The First Look At Verity Is Here In All its Spicy, Bloody, Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway Glory It's finally here, and oh boy... Cinemablend · Apr 27
Pastor Who Wrote Marriage Advice Book Arrested For Allegedly Having Multiple Wives Florida pastor Leslie Williams, known for his relationship advice, faces bigamy charges, contradicting his teachings on marital commitment and sparking widespread attention. International Business Times UK · Apr 27
A job that changed me: I spent a year reading electrical meters – and rediscovered the joy of writing I was bitten by dogs; I made friends with so many dogs. One time a horse appeared, tearing in my direction. All the while, the war with the creative part of myself continued The Guardian - AU · Apr 27
Will George RR Martin Release The Winds of Winter in 2026? Fans Warned by Grim Market Odds Real‑money traders on US platform Kalshi now imply just an 11% chance that George RR Martin will announce a release date for The Winds of Winter by the end of 2026. International Business Times UK · Apr 27
Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’ At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by trauma The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
Crime fiction meets real-world fraud as authors help to raise awareness of scams Three authors have teamed up with the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign to create a trilogy of short stories launching for Take Five Week 2026. Evening Standard · Apr 26
I Just Found Out Matt Damon's Character's Name In The Martian Was Inspired By Something Red Sox Fans Will Love It’s kismet that Damon played this role. Cinemablend · Apr 26
Why Queen Elizabeth "Trained Feelings Out of Herself," Leaving Her Inept at "Showing Affection," According to One Former Politician "Awkward issues were left in abeyance until it was too late." Marie Claire · Apr 26
One Royal "Cried Nonstop" When Visiting Queen Elizabeth "Unannounced," According to Royal Biographer "They cried three times in a half hour while waiting to see you." Marie Claire · Apr 26
Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir Was Asked About How Handsome Ryan Gosling Is, And His Response Cracked Me Up This is the only answer, really. Cinemablend · Apr 26
‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’ The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains why The Guardian - UK · Apr 26
Newly released letters reveal JD Salinger’s wariness over ‘second-rate reviewers’ Exclusive: Author asked to remove reference to his ‘Jewish-Irishness’ from book jacket of The Catcher in the Rye The Guardian - UK · Apr 26
I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven review – gross, gruesome and sometimes sweet road trip with the devil Christopher Brett Bailey reads his surreal novella and freewheels his way through extreme vice, erotic tension and dulled indifference The Guardian - UK · Apr 26
Marie Claire · Apr 25 Queen Elizabeth II "Never Understood" One Royal Family Member's "Pampered Lifestyle," Says Royal Author She reportedly "found it rather mystifying."
Inverse · Apr 25 40 Years Later, The Sci-Fi Novel Octavia Butler Disowned Is Coming Back to Print The 'Parable of the Sower' author has never been more popular — so much so, that a book she disowned is being reprinted.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25 Daniel Farke: the romantic turned pragmatist bringing joy back to Leeds The German has twice come close to the sack but has taken Leeds close to safety and on Sunday against Chelsea they play a first FA Cup semi-final since 1987
Woman & Home · Apr 25 Sophie Raworth's tomato red ME+EM dress is the pop of colour your summer wardrobe needs She wore it to the launch of her book 'Running On Air', just ahead of the London Marathon
The Guardian - AU · Apr 24 Five Great Reads: Siri Hustvedt looks into death’s abyss, Melissa Lucashenko on ‘white man’s fantasy’, and why we need the tooth fairy Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24 Haruki Murakami to publish first novel to feature woman as lead character The Tale of Kaho, out in July, will be 16th novel by Japanese author who has faced criticism for portrayal of women
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24 Katherine El-Salahi Other lives: Activist and publisher specialising in literary and academic works of the global south
Tom’s Guide · Apr 24 Blurb Photo Book review The Blurb photo book service is hard to recommend because of print imperfections and clunky software.
International Business Times UK · Apr 24 The Winds of Winter Delayed: Is George R.R. Martin Still Writing TWOW In 2026? George R.R. Martin's long‑delayed novel The Winds of Winter remains unfinished with no release date, as fears grow that the book could repeat structural mistakes highlighted by Brandon Sanderson.
Cinemablend · Apr 24 J.K. Rowling Admits Her Son Was Not A Happy Camper After Finishing One Harry Potter Book I was also not happy when I finished it.
Inverse · Apr 24 5 Years Ago, The Worst Lovecraftian Horror Movie Hid An Important Lesson Marketed as 'H.P. Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones,' this loose modernization of Lovecraft's best stories is as terrible as it is instructive.