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Colombian author’s En Agosto Now Vemos (We’ll See Each Other in August) had been just a rumour but now fans will get to read itRumours had long circulated that an entire literary masterpiece, never seen by the public, could still be lying in a dusty sa…
What Kids Are Reading report found communities on sites such as TikTok helped stimulate interest in readingThe number of books read by children increased by almost a quarter last year, according to a report, as BookTok and other social media trends sti…
Demands to censor, most often for gender themes or sexual detail, rose 38% year on year in 2022, with Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe being last year’s ‘most challenged’ titleJuno Dawson’s This Book Is Gay was among the books most requested for removal or …
Wolf Hall trilogy author remembered at memorial service at Southwark cathedral on ThursdayHilary Mantel, the celebrated author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, was working on a “mashup” of Jane Austen novels when she died suddenly, her literary agent told a p…
Éditions la Fabrique says foreign rights manager Ernest Moret was held for several hours and asked ‘disturbing questions’ about his political opinionsThe French publishing house whose employee was arrested on terror charges on his way to London book fa…
The editor, writer and literary critic who was the UK’s first Black female publisher will replace Philippe SandsMargaret Busby, who was Britain’s first Black female publisher, has been named the new president of English PEN.The editor, writer, broadcas…
The journal’s once-in-a-decade selection of the best fiction writers under 40 has broadened its selection of 20 to include authors who ‘regard the UK as their home’Granta magazine’s Best of British Novelists list, which hails the literary stars of the …
After murdering her friend’s mother as a teenager, as dramatised in film Heavenly Creatures, she turned to writing period thrillersA British crime writer who helped bludgeon her friend’s mother to death as a teenager and was the inspiration for Peter J…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Z-Library appears to be shrugging off a criminal investigation as if nothing ever happened. The site continues to develop its shadow library and, following a successful fundraiser, now plans to exp…
A new book about King Charles is packed with information about his feuding sons and their combustible relationship. “Our King: Charles III — The Man and the Monarch Revealed” by royal family expert Robert Jobson will be on shelves April 13, but select…