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The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress

Published in November, it will cover everything from Smith’s childhood to her rise as a punk rock star and later retreat from public life

Last November, I flew to New York to see a play: Gatz, an eight-hour reading of the entire text of The Great Gatsby by the experimental theatre ensemble the Elevator Repair Service.

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found.

The Handmaid's Tale is finishing with season 6, but that's not the end for Gilead. The story is set to continue with spin-off, The Testaments.

Exhibition of rarely seen paintings by Cassandra Austen is part of events marking 250th anniversary of author’s birth

Love and loss combine in this tender tale of how a mourning Caribbean mother cares for others

Amid the atmosphere of the 53rd National Book Fair and the 23rd Bangkok International Book Fair at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), one voice stood out — that of a 17-year-old who introduced a fresh perspective on rice through a bilingual children’s book. 

The route follows in the Romantic poet’s footsteps, traces his life and celebrates the landscapes that inspired so much of his work

THE READING LIST: Something of F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 book has been lost in the fog of its own mystique, commercialised by endless business endeavours that seem to contradict its core message. Nick Hilton revisits the classic on its milestone anniversary and hears warning bells for today’s billionaire oligarchs

The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.