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Roald Dahl Story Company announces new shows, including a large-scale circus and a reading of The Magic FingerA slate of Roald Dahl adaptations has been announced, including a family musical based on The Enormous Crocodile, a reading of The Magic Finge…
Fremont’s Ophelia’s Books is a cozy, used books oasis. But the shop owners have some big ideas on how to change things up, from selling new books to hosting events.
PM tells ITV show he reads veteran author’s racy books for ‘escapism’UK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has come clean about his rumoured enjoyment of Jilly Cooper novels, using a grilling on the This Morning sofa to even specify which sub-ge…
The European Commission has published its biannual list of foreign countries with problematic copyright policies. One of the highlighted issues is a lack of pirate site blocking, which is seen as an effective enforcement measure, writes TorrentFreak, a…
The pioneering movie-maker had a major influence on queer culture and the 60s counterculture, and is also remembered for authoring the cult film history book Kenneth Anger, the artist and film-maker whose work offered a distinctively radical mix of pag…
Poet, 25, vows to fight back after single complaint, which wrongly ascribed The Hill We Climb to Oprah Winfrey, prompts removalAmanda Gorman, the American poet who shot to international stardom when she recited The Hill We Climb at Joe Biden’s presiden…
Benson Lossing’s A History of the United States was checked out in 1927 and returned this monthA history book about the US has been returned to a library in California, almost 100 years overdue. The copy of Benson Lossing’s A History of the United Stat…
The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in FloridaMartin Amis, the influential author of era-defining novels including Money and London Field…
British poet who wrote lyrics for Sunshine of Your Love, White Room and many more also had acclaimed solo careerPete Brown, a cult figure in British poetry, rock, psychedelia and rhythm and blues who wrote lyrics for many of Cream’s classic songs, has …
A surprise speaker at the Pen America gala, the author said ‘if it had not been for these people, I most certainly would not be standing here’Salman Rushdie has made his first public appearance since he was stabbed and lost sight in one eye after being…