Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Books

Grimes says Elon Musk was ‘clueless’ about why she was upset by C-section photo

Revelation comes from a new biography about the Tesla founder

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after resuming talk show despite strike

Barrymore has been removed as host for this year’s ceremony, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began

The Independent UK

Beasts of England by Adam Biles review – Animal Farm for the post-Brexit era

This lively sequel to Orwell’s farmyard satire skewers the dysfunction of the past decade, from sleaze and xenophobia to the pandemic and fake news

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Weirdo by Sara Pascoe and The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks.

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after her talk show resumes during strike

The TV host has resumed production of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ drawing the ire of striking members of the Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias, Durbin push back against book bans at Capitol Hill hearing as GOP senators urge parents to ‘speak up’

The heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with testimony from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, put on display the national clash over library book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

National Book Awards drop Drew Barrymore as host after her talk show resumes despite strike

The National Book Awards have dropped Drew Barrymore as the host for this year’s ceremony, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘Authoritarian regimes ban books’: Democrats raise alarm at Senate hearing

Spotlight on partisan split of issue as Republicans push for works to be taken out of schools and libraries

The Guardian - US

Pulitzer prizes expand eligibility requirements to include non-US citizens

Board will now consider permanent residents of the US and those who have made it their ‘longtime primary home’

The Guardian - US

Virginia library faces potential shutdown over funding after children's books are challenged

A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children’s books that expose readers to gay, lesbian and transgender characters

The Independent UK

Book Review: 'Elon Musk' offers a revealing but not surprising portrait of tech mogul

Biographer Walter Isaacson offers a revealing but not that surprising portrait of Elon Musk in his biography of the tech billionaire

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system

Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife, there will no doubt be an inquiry into the prison system and how an inmate managed to apparently strap himself to a van and be driven out under the noses of prison security. But whether another inquiry prompted by a prison…

The Conversation

Big Panda author using proceeds to set up animal sanctuary in Swansea

Exclusive: James Norbury says he is fulfilling pledge made after his debut book landed him a six-figure deal

The Guardian - UK

African Literature in the Digital Age: new book traces the role of the internet, queers and class

The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Kenya and Nigeria considers the role of the internet and new media in finding and shaping new audiences for literature.…

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk ‘hardly remembers’ his own ‘demon-like’ episodes, biographer claims

Walter Isaacson told Morning Joe Mr Musk has ‘many personalities’

The Guardian - UK

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography

Widespread access to world’s richest man allowed biographer Walter Isaacson to detail a number of illuminating anecdotes

Evening Standard

Hadley Freeman: ‘Cancel culture is worse for women — it’s disgraceful’

The author and journalist left The Guardian last year citing an ‘atmosphere of fear’ around gender issues. She tells Katie Strick about her fight for freedom of speech, her new book and why she refuses to be silenced

The Walrus

What Naomi Klein Learned about Herself from Naomi Wolf

A Q&A on doppelgangers, celebrity, and searching for answers

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Grimes says Elon Musk was ‘clueless’ about why she was upset after he sent C-section photo to family

Revelation comes from a new biography about the Tesla founder

Evening Standard

Naomi Klein is worried about her ‘Doppelganger’? Try being called Alex Jones

Our writer details what it’s like having the same name as a much worse conspiracy theorist than Naomi Wolf

The Hindu

2 Indian-origin authors shortlisted for British Academy Book Prize

Two authors of Indian heritage, Nandini Das and Kris Manjapra, are shortlisted for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s friends ‘hated’ Amber Heard, new book claims

The SpaceX founder told the memoir’s author that he is often a ‘fool for love’

The Guardian - UK

Shame by Annie Ernaux review – the shocking incident that shaped her youth

The Nobel winner’s short memoir takes an episode of domestic violence when she was 12 as inspiration for a deft and powerful study of her childhood self

The Independent UK

The New York ethics commission that pursued former Governor Cuomo is unconstitutional, a judge says

A judge has ruled that a commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state’s employees and elected officials is unconstitutional because it is too independent

The Guardian - UK

The Pigeon Tunnel review – inside the extraordinary life of John le Carré

Errol Morris’s gentle interview allows the mesmeric writer to hold forth on how his relationship with dodgy dad Ronnie informed his life as a spy and novelist

1 … 432 433 434 435

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Senate Judiciary Committee

the National Book Foundation

14 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.