Wolverhampton Literature Festival guest line-up announced
The literature festival returns to Wolverhampton from 6-8 February.
Whitby bookstore Holman’s celebrates 105th birthday
Bookshop has a long and eclectic history and occupies one of the town's oldest buildings.
‘Reading has shaped who I am,’ says Norwich author
Sangu Mandanna says making reading and writing accessible for all is "absolutely vital".
Book exhibition hails Bedford’s ‘unsung hero’ of publishing
Publisher Noel Carrington is credited with creating some of Britain's best-loved children's books.
Sir Salman Rushdie ‘pleased’ with attacker’s maximum sentence
Author Sir Salman Rushdie says he hopes the man who stabbed him "reflects upon his deeds" in jail.
Booker Prize: David Szalay’s Flesh wins 2025 fiction award
Booker judges describe British-Hungarian author David Szalay's Flesh as "a very special book".
Bookshop owner: ‘I feel like we’re bringing people together’
Vicki Shenkin Kerr says her independent bookshop is becoming a community space for events.
‘A wicked wife’: The truth about Tudor England’s ‘most hated woman’
Was 16th-Century aristocrat Jane Boleyn a treacherous, "sex-mad" spy – or was she a convenient scapegoat? A new historical thriller, Boleyn Traitor, explores her...
Judging Booker Prize is agony, says Sarah Jessica Parker
The Sex and the City star is one of the judges for this year's award and has revealed its shortlist.