Dolly Parton's little known charitable connection to Wandsworth The Hollywood star’s charitable endeavors reach as far as the UK Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025
UK gets a Kindle-busting eBook store that breaks down the barriers PocketBook has brought its universal English-language eBook store to the UK T3 · Oct 14, 2025
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett review – remembering terrible men In the latest novel from the acclaimed avant garde author, the narrator considers the impact of the relationships she’s left behind The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025
M Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks: ‘We’re two lone wolves. How do two lone wolves work together?’ INTERVIEW: Hollywood’s master of twists has teamed up with literature’s maestro of romance for a new project that comprises a book and a film adaptation. Louis Chilton speaks to both men about the unexpected making of their supernatural love story The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025
Amazon's Kindle Colorsoft finally convinced me to get an e-reader — but this one shortcoming is really getting under my skin After buying my very first e-reader last week, some eagle-eyed Redditors have noticed a not-so-nice update to Amazon's Kindle models, which also affects my new Kindle Colorsoft. Tom’s Guide · Oct 14, 2025
Julian Starks: From Redford to Frankfurt Julian Starks's trilogy of ventures—Visions of the World, Shades of Color™, and Vocabrio™—are self-financed, visionary, and globally positioned. International Business Times · Oct 13, 2025
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin admits he's "always had trouble with deadlines," but he "doesn't feel happy breaching contracts or missing a deadline" over Winds of Winter George R.R. Martin addresses The Winds of Winter delay (again) Total Film · Oct 13, 2025
Australia: A History by Tony Abbott review – mostly celebratory account of ‘a land built by heroes’ Former PM lauds his country’s progress to egalitarian democracy where ‘only the very unlucky’ miss out – yet judges it ‘materially rich but spiritually poor’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025
Paul Gascoigne gives emotional health update as he admits ‘I just get miserable’ Despite saying life is good, the former footballer admits he still faces emotional lows and the constant pull of addiction Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2025
Hamnet review: Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley enthral in Shakespeare tearjerker 4/5 Chloé Zhao’s clever adaptation grounds the Bard’s backstory in love, loss and the natural world Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2025
George RR Martin speaks out on ‘controversial’ Winds of Winter delay ‘I’ve always had trouble with deadlines and I don’t feel happy breaching contracts,’ writer admits The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025
A vampire novel that smells of garlic? Well, if it gets people reading … The limited editions of Jennifer L Armentrout’s latest fantasy novel come with Hellmann’s aoli-imbued ink, in a coffin-shaped presentation box. It’s a no-brainer, writes Carys Afoko The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025
Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa review – behind the scenes at the nail salon This impressive novel shows how war, colonialism and migration play out in a small room where everyone’s name tag says Susan The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025
‘A hunger for wild, physical sensation’: Alan Hollinghurst on painter and writer Denton Welch who died tragically young When the young painter was left severely injured after being knocked off his bike, he began to write – with astonishing vividness. As his paintings go on show, novelist Alan Hollinghurst celebrates this fierce talent The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2025
The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2025 Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making A half-century ago, CBS’s own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project. Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermine accountability journalism
Axios · Oct 12, 2025 The Kamala-Gavin rivalry is building to a possible 2028 showdown Their public niceties cloud a longtime, behind-the-scenes tension that's beginning to surface as both weigh runs for president.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2025 The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says she is terrified her sons will ‘join manosphere’ Nigerian-American author tells Cheltenham literature festival audience having boys made her ‘worry more’
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025 Peter James says Queen inspired him to set new crime novel at Buckingham Palace The writer has depicted the Queen in his latest Detective Superintendent Roy Grace thriller.
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025 Queen pays tribute to Dame Jilly Cooper at literary festival Camilla quoted the ‘queen of the bonkbuster’ who has died aged 88.
Woman & Home · Oct 11, 2025 Duchess Sophie is the 'older sister Kate never had' and part of her 'private support network' According to royal author Ingrid Seward the two royals have probably had a close bond from the start - and it's only got stronger
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025 Thomas Pynchon’s whodunnit is painfully plotless I couldn’t read it — and trust me, I tried. There are sentences here that go on for half a page and still go nowhere
International Business Times · Oct 10, 2025 Where Music Meets The Word: The Creative World of Wendy Isaac Bergin Wendy remains devoted to exploring the harmony between creativity and faith. Her next novel, the third in The Threshold of Eden series, is already in progress and is expected to reach readers in the coming years.
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025 Nationwide supplier that sold books to libraries for community use closes down after 200 years Library book distributor Baker & Taylor reportely started laying off 520 employees without providing severance this week after a failed ReaderLink deal
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025 Colm Tóibín: Why I set up a press to publish Nobel winner László Krasznahorkai The Irish novelist discovered the Hungarian writer two decades ago, and was excited by the verbal pyrotechnics of a rule-breaking storyteller