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Orwell: 2+2=5 review – documentary portrait doesn’t wholly add up

Raoul Peck’s film about the Nineteen Eighty-Four novelist makes a compelling case for its continuing relevance but could ask more searching questions about its author

The Guardian - UK

Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies at 80

Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died

The Independent UK

Poem about ‘relentlessness of the news cycle’ wins National Poetry Competition

Judges praised the ‘emotional stakes’ of Partridge Boswell’s poem The Gathering, which took the £5,000 top prize

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Camilla and her late father’s love of books to be explored in BBC documentary

Camilla announced the film during a Clarence House reception celebrating the fifth anniversary of her Queen’s Reading Room book club.

Evening Standard

The Harry Potter TV Show's First Teaser Is Here And The Nostalgia Is Magical

We're heading back to Hogwarts.

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First Queen’s reading medal goes to Black British book festival founder Selina Brown

The founder of Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature and champion of inclusive reading becomes Queen Camilla’s inaugural National Reading Hero

The Guardian - UK

Peter Messent obituary

Other lives: Professor of American studies at Nottingham University and an authority on the writer Mark Twain

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Books by Lyse Doucet and Arundhati Roy make shortlist for Women's Prize for Nonfiction

Two books about hotels in wartime are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

The Independent UK

Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction: Arundhati Roy’s memoir among six shortlisted books

Award was created in 2023 to help redress the historic gender imbalance in non-fiction prizes

The Independent UK

Texas State University professor sues to block firing after Israeli-Palestinian comments

Philosophy professor Idris Robinson argued that his comments, made in an off-campus setting, were protected speech.

The Texas Tribune

Arundhati Roy and Lyse Doucet lead ‘exceptional’ Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist

Roy’s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me and Doucet’s The Finest Hotel in Kabul are joined by books on exile by Ece Temelkuran and Judith Mackrell and an ode to the arts by Daisy Fancourt

The Guardian - UK

Kurdish kitchens, baked bean alaska and Mexican soul: the best spring cookbooks for 2026 – review

These are the new titles for your kitchen shelf – plus a classic to dust off

The Guardian - UK

Black Bag by Luke Kennard review – a campus comedy for our end times

Drawing on a real-life 1960s experiment, this story of an out-of-work actor paid to cover himself in a black leather bag fizzes with wit and invention

The Guardian - UK

Debut author wins prestigious award for infiltrating British far-right groups

Harry Shukman has been praised for his undercover work which saw him spend time with Britain First and neo-Nazis

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Walid Khalidi obituary

Historian who played a key role in persuading the Palestinian leadership of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict

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Maggie O’Farrell and fellow judges award inaugural Hilary Mantel prize for fiction

Anna Dempsey’s This Is About an Alligator and Nothing Else, a coming-of-age story set in Florida, took the award, which aims to support unpublished and un-agented writers

The Independent UK

Viola Davis teams up with bestselling author to tackle America’s abortion debate in powerful new novel

Actor Viola Davis has teamed up with thriller author James Patterson on a new book

Marie Claire

10 Must-Read Books That Reimagine Characters and Stories From Classic Literature

These must-reads give an update to your favorite works by Jane Austen, Emily Brontë, and more.

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Scoop: Bob Woodward's memoir, "Secrets," to reveal stories about deceased "forever sources"

Bob Woodward's memoir, "Secrets," to reveal stories about deceased "forever sources"

Marie Claire

Every Lucy Foley Book, Ranked—From 'The Guest List' to 'The Midnight Feast'

The mystery author has written several best-sellers—and was even tapped to revive a beloved Agatha Christie series.

The Independent UK

Oasis pictured in rare backstage shot for reunion tour photography book

Four distinct editions of the book are scheduled for release from May 2026, each featuring a foreword penned by photographer Simon Emmett

The Guardian - UK

Enough Said by Alan Bennett review – a man for all seasons

Nostalgia, shame and gossip from Alan Bennett in the fourth instalment of his diaries

The Guardian - UK

The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín review – subtle short stories about being far from home

Grief, betrayal and moral complications are explored across nine tales of quiet power that take us from Argentina to County Wexford

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical

Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author

Evening Standard

Trainspotting: The Musical to make West End debut in London this summer

Scottish actor Robbie Scott will take to the stage to star in the musical as Mark Renton

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