Literary News
Every generation seems fascinated by the same unsettling question: what if the world isn’t really run by the people we see? From masked gatherings of the ultra-wealthy to sprawling conspiracies…
Audrey Niffenegger’s global bestselling novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, is set to get a sequel, publishing this coming autumn. Over a decade after The Time Traveler’s Wife first hit bookshops…
Booker-prize winning author, Bernardine Evaristo, has lent her voice to renewed calls for schools in England to offer more diverse literature texts on the curriculum. The first Black woman to…
New Releases
Audrey Niffenegger’s global bestselling novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, is set to get a sequel, publishing this coming autumn. Over a decade after The Time Traveler’s Wife first hit bookshops…
Kathryn Stockett, the author of multi-million selling hit novel, The Help is returning with a new, highly-anticipated novel. The Calamity Club, publishing next year, will be Stockett’s first novel since…
Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, is set to release a prequel focussing on the early days of Galinda’s life. 'Galinda: A Charmed Childhood', which is due to be published in…
Reading Lists and Recommendations
Every generation seems fascinated by the same unsettling question: what if the world isn’t really run by the people we see? From masked gatherings of the ultra-wealthy to sprawling conspiracies…
Every year we read a lot of books, but the ones that really matter are the ones that stay with us, the stories we recommend relentlessly, argue about in comment…
There are many reasons that readers might want to break up with Goodreads, not simply because of its connection to the retail giant, Amazon but also because of the way…
Inspired by Literature
Today marks a celebration of an event that many of you may not have heard of, but we think this is a story that deserves to be told! In Lithuania,…
Middle Earth men are a special bunch, and someone on Twitter certainly saw something relatable within their characters. Alex Arrelia reimagined the men of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and…
Some exciting news today as we hear that Graham Norton is launching his own book club podcast exclusively through Audible, and it’s to feature some exciting guests! The Graham Norton…
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