‘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.
Crime author Denise Mina says book festival is like the ‘spine’ of her career
Crime writer Denise Mina has been a stalwart of Aye Write since it started in 2005, only missing three.
Doctor Who and Wednesday star at Rushden library comic convention
Evangeline Maddams says the event is a good way of attracting people to the library.