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Filippo Bernardini admits stealing unpublished books

Filippo Bernardini steals unpublished books

Authors including Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan, and Sally Rooney were targeted. Bernardini admitted wire fraud in New York on Friday. Maximum punishment for him is 20 years in prison. Filippo Bernardini from Italy has admitted to stealing over 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, many of which were written by well-known authors. Filippo Bernardini pretended to be prominent … Read more

Irish writer Sally Rooney vetoes Hebrew translation in protest against Israeli apartheid

Irish writer Sally Rooney vetoes Hebrew translation over Israeli 'apartheid'

 DUBLIN: Irish writer Sally Rooney said on Tuesday that she declined an Israeli publisher’s bid to translate her latest novel into Hebrew as part of a cultural boycott over the state’s treatment of Palestinians. Rooney said she “did not feel it would be right” to accept a contract with an Israeli company “that does not … Read more