The Latest Breaking News on Books

Cormac McCarthy had 16-year-old ‘muse’ when he was 42, Vanity Fair reports

Augusta Britt says relationship with then-married author, who died in 2023, began after they met at motel pool

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Riley Keough Opens Up About the Presley Family Curse as the Sole Heir of Graceland

"I think the word 'curse' is used because my family are looked at as this 'not real' mythology."

Marie Claire · Nov 20, 2024

Author Kamel Daoud sued over claim he used life of wife’s patient in novel

Woman says French-Algerian writer’s prize-winning Houris uses her story as she told it to therapist Aicha Dehdouh

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Stay With Me by Hanne Ørstavik review – looking for love

The acclaimed Norwegian author explores the impact of childhood trauma in this portrait of a life lived in fear

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller review – light in the darkness

Set during the Big Freeze of 1962-3, this story of two marriages brilliantly evokes the legacy of the second world war

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Taliban Govt Clearing 'Un-Islamic' Books From Afghanistan Shelves

Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles -- Taliban authorities are working to remove "un-Islamic" and anti-government literature from circulation.

International Business Times · Nov 20, 2024

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf

Australian writer Richard Flanagan has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize, a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024

Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan makes history securing Baillie Gifford gong

The author secured the non-fiction award for his memoir Question 7.

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2024

Richard Flanagan wins Baillie Gifford prize and questions sponsor’s fossil fuel ties

Australian author says he will not accept £50,000 prize money until fund manager reduces its fossil fuel investments

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

Cheaters season two review – this romcom is so convincing it’ll worm its way into your heart

It’s the difficult second series for the comedy filled with graphic sex and kink exploration. Luckily, it breezes through it by being as impeccably well-observed as ever

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024