Literary News
Netflix have announced a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s much-loved, classic novel, Pride and Prejudice. The new six-part limited series will star big names including Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover,…
The premiere of the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel and Lionsgate's motion-picture ‘The Hunger Games’ is set to run from October 2025 in London. The Hunger Games: On…
The book publisher, Penguin, will turn 90 on 30th July this year, and to celebrate their anniversary, they’re launching a new project ‘90 Little Book Stops’ in partnership with the…
New Releases
Content warning: Sexual Assault Gisèle Pelicot’s life became worldwide, headline news after the survivor of mass rape became the centre of a landmark trial. Gisèle’s ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, was sentenced…
Welsh actor and activist, Michael Sheen is set to publish a new children’s book about homelessness, supporting the charity, Shelter. The book entitled, A Home for Spark the Dragon, is…
A new collection of writing from author, Harper Lee, is due to be published posthumously, in October this year. The collection entitled ‘The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays’…
Reading Lists and Recommendations
Another year has come to a close as fireworks and New Year’s Day mark the start of 2025, and once again we’ve asked our followers to nominate their favourite book…
The New Year is well and truly underway, and we have some suggestions of some books that we think will be making waves in the next twelve months! Every year…
Another year comes to a close, our eleventh running For Reading Addicts, and for the last few years we've run a book of the year. Each year we ask you…
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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This quiz was created in response to the controversy surrounding Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College. During the commencement speech, Butker referred to Pride Month as an example of…
Brief clues to help you find 18 tales with numbers in the title – some tricky, some easy! We've also just turned our best quizzes into a book that…
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Quizzes
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