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Philippe Boxho’s macabre true stories are approaching 1m copies sold and shedding light on a ‘misunderstood’ job

Simon Russell Beale’s memoir favours Shakespearean insight over showbiz gossip; a love triangle continues Louise Erdrich’s literary winning streak; and a new edition brings the holy city’s epic history up to date

Spanish photographer Pia Riverola presents her new book ‘Días’, a tonal collage of days spent travelling

Craig Brown spoke about his biography at the Henley Literary Festival

The musician talks ghosts, giraffes, and the time she met her favourite actor – with disastrous consequences

The Belle and Sebastian musician on his new novel, inspired by his years of illness, choirs and his love of Victorian authors

In The Accidental Artist, the comedian combines his quirky sketches with musings on life and, particularly, death

The trailblazing novelist on the joys of coastal bakeries, writers’ habits and an online boat-tracking map

A POPULAR book festival got underway on Friday, with appearances from Pam Ayres and other famous names ...

A rich collection of poems, talks, memoir and enchantments from the life of Alan Garner

For his latest bestseller, ‘Precipice’, Robert Harris trawled secret letters to bring to life the hidden relationship between prime minister HH Asquith and a beautiful young socialite more than three decades his junior. The author tells Geordie Greig about the female character who moved him to tears, what Asquith’s family…