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I ditched my Kindle for a Kobo ereader for a week. It changed my mind about my favorite way to read ebooks.

Every World Book Day children in primary schools across the UK can get a free book with their £1 token.

In the first three Bridget Jones films, the eponymous chaotic heroine has been on a seemingly endless quest to not be single. We have watched her win, lose and secure again the heart of buttoned-up human rights lawyer Mark Darcy. Sadly, the cycle must continue, and in the newest and…

Prime Video's Fear is based on a terrifying true story - we look at who the real stalker was and what happened to him in reality

Prizewinning author who wrote elliptical, needle-sharp novels about family, Irish history and the Troubles

From dystopian Australian cli-fi to essential essays about Black Britain and Jack Reacher’s thrilling debut – authors, critics and booksellers all have a single recommendation

The subreddit r/ForgottenBookmarks is all about the quirky and sometimes strange things people use as bookmarks, forgetting them only for the book's next reader to find many years later. The post 50 Times Readers Forgot To Take Their Bookmarks Before Giving Away Their Books first appeared on Bored Panda.

Here are some of the funniest and most unique compliments you will ever read from a social media comments section. The post 61 Times People Saw ‘Rare Compliments,’ They Had To Share It Online (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

The median British adult has read or listened to three books in the past 12 months with reading habits also split along gender, class and political divides

Just 34.6% of children in the UK read for pleasure, according to a 2024 survey by the National Literacy Trust. This is the lowest number since the annual survey began in 2005 – down from 43.4% in the previous year.

A beach holiday is narrated by four different characters as they struggle to slough off their personal ghosts