Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Books

Editorial: The absurd and asinine cleansing of Roald Dahl’s work

Like the rest of the sane universe, we couldn’t believe the gall of Puffin U.K. when word came out that the publishing house and the Roald Dahl Story Co., the entity that manages his work, had conspired to make hundreds of changes to the writers’ iconic books.

Tribune News Service

'I had 24-hours to save bookshop after soaring bills left me £800 short - then a tweet changed everything'

Sapphire Bates's dream came true when she opened her very own independent bookshop in Ramsgate last summer, but her sky-rocketing gas and electricity bills have left her unable to pay the bills this month

Daily Mirror

Germans are right to be incensed by All Quiet on the Western Front: it paints them as the good guys

Making changes to a classic novel is one thing – but this retelling risks raising tensions at the worst possible time, says writer Nicholas Barber

The Guardian - UK

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

Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry review – a cop you can’t trust

A murder investigation leads a retired policeman to confront his past in a stately, often dreamlike novel about the impact of trauma on memory

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ll always be a bad feminist!’: Roxane Gay on love, success – and upsetting Piers Morgan

The writer, academic and cultural critic has had a tumultuous few years, full of love, grief and phenomenal creativity. She discusses women’s rights, writer’s block and why every day with her wife remains an adventure

The Guardian - UK

New book looks at lives of four Scottish volunteers who fought in Spanish Civil War

I HAVE written often enough

The National (Scotland)

Punch ticket, grab book

“Shadow State” is the sort of a thriller that gets you through the hours spent traveling.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

"Dear Edward," Harry & child grief

The adaptation of Ann Napolitano's novel of a 12-year-old survivor echoes how Harry struggled after losing his mum

Salon

Roald Dahl and the big fat fuss

Mike Hosking, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Roald Dahl, and culture wars: an editor's analysis

Newsroom.co.nz

Huyton bingo caller to travel UK using just public transport

Mattie sets off from Liverpool on Tuesday

Liverpool Echo

James Bond books to be rewritten to remove offensive references after Roald Dahl row

James Bond novels are set to be reissued this year after a team of sensitivity experts deemed some of author Ian Fleming's language 'offensive'

Daily Mirror

In brief: What You Need from the Night; Elderflora; Tomorrow’s People – review

A haunting novel exploring a father-son relationship; a fascinating study of trees through history; and an illuminating analysis of demographics

The Guardian - UK

A Spell of Good Things by Ayòbámi Adébáyò review – a blistering indictment of the abuse of power

Adébáyò’s compelling second novel follows the fates of two families who come up against the failings of the state

The Guardian - UK

Co Down schoolboy aims to conquer Ben Nevis as he treks for charity

Elijah Hewitt will be joined by his pup, Scamper, on what's set to be their biggest walk to date

Belfast Live

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

James Bond rejigged: The offensive language that has and hasn’t been removed from the books

An overview of what’s made the cut in the sensitivity reader-approved editions

Al Jazeera

‘Books they love’: A Kabul graveyard library for two schoolgirls

In Taliban’s Afghanistan, Hazara cousins, both blast victims who loved to read, inspire a library – and new readers.

The Independent UK

James Bond books rewritten to remove ‘offensive’ references

It comes days after a row over the editing of Roald Dahl’s books

The Guardian - UK

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review – the root of all evil

The Booker-winner’s dark and brilliant tale of a gardening collective’s clash with a billionaire explodes the notion of caring capitalism

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Katie Piper feels 'guilty' leaving her kids for 'longest' stretch yet to film new show

Katie Piper said it was 'really difficult' to say goodbye to her daughters for 10 days to film her new W documentary, Babies Behind Bars, in which she investigates women who are pregnant while in prison

The National (Scotland)

What Writers Read: 35 Writers On Their Favourite Book by Pandora Sykes review

What Writers Read: 35 Writers On Their Favourite Book edited by Pandora Sykes review

Wales Online

James Bond books edited to remove racist terms

The novels were amended by 'sensitivity readers', with a publishing disclaimer saying that 'commonplace' terms used in the regional versions 'might be considered offensive by modern readers'

The Independent UK

Author of anti-trauma children’s book to read at school for young Ukrainians

Di Redmond wrote the Rucksack, a story about a boy who flees war with only his backpack, to help Ukrainian children deal with trauma.

The Guardian - AU

Censorship or context? Australian book industry wrestles with how to refresh outdated classics

Australia has a history of removing controversial elements from children’s texts, but the question of whether they should be edited is not easy to answer

Belfast Live

Co Armagh author on writing debut novel about illegal love during The Troubles

"My inspiration for the novel is fundamentally the belief that the power of love compounds human resilience and determination"

The Guardian - UK

Bonnie Garmus: ‘There are so few of us who haven’t been pushed aside’

The Lessons in Chemistry author on her bestselling debut novel’s debt to her mother’s generation, how readers identify with her heroine and why the book’s title changed

1 … 582 583 584 585

People

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

Organisations

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.