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Novel treatment may help treat hard-to-control hypertension, global…
Medical News Today
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A novel treatment for hard-to-control high blood pressure has shown strong results in a major global clinical trial. The Phase 3 Launch-HTN study found that lorundrostat, an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, safely and consistently lowered blood...
5 Indian LGBTQ+ books to add to your Pride Month reading
The Indian Express
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June 2, 2025
This Pride Month, dive into the vibrant landscape of Indian LGBTQ+ literature. These five books – spanning memoir, fiction and activism – offer powerful perspectives on queer identity, resilience and joy. Whether you’re exploring queer narratives...
Book Review: ‘Beach House Rules’ is delicious high end Southern chick lit
Brandon Sun
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June 2, 2025
Charlotte Sitterly and her 14-year-old daughter, Iris, are suddenly shut out of their comfortable life in an upscale coastal community in North Carolina. They’ve lost access to their money, car and even home after husband and father Bill was...
Exhibition showcases children’s responses to their research into Worthing’s fallen, including artwork and poetry
Sussex World
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June 2, 2025
An exhibition of work produced by children from three Worthing schools following research into the fallen from the Second World War has gone on show at Worthing Library. Sarah Nathaniel, public engagement co-ordinator for the CWGC in the south...
I read bombshell defence review of UK armed forces – here are 11 things you need to know
Daily Express
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June 2, 2025
The government released the long-awaited Strategic Defence Review (SDR) yesterday setting out its plan for the armed forces over the next decade. Described as “The most profound change in 150 years” to the British military, the SDR promised a...
ASCO 2025: AstraZeneca’s novel trial design for camizestrant pays off in breast cancer
Clinical Trials Arena
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June 2, 2025
AstraZeneca has presented results for the SERENA-6 trial at the American Society for Medical Oncology (ASMO)’s 2025 conference, held in Chicago, Illinois from 30 May to 3 June. The SERENA-6 trial compares camizestrant, an oral selective oestrogen...
‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice
Scroll.in
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“Not an obituary. We cannot write an obituary about an ‘idea’ that illuminated so many generations transcending geopolitical borders,” as my friend and journalist Pooja Mitra so eloquently puts it. Celebrating instead his love for truth and...
AUTHORS AND ART
Simply Buckhead - Georgia
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June 2, 2025
Victoria Christopher Murray at Buckhead Art & Co. Guests rub elbows with authors at Buckhead Art & Co.Each month, gallery owner Karimah McFarlane welcomes a Black author to Buckhead Art & Co. Guests are invited to participate in interactive Q&A...
Cleveland Historical Society Welcomes Author Jim Farfaglia
Oswego County Today - New York
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June 2, 2025
OSWEGO COUNTY – Join the Cleveland Historical Society in welcoming author Jim Farfaglia to discuss the history of the Nestlé Chocolate Factory in Fulton on Sunday, June 8. The presentation begins at 2 p.m. at the North Shore Coffee and Tea Co.,...
A review of The Ballad of Falling Rock by Jordan Dotson – Compulsive Reader
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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June 2, 2025
Reviewed by Leslie Friedman The Ballad of Falling Rock by Jordan Dotson BHC Press September 2024, 368 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1643973647 The Ballad of Falling Rock is a stunning book that follows at least four generations of a family in the...
Book Review: In the ‘The Listeners,’ Maggie Stiefvater approaches WWII with a distinct voice
Associated Press
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June 2, 2025
Maggie Stiefvater has brought her magical prose with her to her first adult novel. “The Listeners” takes place at a luxury hotel in West Virginia as World War II begins. In need of a place to store their foreign nationals — i.e. Axis diplomats and...
The Secret Book Club Starter Kit
BookTrib
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June 2, 2025
I’ve always loved book clubs. Not just because they keep us reading — and reading builds empathy while offering escape — but because of the incredible bonds that form when people share stories. Book clubs allow us to connect through characters,...
10 Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads for Pride
BookTrib
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June 2, 2025
Happy Pride Month! To celebrate, we’ve curated a list of ten science fiction and fantasy novels that showcase the richness and diversity of LGBTQ+ narratives. These stories span a variety of genres and settings — from precolonial island nations...
A Film About A Long Healing Walk By The Sea What To See, Watch, Read And Listen To This Week
MENAFN
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June 2, 2025
(MENAFN- The Conversation) At The Conversation, we are big believers in the health benefits of being near the sea. In fact, we have a whole series dedicated to how our health is intrinsically linked with that of the ocean, called Vitamin Sea . The...
In Praise of Poetry About Bugs
Literary Hub
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June 2, 2025
Poetry and bugs should be thought of more often together. My friend, the poet Sara Nicholson, once told me she thought “ants deserve more poems.” Article continues after advertisement But ants have a poetic pedigree worth tracking. John Clare...
Novel about shared sex video launches near Banbury
Banbury Today
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June 2, 2025
A local author, Becky Jones has launched her timely young adult novel on the topic of intimate image abuse at a private launch event in Deddington. Having told herself all her life that she wanted to write a book, Becky Jones had reached the point...
Milwaukee book influencer is a champion for Black literature
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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Cree Myles gets people to read more through reviews she creates for her tens of thousands of followers and the community she leads through Penguin Random House's "All Ways Black" campaign. Her reviews and posts got the attention of well-known...
Writers can learn to use AI as an aid and to create an audio book at June 14 clinic
Nola - Louisiana
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At the Saturday Writer’s Clinic coming up June 14, Gary Arnold, P.hD., will talk about how to use artificial intelligence to help in writing and how to record an audio book. The June clinic will begin at 9:30 a.m. June 14, at the East Bank...
Guy Vanderhaeghe wins book of the year at 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards Since 1993, the awards are presented annually in recognition of the best books in the province across 14 categories. Other 2025 winners include Dave Margoshes, Sylvia Legris,…
CBC/Radio-Canada
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Saskatchewan author Guy Vanderhaeghe won both the Non-Fiction and Book of the Year Award at the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards. Since 1993, the awards are presented annually in recognition of the best books in the province across 14 categories. The...
Book Review: A diary sends a woman on a quest to solve the cold case of 6 missing Black girls
Lethbridge Herald
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June 2, 2025
By Canadian Press on June 2, 2025. At age 13, Sydney Singleton discovered an old photograph tucked away in a drawer in her paternal grandmother’s guest room. It was a portrait of a Black girl just entering her teen years — a girl who looked a lot...