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‘That second she got some old school wood from the Heartland, it was game over,” Maher quipped

Named as Australia’s children’s laureate for 2026-27, the beloved author opens up about the best thing a fan has ever sent him – and his first tattoo

A 15-year-old's interaction with a magazine highlights our declining engagement with print. Professor Joel Halldorf's book, 'Reading Matters,' traces the book's sophisticated evolution from ancient scrolls to the printing press. This invention democratized knowledge, fostering deep reasoning and societal change, a capacity now threatened by digital distractions.

Mentions of reading in Tinder bios are up 29% in the last year. But is searching for a fellow fan of one’s favourite author really a shortcut to compatibility?

Staff at Brontë Parsonage Museum in Howarth embrace Emerald Fennell’s sex-laced take, while Emily Brontë’s most recent biographer calls BDSM version ‘a lot of fun’

Light, shape and colour were key to crafting the ominous atmosphere.

A bestselling children's author who preyed on girls as young as 11 after visiting their schools to talk about his books has been jailed.

Who killed Zorah? Snippets of gossip expose the divisions in a migrant community in this polyphonic portrait of contemporary America

A lot of mixed feelings flying around.