‘Addictive’ diaries win prestigious non-fiction prize
Helen Garner's How to End a Story: Collected Diaries is first diary to win Baillie Gifford prize.
York: Mixed views over ‘largest independent bookshop’ arriving in city
Topping and Company, which currently has four UK shops, is set to open in York in autumn 2025.
Taylor Swift to Hamnet: The best culture to look forward to this autumn
From returning pop superstars to Oscar-ready films and big-time celebrity memoirs, here are our recommendations for what to watch, listen to and read for...
Amnesty bid to retrieve Cornwall’s overdue library books
All fines will be waived for the duration of the book amnesty which is being held throughout November.
Marlow woman brings Frankenstein author Mary Shelley back to life
Nicola Metcalfe wants more recognition of Mary Shelley in the town where finished her classic novel.
Monster or victim?: The fascination of Hedda Gabler, the ‘female Hamlet’ who divides opinion
An unhappy bride plotting others' downfalls, 19th-Century anti-heroine Hedda Gabler is one of the great roles for women – and as new film Hedda...
George Orwell classics Animal Farm and 1984 translated into Welsh
Animal Farm and 1984 will both be published in Welsh for the first time.
Bridport Prize winner Ruth Bushi ‘almost gave up writing’
Carlisle-based Ruth Bushi says she felt she was "wasting her time" after countless rejections.
Dolly Parton: Belfast babies to benefit from Imagination Library
Belfast City Council teams up with the Dollywood Foundation to gift free books 75 babies in the Belfast area.