The Latest Breaking News on Books

Slow Horses author Mick Herron says he knows how Jackson Lamb dies

The writer knows ‘how, why, when and where’ Gary Oldman’s cantankerous intelligence officer meets his end – a fate he figured out ‘relatively recently’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship

Kim A Snyder’s documentary highlights the defenders of young readers’ rights to see their lives in print facing rightwing attacks

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

One of my favourite books of the year just won the Booker Prize – and it’s 22% off on Amazon

Judge Sarah Jessica Parker described whittling down the list as “real agony”

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

A piano, a pregnant woman and a prison: Raymond Chandler's 'Nightmare' is revealed

Raymond Chandler's “Nightmare,” a rarely seen sketch, has been published this week in The Strand Magazine

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

‘It goes beyond getting a cash refund for slavery’: Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder on the case for reparations

With their new book, Henry and Ryder are determined to start a discussion about compensation for the descendants of slaves. But how would any scheme work? And why is it yet to happen?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

Was Tom Blyth Bummed That He Wasn't Asked Back For The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping? What He Said About The New President Snow Getting Cast

How the young President Snow actor reacted to the news.

Cinemablend · Sep 24, 2025

New Welcome to Derry trailer introduces a Stephen King cinematic universe featuring The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, and an appearance from a young Pennywise

There's even a real-life nod to an Iowa theater famous for showing Carrie

Total Film · Sep 23, 2025

Booker Prize 2025 shortlist revealed: which six books are Sarah Jessica Parker approved?

The 13 books of the ‘Booker dozen’ has been winnowed down to just six novels — all from very established authors but only one Brit

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Kiran Desai among top contenders for 2025 Booker Prize with first novel in 2 decades

Desai last won the Booker in 2006 with her novel ‘The Inheritance of Loss’

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

‘Brilliantly human’: Kiran Desai and David Szalay make Booker prize shortlist

No debut novels are among the six finalists, with established authors including Ben Markovits and previously shortlisted Andrew Miller in the running

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025