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Wednesday, Apr 24

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Robyn Hitchcock to Publish Memoir

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1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left chronicles a year in the Soft Boys singer’s early adolescence

Everything Barbra Streisand Eats in Her 970-Page Memoir

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From peas with sugar to burgers with Brando to guggle-muggle.

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Rebel Wilson memoir to be published in UK with Sacha Baron Cohen passages redacted

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Australian actor’s book Rebel Rising will have allegations of incident on set of Grimsby that left her ‘feeling bullied, humiliated, and compromised’ struck out

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Jane Austen museum asks fans to help transcribe her brother's 'spidery' handwriting in unseen memoir

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Experts believe the memoir written by her older brother offers an insight into the private life of the Pride and Prejudice author and allows fans to 'see the world a little bit as she would have done'.

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South Africa: Johannesburg in a Time of Darkness - Ivan Vladislavić's New Memoir Reminds Us of the City's Fragility

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Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburg's literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers to escort them…

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11 Celebs Who Were The Tiiiiiniest Bit Petty And Called Out Famous People In Their Memoirs

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Rebel Wilson called out Sacha Baron Cohen for his alleged inappropriate behavior on the set of The Brothers Grimsby.

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Nova Weetman lost her partner to cancer at the worst possible time. Her memoir blends hard-won wisdom with pure nostalgic joy

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Edwina Preston approaches Nova Weetman’s ‘generous and open’ grief memoir from a place of shared loss.

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Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

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The South African novelist messes with the line between fiction and non-fiction.

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Jane Austen museum appeals to public for help deciphering brother’s memoir

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Curators launch campaign after acquiring 78-page document that could hold new information about author

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Damian Barr on adapting his memoir Maggie & Me for the stage: ‘I thought it could be overwhelming’

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In working with playwright James Ley to create a stage version of his book about growing up in North Lanarkshire in the 1980s, Damian Barr faced the prospect of seeing sometimes traumatic events from his life recreated in front of him. ‘It…

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What doesn’t kill you makes for a great story – two new memoirs examine the risky side of life

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An 8000-km hitchhiking trip is at the heart of Anna Broinowski’s Datsun Angel. Dominic Gordon, in contrast, kicks his young self around Melbourne’s alleys like a half-squashed can of energy drink.

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Nicola Sturgeon due to finish first draft of memoir weeks before husband Peter Murrell charged

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The First Minister previously said she was finding the writing process harder than she thought

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Miss USA's Cheslie Kryst Shares Her Struggles in Posthumous Memoir

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Two years after the pageant star died by suicide at the age of 30, her family is releasing her posthumous memoir, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between...

Monday, Apr 22

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Late Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's Upcoming Memoir Sheds Light On Her Heartbreaking Private Battle With Depression

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As you may recall, the world lost a shining star the day Cheslie Kryst — AKA Miss USA 2019 — died by suicide. We were all left stunned when her mother, April Simpkins, revealed the 30-year-old’s final message to her in a tear-jerking…

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Ex-Miss USA Cheslie Kryst’s memoir reveals sick messages she received after win as book is released 2 years after death

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FORMER Miss USA Cheslie Kryst’s memoir has shed light on the brutal messages the star received after her big win in 2019.

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Sacha Baron Cohen Chapter of Rebel Wilson’s Memoir Partially Redacted in UK Version

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Certain parts of the chapter about Sacha Baron Cohen in Rebel Wilson’s Rebel Rising memoir have been redacted in the

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Rebel Wilson's explosive memoir is set to be published in the UK - yet shock Sacha Baron Cohen allegations are crudely REDACTED amid legal battle with funnyman over 'a**hole' chapter

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Rebel Wilson's headline-hitting memoir has been published in the UK with allegations about the actor Sacha Baron Cohen redacted for legal reasons.

Mystery royal invited me to a drug-fuelled orgy at US tech billionaire’s home, claims Rebel Wilson in bombshell memoir

HOLLYWOOD actress Rebel Wilson claims an unnamed member of the Royal Family invited her to a medieval-themed drug-fuelled orgy.