Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out—and for the first time, it features a female main character.

Haruki Murakami’s next novel, The Tale of KAHO, will be published on July 3rd by Shinchosha Publishing Co, the AP reports. This will be Murakami’s first full-length novel since 2023’s The City and its Uncertain Walls (published in the US in 2024). According to the publisher, “Kaho is the first lone, woman protagonist featured in…

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MI6 set to appoint first female boss

Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A civil servant could become the first woman MI6 chief, according to reports. Dame Barbara Woodward, who is Britain’s ambassador to the United…

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