The Latest Breaking News on Books

First collection of William Shakespeare’s plays on show to toast key anniversary

The 400-year-old collection includes the first publication of Macbeth

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope of the tortured artist

In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it’s no surprise that a good number of artists and writers also suffer from anxiety and depression.

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2023

Why are so many celebrities writing novels?

Full-time authors have critcised big names crowding the shelves

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2023

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘García Márquez taught me the exquisite power of stories’

The Nigerian writer on Enid Blyton’s mysteries, the power of Chinua Achebe and the pleasure of reading magazines

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

Josh Niland is a chef with bigger fish to fry

'Creativity and innovation is at an all-time high.'

Newcastle Herald · Sep 15, 2023

Kazuo Ishiguro’s collection of lyrics for Stacey Kent to be published next year

‘I’ve built a reputation over the years as a writer of stories, but I started out writing songs,’ novelist said

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Penn Leaders Cite Academic Freedom, Allowing Events Although Incompatible With Penn’s Values

Penn leaders allow the event to proceed despite some speakers’ antisemitic history

Zenger · Sep 15, 2023

US Olympian Aly Raisman shares cover of her new children’s book about consent

Book reportedly talks about consent in a ‘positive and approachable way’

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Threats against literature, libraries are oldest tricks in the book

What better book on this topic than “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel of an America where books are unlawful and “firemen” burn any that are found?

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 14, 2023

Wainwright prize for nature writing won by ‘unparalleled’ river memoir

Amy-Jane Beer’s The Flow is one of three prize winners, with Guy Shrubsole’s conservation study The Lost Rainforests of Britain and Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston’s children’s book Leila and the Blue Fox

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023