Warning issued after 'huge' demand for Outlander star event The Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) has issued a warning after a "huge" demand for tickets to an Outlander star's event The National (Scotland) · Jun 23, 2025
Endling by Maria Reva review – a Ukrainian caper upended by war Jaw-dropping formal invention turns this witty heist tale of endangered snails and ‘mail-order’ brides into an urgent dispatch about writing during conflict The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2025
Travels in Moominland: summer in Tove Jansson’s Finland The children’s book author spent the precious long Nordic days in simple, off-grid cabins on small dreamy islands – a tradition many Finns still follow The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2025
Grading The Controversial Florida Seminar Paper Earlier today I wrote about the New York Times expose concerning the grading of a student seminar paper at the University… The post Grading The Controversial Florida Seminar Paper appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 22, 2025
Angela Livingstone obituary Other lives: Translator who made many great works of Russian literature accessible to English readers The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2025
Marginalia mania: how ‘annotating’ books went from big no-no to BookTok’s next trend Readers are sharing how they write their predictions into novels, colour-code their emotional responses and even gift annotated books to friends. Is it actually fun, or just a bit like homework? The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2025
JK Rowling shares early verdict on first two episodes of Harry Potter HBO series New HBO production has been plagued by controversy The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025
Not My Type by E Jean Carroll review – memoir takes a hatchet to Trump The writer’s account of the Trump trials is packed with revenge and barbed wit. She has little to hide The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2025
Charles Dickens’s ‘sliding doors’ moment: how a cold turned an aspiring thespian into a writer An exhibition explores the authors’ love of theatre, highlighting the dramatic impact of his works The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2025
1975: The Year the World Forgot review — never has pop history been so elegantly told Dylan Jones puts the record straight on a golden era Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025
'Managing the tough times was just as important as celebrating the good ones' - Luke Rowe on life as a Road Captain Being a Road Captain isn't just about barking orders during a race, it's about keeping up morale, thinking long term and giving honest feedback. Cycling Weekly · Jun 21, 2025
Tadej Pogačar and Urška Žigart to star in children’s picture book Slovenian cycling power couple will take on elves, giants and dragons in pictorial adventure Cycling Weekly · Jun 21, 2025
How does an Obama speechwriter befriend a Joe Rogan fan? Via surfing David Litt’s new book It’s Only Drowning centres on an improbable friendship and how shared experience provides a neutral ground for connection The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2025
My First $1 Million: Early Retiree, 57, Western North Carolina Ever wonder how someone who's made a million dollars or more did it? Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series uncovers the answers. Kiplinger · Jun 21, 2025
Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025 No Friend but the Mountains at Barbican: 'speaks powerfully to the plight of refugees worldwide' 4/5 Luke Styles’ orchestral piece inspired by Behrouz Boochani’s account of detention on Manus Island was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during Refugee Week
The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2025 Chris Hammer: ‘The suburbs can be delightfully sinister. The blandness is a great setting for crime books’ The novelist reflects on his trip along the drought-stricken Murray-Darling that prompted the leap into writing and how the Australian bush inspires his bestselling crime fiction
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025 ‘No one is immune to grief’: the team turning A Single Man into a sexy, grimy, heartbreaking ballet Musician John Grant was blown away by Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, finding deep resonances in its tale of gay love and loss. Now, he’s put songs to choreographer Jonathan Watkins’s new dance adaptation
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025 Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie review – the joy of the hatchet job Is giving an artist a one-star review an act of abuse? An influential theatre critic finds out in this smart story of #MeToo-era revenge
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025 Hark by Alice Vincent audiobook review – a search for silence A former music journalist’s exploration of how we listen is informed by her life-changing experience of motherhood
The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2025 Wait Here by Lucy Nelson review – stories of childless women that are complex and wonderfully varied Instead of reducing its characters to one-dimensional traits, this debut collection is a compassionate rendering of the many different ways to shape a family and a life
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025 Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner The 27-year-old’s prizewinning debut, Glasgow Boys, is a coming-of-age novel about the friendship between two boys who have grown up in the care system
Marie Claire · Jun 19, 2025 16 Must-Read Books About Greek Mythology and Other Folklore All the gods and goddesses you know and love, but with a scandalous or feminist twist.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025 How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast review – Erica Jong’s daughter on the worst year of her life In this frank, exposing memoir, Jong-Fast reflects on her dysfunctional upbringing as her family falls apart
Bored Panda · Jun 18, 2025 Johnny Depp Trial Juror Finally Speaks Out, Reveals Courtroom Secrets “They were in a toxic relationship. I don’t see either of them being ‘innocent.’"
WhatToWatch · Jun 18, 2025 The Survivors episode 2 recap: Verity is terrified after finding something sinister on the beach - but what is it? The Survivors episode 2 sees more secrets and lies revealed as the police close in on their main suspect for Bronte's murder.