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The Winds of Winter release date speculation, plot, and everything else we know about George R.R. Martin's new book

Your complete guide to The Winds of Winter, the next book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series

Total Film

‘Full-circle moment’: Candice Carty-Williams joins judging panel as 4thWrite prize opens for entries

The author who founded the short story competition will be one of judges this year as the search begins for new writers of colour

The Guardian - UK

‘A natural storyteller’: Jane Gardam remembered by Tessa Hadley

The author of Late in the Day pays tribute to the exuberantly inventive Yorkshire-born novelist who has died aged 96

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Margaret Drabble: ‘Our family had a passion for Georgette Heyer’

The author on re-reading The Mill on the Floss, discovering the eccentric genius of Georges Perec and the comforts of Lee Child

The Guardian - UK

Red Pockets by Alice Mah review – finding hope amid the climate crisis

A professor’s quest to make sense of her eco-anxiety takes her from her ancestral village in China to Cop 26 and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Torte law: bakers are in a food fight over allegations of plagiarism – but who really owns a recipe?

Bestselling Australian cookbook author Brooke Bellamy is under fire from Nagi Maehashi and Sally McKenney for copying recipes, allegations she denies. In a precise art like baking, how close is too close?

The Guardian - AU

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

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Princess Diana "Insisted" Prince Harry and Prince William Buck One Tradition That Prince George Is Facing

The late princess took control when it came to this aspect of her sons' lives.

Marie Claire

The Guardian view on the Gruffalo: a well-timed comeback, wart and all

Editorial: The next challenge for Julia Donaldson’s monster is to get its claws into parents and persuade more of them to read aloud

The Guardian - UK

The Best Samurai Epic Of The Decade Is About To Take A Huge Risk

'Shogun' Season 2 will take place after a 10-year time jump, clearing the way for an original continuation of the story.

Inverse

Little World by Josephine Rowe review – a beautiful novella that lacks heft

Australian literature is littered with dead girls in the bush – and this finely wrought tale is narrated by a corpse who feels like just a gauzy metaphor

The Guardian - AU

Actor Diego Boneta is trying something new with debut novel 'The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco'

Diego Boneta grew tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narcos storylines for Latinos, so he decided to shake things up by writing his own self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business empire

The Independent UK

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan audiobook review – a bold memoir of life and near-death

History and autobiography are brilliantly intertwined as the Booker-winning author explores the choices and chance connections that shape our existence

The Guardian - UK

New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel

The Next Big Story competition, run by writing school The Novelry, is encouraging entries from would-be authors ‘historically overlooked by the publishing industry’

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The Independent UK

Gruffalo to return in first new book in 20 years

The first two books from Julia Donaldson sold more than 18.2 million copies globally

The Guardian - UK

The Pretender by Jo Harkin review – a bold and brilliant comedy of royal intrigue

This fantasia on the life of Lambert Simnel, who finds himself a claimant to the English throne, is a romp through late-medieval identity and historical uncertainty

The Guardian - UK

Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests

New work says novelist, who was a censor during second world war, may been employed to look for coded messages

Sports Illustrated

Bill Belichick Defends Jordon Hudson While Tearing Into CBS Over Viral Interview

The Tar Heels football coach released a statement.

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Pope Francis Saw Clergy's Lack Of Humility As A 'Cancer': Author

Pope Francis saw priests' embrace of the trappings of power as a "cancer" corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff.

Evening Standard

Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book

The book, which is being published on November 4, also includes a foreword written by Sir Paul.

Inverse

Indara Meets Yaddle In An Exclusive Excerpt From 'Star Wars: The Acolyte — Wayseeker'

In a new excerpt from the 'Star Wars' novel, 'The Acolyte: Wayseeker,' Jedi Indara gets an assignment from Yaddle.

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have announced they are working on a new outing for the monster in the deep dark wood, due out in September 2026

Salon

MAGA's coping strategy: More fantasy

The right’s go-to conspiracy theory can help explain why Trump’s base won’t drop him anytime soon

The Guardian - UK

Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata review – a future without sex

The Convenience Store Woman author imagines the creep of a new worldview, in a novel that highlights the weirdness of normal life

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