Ari Emanuel's 'fiery, furious' memoir to be released this fall Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood super-agent, has a memoir coming out this fall." The Independent UK · Jan 29
Embrace the imperfect and don’t try to keep everyone happy: readers share their tips on doing less in 2026 From sending fewer text messages to being selective with your gardening, this is how Guardian Australia readers are making life a little easier The Guardian - AU · Jan 29
‘I was so, so stupid’: how Animalia and The Eleventh Hour made Graeme Base an unlikely bestseller Base had no idea what he was doing when he published his wonderfully weird and fiendishly difficult picture books. They became global hits anyway The Guardian - AU · Jan 29
Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among Audie Awards finalists Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among the finalists for the Audie Awards The Independent UK · Jan 29
Apple may have the next Game of Thrones on its hands with an adaptation of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe The streamer is already planning to make a series and multiple movies Total Film · Jan 29
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash review – clever comedy for our conspiracy theory age This tender satire of a dysfunctional American family’s search for moral guidance is precisely what our times need The Guardian - UK · Jan 29
Proposed reading list for Texas students draws concern over religious themes, lack of diversity Faced with a proposed list of almost 300 readings for K-12 students, the State Board of Education delayed a vote until April. The Texas Tribune · Jan 29
Two Brandon Sanderson Book Series Are Getting Apple TV Adaptations, And Fans Have Big Feelings This is exciting! Cinemablend · Jan 29
Author Mark Billingham awarded Diamond Dagger for ‘sustained excellence’ in crime writing ‘Presuming this is not an administrative error, I could not be more thrilled or honoured,’ joked the author upon receiving the award The Independent UK · Jan 29
Deborah Cameron obituary Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences The Guardian - UK · Jan 28
Author who wrote book on Beckhams claims parents 'used and manipulated' Brooklyn Author of the House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power said he felt ‘sorry’ for Brooklyn on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain Evening Standard · Jan 28
Till DVD release do us part: how far will Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi take their Wuthering Heights showmance? We’ve had declarations of obsession, we’ve had notification of their matching rings … can someone please throw some cold water over this press tour love-fest? The Guardian - UK · Jan 28
The 13 Books I Cannot Wait To Read This Year, From Buzzy Debuts to New Stories From Firm Favourites Bookmark this for your 2026 reading list Marie Claire · Jan 28
‘It’s not too late to fix it’: web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul’ of the internet Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail The Guardian - AU · Jan 28
The Guardian - AU · Jan 28 Adelaide writers’ week was cancelled two weeks ago. ‘Not Writers’ Week’ is determined to do things differently Constellations – or ‘Not Writers’ Week’ – has been pulled together by a grassroots coalition of authors who have turned ‘heartbreak’ into a community-led event – and one that won’t police speakers’ social media
The Guardian - AU · Jan 28 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
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28 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
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28 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
The Independent UK · Jan 28 ‘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
The Guardian - AU · Jan 28 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
The Independent UK · Jan 27 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 · Jan 27 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.”
The Independent UK · Jan 27 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.”
The Guardian - AU · Jan 27 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
Marie Claire · Jan 27 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.