March 20, 2017
Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott Reads Sea Grapes
Sir Derek Alton Walcott (January 1930- March 2017) was an award-winning poet from Saint Lucia;…
Winner of Inaugural Jhalak Prize for BAME Authors Announced
March 18, 2017
Winner of Inaugural Jhalak Prize for BAME Authors Announced
The Jhalak Prize for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Writers (BAME) was only set up…
Tumblr’s Top 20 Books of 2016
March 17, 2017
Tumblr’s Top 20 Books of 2016
Tumblr's fandoms can be intense and fiercely loyal; from the hit TV series Supernatural to the…
Official Trailer for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Released
It’s almost a year since it was announced that nonfiction book The Immortal Life of…
British Book Awards: Shortlists 2017 – Fiction Book of the Year
The British Book Awards shortlists have been announced for 2017, covering a large range of…
Author Finds Skip Full of Books Outside Closed Bookshop
March 16, 2017
Author Finds Skip Full of Books Outside Closed Bookshop
Bibliophiles may want to view the following scenes through their fingers, it’s the very worst…
Tom Hardy Back for Mother’s Day Story Time
March 15, 2017
Tom Hardy Back for Mother’s Day Story Time
While the BBC’s children’s channel CBeebies has enjoyed many celebrity readers in its Book at…
Ebooks Are in Decline as Younger Readers Prefer Printed Books
If you're concerned that ever improving technology will eventually see the fall of printed books…
Rowling Fan Guesses Name of Next Cormoran Strike Book
March 14, 2017
Rowling Fan Guesses Name of Next Cormoran Strike Book
The last we heard of Cormoran Strike was J. K Rowling telling us late last…
Bronze Terry Pratchett Bust Unveiled
March 14, 2017
Bronze Terry Pratchett Bust Unveiled
It’s two years since the death of Sir Terry Pratchett author of the Discworld novels,…