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Simon & Schuster imprint will no longer ask authors to obtain blurbs for their books

Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’

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WH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors say

The retailer is in talks to sell its 500 high street stores, which could be a ‘nail in the coffin for British writers’

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Dave Crook obituary

Other lives: Bookseller, writer and editor of the cultural magazine Out of the Circle

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Once more unto the breeches: the 20 best Jane Austen TV dramas – ranked!

Colin Firth in a wet shirt! Elizabeth Bennet as a YouTuber! As the BBC marks the author’s 250th anniversary with four-parter Miss Austen, we pick her finest television outings

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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white

“Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.”

The Conversation

Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes on their lavish period drama Miss Austen

An interview with Keeley Hawes and Jessica Hynes about Miss Austen.

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Archive of Scottish war poet who died in battle to go under the hammer

The poems, notebooks, photos and letters of James Alexander ‘Hamish’ Mann are valued at £3,000 to £4,000.

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

Modern Poetry and Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss; That Broke Into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott; My Secret Life by Krisztina Tóth; The Grimoire of Grimalkin by Sascha Aurora Akhtar; Flood by Jessica Mookherjee

The Guardian - UK

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney audiobook review – modern love and loss

The stark differences between two brothers are thrown into relief as they navigate grief in this moving novel from the Normal People author

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Niall Williams: ‘When I first read Chekhov, I thought: “He’s not so great”’

The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’Brien

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Zadie Smith on her groundbreaking debut, White Teeth, 25 years on: ‘I never think about my novels a year after I’ve written them’

INTERVIEW: The Cambridge student was only 24 when she released her ostentatious debut. Critics and fellow writers fell over themselves with enthusiasm, hailing Smith the voice of fiction’s future. Now, 25 years later, the author speaks to Nick Duerden about the book that changed her life

The Independent UK

Bridget Jones may be 'problematic' but she's just as relatable in 2025

The perma-dieting, toxic man-loving heroine is easily written off as a product of her time. Claudia Cockerell on why she’s more relevant than ever

Evening Standard

Grant Morrison, Matt Fraction, and Zoe Thorogood's tales chill in Ice Cream Man's One-Page Horror Stories special

W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo's anthology welcomes some new writers

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Val McDermid and Damian Barr urge Scottish councils to halt library closures

Authors say plan to shut more than 20 public libraries could have devastating effect on Scotland’s cultural future

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Growing ‘anti-gender’ movements are trying to restrict equality and sex education in schools around the world

The start of a new Trump presidency in the US may well signal the introduction of policies that limit the knowledge children can access in schools.

The Independent UK

Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in

Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more of her books each year

Marie Claire

Every Taylor Jenkins Reid Book, Ranked—From 'Daisy Jones & the Six' to 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo'

Her latest novel, 'Atmosphere,' just hit shelves.

International Business Times UK

Is Colleen Hoover Retiring? Silence Amid Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Lawsuit Sparks Rumours

Bestselling author Colleen Hoover is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Hoover recently deactivated her Instagram, sparking speculation that she may retire from writing for life.

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The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride review – brilliantly rule-breaking fiction

The couple from The Lesser Bohemians return in this innovative tale of two lovers and of London, in all its sadness and grunginess and grandeur

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Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story review – engaging study of a life less ordinary

One of Ireland’s most important novelists and a woman of fierce intelligence and bravery is celebrated in Sinéad O’Shea’s thoroughly enjoyable documentary

The Independent UK

Netflix announces Little House On The Prairie reboot after original’s streaming resurgence

The original series was based on the best-selling books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Independent UK

William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102

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BBC confirms fate of Lesley Manville's murder mystery drama

The adventure isn't over for book editor turned super sleuth Susan

The Conversation

South African poetry has a new digital archive – what’s behind the project

South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country’s cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that.

The Independent UK

Dan Brown’s next thriller ‘The Secret of Secrets’ gets release date

Brown’s new novel begins with Langdon, the Harvard symbologist, in Prague

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