hold the copies of fiction writer Shawkat Ali-written book ‘Pradoshe Prakritajan’ at a reading circle at the National Book Centre in Dhaka on Sunday. | Press release The National Book...

Thompson: The 'Just What I Needed' Book Club

The North West Iowa Review · August 18, 2025

I myself am a sporadic reader — going through fits of voraciousness and then periods of drought. (My smartphone and its constant notifications/social media enticements are partly to blame.) But I thought I’d list a few of the books I’ve read in...

Organisers cancel book prize over trans controversy

BBC ·

Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter ShareSave John Boyne wrote in support of Harry Potter author JK Rowling in a newspaper article last month Organisers have cancelled an annual literary prize created to promote LGBTQ+ writing, following a row...

LGBT literary prize paused after row over ‘gender critical’ author

The Times ·

An annual LGBT literary prize has been cancelled after being criticised for including the “gender critical” author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on its long list. The organisers of the Polari Prize, the UK’s largest LGBT book award, announced...

IU study highlights both pros and cons of author anonymity in peer review evaluations

Indiana University Indianapolis · August 18, 2025

Does keeping authors’ identities secret during peer review make the process more fair? A new large-scale field study, led by Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Professor Tim Pleskac in collaboration with Ellie Kyung (Babson College),...

The Life Of Harriet E. Wilson: The 1st Black Woman To Publish A Novel

Black America Web · August 18, 2025

Source: MarkNH / Getty Harriet E. Wilson, born Harriet Adams around 1825 in Milford, New Hampshire, is widely recognized as the first Black woman to publish a novel in the United States. Yet for more than a century, both her life and work were...

All About Author Danielle Steel's Five Marriages, Nine Children, and the Scandal That Broke Her Heart (Exclusive) By Gillian Telling

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE dives into the colorful life of author Danielle Steel, who has written 212 books, been married five times, and has nine children Steel's passion, other than writing, is being a mother. She says her own childhood was lonely and...

Former Colchester Sun Editor publishes first book, set to launch 44 Vermont Library Tour

Colchester Sun - Vermont ·

COLCHESTER — Warren Baker, editor of the Colchester Sun from 2002-2004, published his first book, Shadow Light, a poetry collection, July 2. Its poems, rooted in a sense of place in several Vermont locations, Ireland and Cape Cod, explore the...

Red, White & Royal Blue author’s sequel update leaves fans anxious

Pink News · August 18, 2025

Fans are worried about the Red, White & Royal Blue sequel. (Prime Video) The author of Red, White & Royal Blue has said “pencils are down” for the proposed sequel, leaving fans to work out if that’s good news or bad. Casey McQuiston, who is...

Thursday Murder Club author Richard Osman speaks out on film cameo

Manchester Evening News · August 18, 2025

The Thursday Murder Club film is nearly upon us, with the adaptation of Richard Osman's bestselling novel arriving on Netflix on August 28. The movie, which already has a trailer available, features an impressive ensemble cast including Helen...

Radwa Al-Aswad’s Latest Novel Hailed by Critics

Sada Elbalad · August 18, 2025

Mon 18 Aug 2025 | 05:46 PM Acclaimed Egyptian novelist Radwa Al-Aswad received wide praise from leading writers and critics in Egypt and abroad for her latest novel "Be Al Ams Kont Mayetan - Hakayet Al Arman Wal Al Akrad" (Yesterday, I Was Dead –...

Development of a novel ISM-free Pb/PbCO3 electrode for high-performance carbonate ion sensing

Ocean Acidification · August 18, 2025

Development of a novel ISM-free Pb/PbCO3 electrode for high-performance carbonate ion sensing Published 18 August 2025 Science Leave a Comment Tags: chemistry, methods Highlights A novel ISM-free Pb/PbCO3 electrode is developed via in-situ...

Susitna Writer’s Voice – August 17, 2025, Book club poetry, produced by Kathleen Fleming

KTNA - Alaska · August 18, 2025

This Susitna Writers Voice is a new recording of poetry around the years, created by a local book club. Their process is collaborative where each person contributes a line. The post Susitna Writer’s Voice – August 17, 2025, Book club poetry,...

Open Mic Poetry Night At Novo Brazil Brewing

Imperial Beach & Times - California ·

The next IB Arts members’ meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 13th, at 5 p.m. at Novo Brazil. You do NOT need to be a poet to enjoy an evening about poetry. Pens and journals will be given out if you care to try your hand at writing...

‘Take that risk’: the New Zealand teen author named one of Time magazine’s girls of the year

The Guardian · August 18, 2025

When New Zealand teenager Rutendo Shadaya was nine years old, she wanted to create the perfect birthday present for her best friend – an act of kindness that has helped land her on the front of Time magazine. “I was very good with gift giving, and...

The New Zealand teen author named one of Time magazine’s girls of the year

The Guardian · August 18, 2025

When New Zealand teenager Rutendo Shadaya was nine years old, she wanted to create the perfect birthday present for her best friend – an act of kindness that has helped land her on the front of Time magazine. “I was very good with gift giving, and...

Hay Festival Forum Returns To Dallas With All-Star Author Lineup

Dallas Observer - Texas · August 18, 2025

Whether it be an undersung arts scene, few citywide characteristics, or a far-too-often emphasis on the rich getting richer, many people give Dallas grief for its culture or lack thereof. Still, through all our gripes, similar to how you’d make...