The Latest Breaking News on Books

US book bans in public schools reach record annual high of 12,000

Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America finds

The Guardian - US · Oct 5

‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose

‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Historian Dan Jones to write new James Bond novel

All In honours Ian Fleming’s fourth book, Diamonds Are Forever

The Independent UK · Oct 5

Is your partner on their phone and ignoring you? I’ve got a buzzword for that

From microcheating to quiet quitting to weaponised incompetence, new terms to describe relationship failings are abundant. But that doesn’t mean there’s not space for some more ...

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Jack Reacher author explains why he ‘vetoed’ third Tom Cruise film

Hollywood star faced casting backlash over his height

The Independent UK · Oct 5

The Housekeeper by Rose Tremain review – a bloodless origin story for Du Maurier’s Rebecca

The novelist has expanded her devastating 2014 short story about an imagined affair between Daphne du Maurier and a fictional Polish-Jewish housekeeper

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Children’s books with Black main characters down 8% in a year, study shows

Only 150 of 2,189 titles published in UK for young children last year focused on minority ethnic, disabled or neurodivergent characters

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4

Gisele Bündchen’s True Feelings About Tom Brady Revealed Years After Their Painful Divorce

Gisele Bündchen has reportedly moved on from her divorce from Tom Brady, while a new book revisits the relationship struggles that led to their 2022 split.

Bored Panda · Oct 4

Best Australian books out in October: Magda Szubanski, delicious recipes and a picture book ‘masterpiece’

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4

John Cooper Clarke looks back: ‘Getting older sucks – it’s marginally better than being dead’

The punk poet on his heroin years, dressing like Ronnie Wood, and achieving his boyhood ambition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4