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I’ve read this picture book so many times – but only 25 years later do I really understand it

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was a favourite when my son was small. Now my father’s in a nursing home – and Mem Fox’s book has new significance

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Pregnant, 19 and facing down a mutiny: how did Mary Ann Patten steer her way into seafaring lore?

Finding herself in charge of her sick husband’s clipper, a self-taught working-class teenager overcame storms, icebergs and a disloyal first mate to get her ship to safety

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The Puma by Daniel Wiles review – a visceral tale of cyclical violence

A father and son move to the Patagonian woods – but intensity wanes when a search for home becomes an obsessive quest for revenge

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‘Don’t google the Beckhams!’: How to read more, according to Britain’s top authors

WORLD BOOK DAY 2026: A drastic drop in reading for pleasure has prompted a national campaign to get Britain to fall back in love with books. Leading authors, including Helen Fielding, Salman Rushdie and Tom Fletcher, tell Annabel Nugent how to bring back your inner bookworm on World Book Day

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Perth Invasion Day rally bomb incident investigated as ‘potential terrorist act’, police say

Federal police flag further changes possible after footage released of alleged bomb being thrown

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Logan and Jake Paul’s mother opens up about alleged abusive relationship with their father

Pam Stepnick’s memoir, ‘F*** the Pauls: Written by their Mother,’ includes personal accounts of raising two internet stars

The Independent UK

New Carnegie Medal winners Megha Majumdar and Yiyun Li love libraries

Novelist Megha Majumdar has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for her book “A Guardian and a Thief.”

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Shelley Read's debut novel 'Go as a River' becomes a global sensation

Author Shelley Read is amazed by the global success of her debut novel, “Go as a River.”

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With The Rainbow Serpent, Dick Roughsey shared the spirit of our country. His work is a gift to us all

Miles Franklin-winner Alexis Wright pays tribute to the first book that visualised this powerful ancestral being from an Indigenous imagination

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The Cost of Ambition Is Always on Media Mogul Amy Dubois Barnett's Mind

The author, whose novel is set in the '90s magazine era, tells us the books she thinks capture a similar energy.

Marie Claire

The 12 Best Novels of 2026 That You Absolutely Need to Read

With new books by Maggie O'Farrell, Tayari Jones, and more coming soon, hitting your reading goal has never been easier.

Marie Claire

Glyph by Ali Smith review – bearing witness to the war in Gaza

This second novel in a sharp duology offers a powerful interrogation of language in the age of mechanical mass destruction

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo renews call to diversify school curriculum in England

Author says pace of change in GCSE English literature texts is too slow and tide is turning against inclusion

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The 'Handmaid's Tale' Sequel Finally Has A Release Date

'The Testaments' is continuing Margaret Atwood's dystopian tale in 2026.

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Eric Huntley obituary

Activist and co-founder of Bogle-L’Ouverture, one of the most important black publishing houses in Britain

Marie Claire

Jonathan Bailey’s Surprising Admission About Filming Bridgerton Is Going Viral

International Business Times UK

The Winds of Winter Delay: George R.R. Martin Makes Dreadful Confession About Why TWOW Is Still Not Finished

George R.R. Martin shares a 'dreadful' confession on why The Winds of Winter is delayed.

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Waterstones boss defends government’s business rates shake-up

James Daunt is relaxed about bills and the higher living wage, and says bookselling is having ‘a nice time’

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Do writing retreats actually work? Reader, I finished my novel in style …

The distractions of daily life can make writing a book a frustrating task, so I sought boltholes offering creative support and solitude in inspiring landscapes

The Times of India

‘A wake-up call’: Indian American author Kiran Desai says US immigration fear offers lesson in empathy

Indian American author Kiran Desai views the current US immigration situation as a potential wake-up call for Indians. She believes the hardening of anti-immigrant rhetoric in the US offers a crucial lesson in empathy. Desai notes similar trends globally, impacting migrants and minorities. She highlights the vulnerability of the Indian…

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Green Dot author Madeleine Gray: ‘Chosen family is big in the queer community’

Madeleine Gray has followed her hit debut with a sharp take on complicated parenting. She discusses love, sex and famous fans

Evening Standard

Shakespeare was actually a black Jewish woman, new book claims

Feminist historian identifies Tudor poet Emilia Bassano as true author whose identity was hidden by literary establishment

The Guardian - AU

The moment I knew: ‘He put down the camera and asked permission to kiss me’

Susan Hayes and Craig got to know each other through an online game. When they finally met in person, it felt like a real-life romance novel

Evening Standard

Jennette McCurdy lets her freak flag fly with angry autofiction debut Half His Age

The author of I’m Glad My Mom Died transfers her ire to adult men who groom teenage girls

The Independent UK

Half His Age author Jennette McCurdy: ‘Do we ever grow out of wanting to feel special?’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Her wry, revealing memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' spent a year and a half on the ‘New York Times’ bestseller list, and now Jennifer Aniston is set to star in a screen adaptation. As she releases her daring debut novel ‘Half His Age’, Jennette McCurdy tells…

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