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112 Years Later, the Most Misunderstood Sci-Fi Classic Is Getting a Huge Upgrade

'John Carter of Mars' is about to become a new radio series, and the cast is perfect.

Inverse · Sep 23, 2024

Sally Rooney reveals why she hasn’t accepted any offers to adapt third novel into TV series

‘I felt that world was not where I belonged’ said the bestselling author

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

US public schools banned 10,000 books in most recent academic year

Survey by PEN America suggests bans nearly tripled nationwide from previous year’s figure

The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2024

The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle review – his best yet

In the third outing for Paula Spencer – mother, alcoholic, domestic abuse survivor – Doyle captures her strength and vulnerability in prose that radiates energy and life

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

Prof. Paul Robinson & Jeffrey Seaman Guest-Blogging About "Confronting Failures of Justice: Getting Away with Murder and Rape"

I'm delighted to report that Prof. Paul Robinson (Penn) and Jeffrey Seaman will be guest-blogging this coming week about their new book. Here's the publisher's summary: Most murderers and rapists escape justice, a horrifying fact that has gone largely unexamined until now. This groundbreaking book tours nearly the entire criminal…

Reason · Sep 22, 2024

Apples Never Fall fans praise BBC drama as 'better than The Perfect Couple'

Comparisons have been drawn between BBC's Apples Never Fall and Netflix's The Perfect Couple

WhatToWatch · Sep 22, 2024

A Kid from Marlboro Road by Edward Burns review – the most Irish-American novel of the year

A 12-year-old New Yorker records his childhood memories and family anecdotes in the film-maker’s vivid and tender first book

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – poignant meditation on masculinity and alienation

A working-class writer rails against the corporate world and small-mindedness in a striking debut novel written as a monologue

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

Alice Oseman: ‘I’m 50 pages into writing the final Heartstopper... I’m excited but it’s also bittersweet’

The creator of the bestselling graphic novels and TV series on turning 30, making playlists for her books and why it’s important to her to be visibly political

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

In brief: My Roman Year; Madwoman; Mapping the Darkness – review

A sensuous memoir by the author of Call Me by Your Name; a suspenseful tale about a mother’s trauma-haunted double life; and the science of sleep illuminatingly explored

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024