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The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas review – fiendishly gripping

Dark sexual secrets and lies drive an ingenious and wickedly funny tale of meltdown on a Greek honeymoon

The Guardian - UK

‘The crime writer crime writers read’: Garry Disher, author of 60 books and finding fame in his 70s

The Australian author is ‘incredibly influential’, but has had to survive decades of ‘cultural cringe’ and genre snobbery to make finally ‘a decent sort of living’

The Guardian - AU

Kate Beckinsale Reads a Book About Grief as She Continues to Document Her Prolonged Hospital Stay

The actress has been dealing with an unspecified health issue for nearly a month.

Marie Claire

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Spring cleaning: Books are trash too

I used to hold on to books as if they were cash, before realizing that all books are not created equally

Salon

Lynne Reid Banks obituary

Bestselling author of the 1960 novel The L-Shaped Room and the children’s classic The Indian in the Cupboard

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh international book festival announces ‘relaunch’ as sponsor row remains unresolved

New director Jenny Niven calls controversy over lead sponsor Baillie Gifford’s fossil fuel links ‘the nature of the beast’, but activists are still calling for authors to boycott the event

The Guardian - UK

Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan review: a thrilling, picaresque tale of London life

Few things in life are as daunting as the doorstop novel that comes complete with a glossary of the characters featured within. Over the 650 pages of Andrew O’Hagan’s latest, it warns us, we will have 59 different people to keep track of, ranging from gang members and drill rappers…

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Greg James apologises for suggestion a glass eye would make Roald Dahl Twit disgusting

Promotional video for a Twits spin-off book by broadcaster and his colleague Chris Smith is criticised by charity for the blind

The Guardian - UK

Lord Of The Flies: cast, plot, locations, filming news and everything you need to know

Lord Of The Flies, based on the classic William Golding novel, is coming to BBC1 and Stan.

WhatToWatch

Dune director Denis Villeneuve is making a movie about nuclear war – and it sounds chilling

It will be based off a terrifying non-fiction book

Total Film

The best recent poetry – review roundup

A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje; The Silence by Gillian Clarke; Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon; May Day by Jackie Kay; I Cannot Be Good Until You Say It by Sanah Ahsan; Grief’s Alphabet by Carrie Etter

The Guardian - UK

Denis Villeneuve In Talks For 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' Adaptation

Director Denis Villeneuve considers adapting 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' while working on a third 'Dune' film with Legendary. Exciting developments in the wo...

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Bill Clinton To Release Memoir 'Citizen: My Life After The White House'

Former President Bill Clinton's memoir 'Citizen: My Life After the White House' offers insights into his post-presidential life, personal reflections, and ...

Evening Standard

Best books about books from Little Women and The Book Thief to Fahrenheit 451

Metafictional literature for mega bookworms

Evening Standard

Nadia Lee Cohen's My London: From Trisha's to F Cooke's old pie and mash shop

The artist, photographer and Beyoncé collaborator Nadia Lee Cohen dines at St John’s Wood’s time capsule Oslo Court, takes first dates to Trisha’s and adores Pat Butcher

Evening Standard

Scoop on Netflix review: Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper offer note-perfect performances

This dramatisation of the infamous Prince Andrew Newsnight interview is beautifully tense - watch between your fingers

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Is Ripley in Netflix all shot in black and white?

Here's why Ripley, Netflix's new series starring Andrew Scott, is shot in black and white...

The Guardian - AU

How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson review – a remarkable memoir of psychosis

After undergoing electroconvulsive treatment, the author powerfully documents how art helped her recover her memory, autonomy and sense of self

The Guardian - UK

Horror novel sales boomed during year of real-world anxieties

The genre has departed from classic themes, with new books dealing with war, politics and powerlessness – and sales have risen 54% year-on-year

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best psychological thrillers by women

These electrifying novels that dig into the peculiar, dark depths of the human psyche will have you questioning who to trust

The Hindu

Frontline Schools in Tirupur celebrate 25th anniversary with a record-breaking feat

Frontline Schools in Tirupur ring in their 25th anniversary by setting 25 new records by students. In one of the feats, 135 students turn young authors simultaneously

Evening Standard

Do phones ruin childhoods? Academic Jonathan Haidt on why he thinks so

The bestselling author and professor thinks the combination of smartphones and a loss of unsupervised play is creating an anxious generation

The Guardian - UK

Another England by Caroline Lucas review – seeing green

A progressive vision of the country’s literary and cultural history from the trailblazing MP

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