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'Not a prequel, not a sequel, not a spinoff': Veronica Roth Announces New Divergent Books with Alternate Story

Veronica Roth announces two new Divergent books set in an alternate universe, exploring what happens if Tris Prior chooses a different faction. The first book, 'The Sixth Faction', releases in October.

International Business Times UK

The Winds of Winter Leak Exposed: Publisher Breaks Silence on Finished Book Rumours

Bantam Books has dismissed online claims that George R. R. Martin has secretly finished The Winds of Winter after a supposed leak sent fans into overdrive.

International Business Times UK

Eleven of the ‘most challenged’ books of 2025 as book bans remain at record highs in US

Overall, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom recorded challenges to 4,235 different works

The Independent UK

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‘Deliciously dark’: how Freida McFadden’s twisty thrillers gripped millions of readers

The author, who recently revealed her real name to be Sara Cohen, began writing to escape from her work as a medic, and now has a huge global fanbase

The Guardian - UK

From Manifesto to Mr Loverman: Bernardine Evaristo’s best books – ranked!

From the secret gay life of a British-Caribbean man to that controversial shared Booker win, the author has blazed a trail across the literary landscape. Here are seven of her top titles

The Guardian - UK

Divergent author announces two new novels 15 years after first book

2011 book trilogy was adapted for the big screen in the wake of ‘The Hunger Games’ success

The Independent UK

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid shares update on next book as TV adaptation takes ‘serious’ turn

She’s still ‘making decisions about the plot with some things’

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The emotional security secret: how to get healthier, happier and have stronger relationships

Psychiatrist Amir Levine’s first book explored different types of attachment. In his follow-up, he explains how anyone can become more secure

The Guardian - UK

The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard

The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work

The Guardian - UK

Son of Nobody by Yann Martel review – Life of Pi author discovers a long-lost poem from Troy

An epic poem about the Trojan war is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it in this ambitious, structurally problematic novel

The Guardian - UK

French media mogul Bolloré defiant as authors quit his publisher en masse

Vincent Bolloré, the conservative billionaire who has built up France's biggest media empire, says his Grasset publishing house will seek new talent after more than 150 of its authors quit in protest at what they claimed was interference with editorial independence.

Radio France Internationale

What if your life turned out to be ordinary? Slow down and relish this – it might even be enchanting

Being unremarkable is often seen as a sign of moral failure – yet finding joy in the everyday can lead to a mindful, even luminous experience

The Guardian - AU

Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail

About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation

The Guardian - US

4 Wishes for My Dad's Retirement That Have Nothing to Do With Money or Watching Grandkids

A Kiplinger editor shares some retirement wishes for her father.

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My Phantoms author Gwendoline Riley on winning $175,000: ‘It was unimaginable. I felt overwhelmed.’

Renowned for her darkly funny novels exploring failed relationships, the writer has been awarded the Windham‑Campbell prize for a body of work. She explains why it will change her life – if not her outlook

Marie Claire

Royal Biographer Vows to "Do Justice" to Queen Elizabeth After King Charles Commissions Official Authorized Biography of Late Monarch

The author "will be given access to the late Queen's extensive personal and official papers."

Evening Standard

Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer named

Anna Keay is a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust, which the King supports as patron, and is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee.

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‘Bookmakers were offering 5,000-1 on us winning the title, and considered it more likely the Loch Ness Monster would appear or that Bono would be elected Pope’ Claudio Ranieri on how Leicester City achieved the impossible

The Italian’s 2015 arrival at Leicester City did not inspire confidence at the bookies

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How David Larbi became the internet's most joyful poet

The content creator's positive outlook has resonated with millions of followers.

The Guardian - UK

Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed

The Plaza Prizes offered 10 awards in 2025 but some judges say they were not paid, while a number of winners hit back over AI accusations

The Guardian - AU

Estranged husband of Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to pen memoir about case

Simon Patterson will tell his story outside a courtroom for first time, in agreed book deal with publication details yet to be released

The Times of India

No country for Chigurh, Lecter

Assistant professor Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen argues that psychopathy, as commonly understood, is a dangerous myth. He contends that no convincing evidence supports the existence of individuals incapable of empathy or impulse control, suggesting the diagnosis has been misused as a convenient label.

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: a month in tradwife land, Francesca Albanese’s ‘rollercoaster’ life, and the problem with six-second hugs

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

Space

How the 'Project Hail Mary' book walks the line between hard and speculative science fiction… and why the film did not

Two different ways to tell the same story.

Netflix's new series looks like the cosiest show ever made, and could be huge

Little House on the Prairie is an institution

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