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Booker prize winner, 80, says he has reached point of having ‘played all my tunes’ after new book Departure(s)

Brandon Sanderson calls George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones 'unrealistic' as fans await The Winds of Winter. Discover the clash over fantasy's dark realism.

Julian Barnes will be 80 on January 19, an anniversary he is celebrating with the publication of this book, which he says will definitely be his last, although he’ll continue journalism, plus a sold-out conversation with his old mucker Ian McEwan at the Union Chapel next week.

It's about to get hot in here.

Netflix’s new murder-mystery has me revisiting one of the best Agatha Christie thriller miniseries ever made, and you should binge it now.

French publisher Hachette has recalled a middle-school dictionary that described the Israeli victims of the 7 October 2023 attacks as "Jewish settlers" after an antisemitism watchdog raised concerns, promising to review all its textbooks and educational materials.

Hard on the publication of Sherlock Holmes, there came another book of crime stories, with a shrewd, fearless protagonist, a master of disguise, and his less clever sidekick. The Raffles stories by EW Hornung, Conan Doyle’s brother-in-law — now published in a new selection — differed fundamentally from the original,…

Grieving, bruised and divided on the wisdom of foreign-backed revolt, how can the Iranian people achieve change?

The King of Horror weighed in on the footage that has been used to demonize or justify the role of ICE across the political spectrum.

Roberts spent two decades with The Independent from its inception until his retirement in 2006

Let's talk about the fans' dreams for January and Gus.