Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson review – a rich, provoking study in luminous prose The Gilead author explores the first book of the Bible and finds it full of meaning – even hope – for today The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
"I never imagined I'd be an illustrator, but I love this job," Flavia Z Drago shares how she got into creating picture books This year's London Book Fair illustration star also reveals how her native Mexico influences her work. Creative Bloq · Mar 4, 2024
'Our nation's shame': ex-senator to lead DV inquiry A landmark inquiry into domestic and family violence is a step closer after the South Australian government unveiled its commissioner and terms of reference. AAP · Mar 4, 2024
Great expectations and a bleak house: the promise and perils of staging Dickens London Tide at the National Theatre is the latest in a flood of Dickensian adaptations. Few have captured the novelist’s surreal imagination – are solo shows the most successful? The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh review – when a clinch is a crime A gay Nigerian is persecuted by his father and the state in Ibeh’s stylish and moving debut novel The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
I’ve done some shameful things to sell my books. But there’s a line even I can’t cross Loitering in a bookshop, I was presented with an unmissable opportunity to gain a new reader. To my shock, I discovered a scruple, writes Nell Frizzell The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
Murderer, manipulator… or not that bad at all? The reframing of Richard III Five hundred years after his death, the monarch most reviled by Shakespeare is still courting controversy. A new play and documentary aim to change how he is seen The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
The Achilles Trap: Steve Coll on how the US fatally failed to read Saddam The reporter’s new book considers the dark comedy of errors – and a dictator’s literary ambition – that led America to war The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2024
Dune: Part Two Cast Comparison - Book Descriptions Vs. Actors Explore how the characters from Frank Herbert's Dune series are brought to life in Dune: Part Two with a talented cast embodying vivid book descriptions. Top News · Mar 2, 2024
New Press and Registration of Periodicals Act comes into force The new Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023, has come into force and the old Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, now stands repealed. The Hindu · Mar 2, 2024
Poems on London’s underground: free riches I hold in high esteem This public poetry scheme has been taking the grind out of commuting and delivering ‘life-worth’ since 1986 The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024
Sir Ben Kingsley: ‘Any door that leads the younger generation to me is wonderful’ The actor, 80, describes his roles in Iron Man 3 and Sexy Beast and wonders if his greatest work is still to come The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024
Mercedes de Acosta: The poet who had affairs with the 20th century’s most famous women An unpublished book has emerged by the woman best known for her liaisons with Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Isadora Duncan The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024
From Dylan to Ishiguro: can song lyrics ever be literature? A new book of lyrics by Kazuo Ishiguro joins collections by Kate Bush and Jarvis Cocker. But can songwriting ever work on the page? The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2024 Mary & George: what’s true and what's false – fact checking the scandalous new Sky show The story of a mother and son who rose from the fringes to the top of Jacobean society is now a lavish new drama
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft review – eight translators lost in a forest The International Booker-winning translator takes a deep dive into the complexities of the role in her ambitious second novel
Bored Panda · Mar 1, 2024 Woman Calls Her SIL And Brother “Uneducated” And Refuses To Hide Sensitive Books When They’re Over Many people want to ban or hide sensitive historical texts. That’s what one woman realized when her brother’s girlfriend took offense to the historical books in her home. The post Woman Calls Her SIL And Brother “Uneducated” And Refuses To Hide Sensitive Books When They’re Over first appeared on Bored…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024 Charli XCX prankster is latest in a long line of authors to fool the public A writer hoodwinked the internet into thinking the singer nabbed his book title but he’s not the first author to pull a controversial publicity stunt
Bored Panda · Mar 1, 2024 Mom Won’t Lend Her Wedding Dress As Promised So That Her Daughter Can Cut It Up The woman refuses to lend her daughter her wedding dress, despite promising to do so when her daughter was 13, because the daughter wants to alter it to fit her masculine style. The post Mom Won’t Lend Her Wedding Dress As Promised So That Her Daughter Can Cut It Up…
Marie Claire · Mar 1, 2024 #ReadWithMC Readers Thought ‘Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead’ Was a Witty, Twisty Page-Turner “A dark and delicious whodunnit that will haunt you anytime you dare to pause reading.”
Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024 OPINION - Crypt by Alice Roberts review: An addictive picture of medieval Britain from a cutting-edge perspective The past was not a good place to die in Britain. Frightening diseases that are essentially vanquished in modern times were rife, deadly, and untreatable. Think syphilis, leprosy and the Black Death. Then there was the endemic violence. Readers of Alice Roberts’s Crypt, the third in her trilogy of books…
WhatToWatch · Mar 1, 2024 The Listeners: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know The Listeners on BBC1 stars Rebecca Hall as a teacher driven crazy by a humming noise no one else can hear except one pupil played by Ollie West.
Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024 American Mother by Diane Foley review: a searing story of Foley's search to find her son's IS killer Any book seriously recommended by Patrick Radden Keefe needs to be investigated. The author of Say Nothing, his peerless study of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Empire of Pain, his never-less-than shocking investigation into the Sackler family, is one of the most formidable investigative journalists working today, so if…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024 Winchester plan for £100,000 Jane Austen statue triggers ‘Disneyfication’ fears People at public meeting raise concerns that sculpture in cathedral grounds will attract tourists taking selfies
Dynamite News · Mar 1, 2024 ED freezes Rs 580.78 crore in Mahadev Online Book case; says its operations are being run from Dubai The ED has seized Rs 580.78 crore in assets related to the Mahadev Online Book Betting app case, asserting that its activities are being operated from Dubai.