Magpie Murders' "disgusting" anagram Author Anthony Horowitz tells Salon about avoiding a bad word, a Sherlock Holmes inspiration and what comes next Salon · Nov 21, 2022
Bringing Boris Johnson to book Brief letters: Political whodunnit | Wasabi mule | Two Brian Coxes | Starmer shocker | Lamb’s tales The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
In brief: Papyrus; The Weather Woman; My Life in France – reviews Irene Vallejo uncovers the history of the book, Sally Gardner relays a magical Regency tale, and Julia Child’s warm, witty memoir gets a reissue The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
A writer’s colourful home has a story to tell Bold shades and open spaces add lots of character to author Huma Qureshi’s 60s house The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
Secret plot hatched 'to stop Boris Johnson asking Queen to grant snap general election' Senior insiders in Whitehall and Buckingham Palace became concerned that Boris Johnson could ask the Queen to grant a snap election in a desperate bid to cling onto power Daily Mirror · Nov 20, 2022
‘What will I spend the money on? Pens’: the winner of our graphic short story prize 2022 It was seventh time lucky for Rebecca Jones in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists with her story of three girls camping out in a suburban garden The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
The journey continues for Lanarkshire author with launch of latest book Businessman Paul Veverka is looking forward to his book launch this weekend. Daily Record · Nov 20, 2022
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama review – a guide for life from the former first lady Obama’s ‘disarmingly honest’ follow-up to the powerful autobiography Becoming shares her strategies for overcoming adversity The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
Lanarkshire author releases memoir taking her from Shotts to Costa del Sol Lazara Canton also described how she learned to see her tragic circumstances as opportunities to turn her life around. Daily Record · Nov 20, 2022
Kyiv's mayor: Extraordinary, in extraordinarily tough times Once a boxing champion, Kyiv's mayor is up against a challenge bigger than any he faced in the ring: keeping Ukraine’s capital functioning during a war The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022
The writers using literature to help change story of the climate crisis A SAINT Andrew’s Day event is to look at the light literature can shed on the current climate crisis. The National (Scotland) · Nov 20, 2022
Stand-out young adult romance is hilarious tale of blossoming love in Indonesia Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q Sutanto The National (Scotland) · Nov 20, 2022
Upcoming centenary of Christopher Murray Grieve's first work deserves recognition NEXT year – 2023 – will mark a century since the publication of Christopher Murray Grieve’s first book, Annals of the Five Senses. The National (Scotland) · Nov 20, 2022
One deadly, humid day that changed Australia's Vietnam War The bloody Battle of Long Tan continues to resonate. Newcastle Herald · Nov 20, 2022
Salon · Nov 19, 2022 Secrets of the Dick Francis mysteries The horse-racing themed thrillers have lasted 60 years, thanks to the efforts of a talented lineage
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022 Melvin Burgess: ‘The Norse myths are full of sex and violence’ The author of YA classic Junk on the eternal allure of baddies, being a trickster god – and his first book for adults
Daily Record · Nov 19, 2022 TV star-turned-author Susannah Constantine to discuss memoirs with Kay Adams at Lanarkshire Bookface group meeting There will be a 45-minute chat and Q&A session as well as the chance to choose from 400 books during 'sustainable swap'
The Guardian - US · Nov 19, 2022 The Other Side of Prospect review: murder and injustice in New Haven In telling the story of a monstrous Connecticut injustice, Nicholas Dawidoff achieves a novelistic power and intensity
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022 We’ve never needed working-class stories like Shuggie Bain more Douglas Stuart is adapting his Booker Prize-winning novel, set in a Glasgow scarred by Thatcherism, for the BBC. Thank heavens for that – the diet of wealth-obssessed TV like ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Crown’ is out of step with life in our cash-squeezed age, writes Jessie Thompson
Manchester Evening News · Nov 19, 2022 Cristiano Ronaldo is emulating Manchester United legend with controversial strategy Man Utd are working with lawyers after Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive interview with Piers Morgan was released in full.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022 Pinocchio review – a truly bold take on Carlo Collodi’s classic Mosquitos, cats and smartly defined morals feature in a complex and well-crafted reimagining of the beloved tale
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022 Biography of poet John Donne wins UK nonfiction book prize A book that argues Elizabethan poet John Donne should rank alongside William Shakespeare as a literary genius has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book award
Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022 Federal judge orders schools in Ga. county to allow profanity at meetings ATLANTA — People who speak at school board meetings in Forsyth County can swear at board members but must keep it smut-free.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022 ‘Taking life advice from John Donne would be disastrous’ – the roof-walking, trapeze-flying Baillie Gifford winner Katherine Rundell has just become the youngest ever winner of the prestigious literary prize – for a biography of ‘poet of desire’ John Donne. Why is she giving the £50,000 away? Because, she says, no man is an island
Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022 Karla Peterson: The FX adaptation of 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' will test your patience and reward it, too Near the end of FX's TV adaptation of "Fleishman Is in Trouble," after the upscale lives of its privileged main characters have emerged from their slow-motion implosion, one character tells another character about the book she might write about the whole mess.