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 from Harper Lee

The Land of Sweet Forever review: How to kill Harper Lee’s reputation

Harper Lee’s third book is a shameful scraping of the barrel by her publishers

Evening Standard

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee review – newly discovered stories from an American great

If we regard this book as literature, it is an unqualified failure. But these juvenile stories and essays shed fascinating light on the repression of Lee’s early life

The Guardian - UK

Harper Lee’s unpublished stories are not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend

The Land of Sweet Forever consists of eight previously unpublished stories and another eight non-fiction pieces by American author Harper Lee, who died in 2016. The non-fiction essays first appeared in magazines such as McCall’s and Book of the Month Club Newsletter and they are all quite short.

The Conversation

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

Harper Lee’s previously unseen short stories show ‘a brilliant writer in the making’

Eight short stories were discovered in the author’s flat after her death

The Independent UK

Fall is books' biggest season. Expect some long-awaited returns

The upcoming literary season features long-awaited works from big names like Thomas Pynchon, Angela Flournoy and Kiran Desai

The Independent UK

To Kill a Mockingbird: a call to compassion that’s more urgent than ever

The 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s enduring courtroom drama is a manifesto for tolerance. It’s lost none of its power today

The Guardian - AU

Should Joan Didion’s therapy notes to her husband about their daughter have been published?

Joan Didion died, aged 87, in 2021. When a new volume of her diaries was announced, anticipation was high: her personal nonfiction is the foundation of her formidable literary legacy. But as details emerged, readers began to question the ethics of its publication.

The Conversation

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

The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that

Editorial: Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikely

The Guardian - UK

The 23 Best True Crime Books to Read Right Now

These nonfiction titles and memoirs about serial killers and scammers are the definition of page-turners.

Marie Claire

Unseen Harper Lee stories set in New York and Alabama to be published

Eight unpublished stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author will be issued later this year as The Land of Sweet Forever

The Guardian - UK

Short fiction and essays by 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee to be published in October

Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be published this fall

The Independent UK

If someone published my diary after I died, I’d die again – of shame…

COMMENT: With the announcement that Joan Didion’s deeply private therapy notes are being released, Helen Coffey questions the ethics of putting out artists’ work posthumously when it was never intended for a public audience

The Independent UK

The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

These CEO’s reveal their top festive reads for the year

Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned C-suite executive or someone simply interested in the craft of leadership, these books are valuable additions to your bookshelf.

Fortune

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Did Anyone Have a Better Day in 2024 Than Nate Bargatze?

Hosting Saturday Night Live just as his favorite team secured its most memorable win? For the golf-obsessed Vanderbilt superfan, it was a perfect day.

The Independent UK

How dead authors’ characters became the hottest property in publishing

THE READING LIST: Author Nick Harkaway has revitalised his father John le Carré’s most famous character in a new novel – can he make it work? Katie Rosseinsky explores how literary legacies became big business in publishing

Fortune

Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe is incorporating AI and taking inspiration from timeless classics such as 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to help feed 8 billion people

Today Fortune speaks with Jeff Rowe to learn more about Syngenta's peculiar ownership structure, his farmer outfits and his love for the all-American John Deere.

Evening Standard

Who’s who in Capote vs The Swans: from Tom Hollander to Demi Moore

This star-studded adaptation promises scandal and intrigue

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Today’s lesson: The Boy at the Back of the Class now learns from To Kill a Mockingbird

Adapting Onjali Q Raúf’s novel for the stage proved a challenge but her refugee story, which has a new nod to Harper Lee, is both urgent and unforgettable

The Independent UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Great Expectations to Wolf Hall

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Wolf Hall to Wuthering Heights

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

Tech&Learning

ChatGPT Plus vs. Google’s Bard

We put AI Chatbots Bard and ChatGPT Plus head-to-head. Find out which AI tool emerged victorious.

Daily Record

Victoria Beckham says being a mum of four is like 'crowd control'

David and Victoria have four children together - Brooklyn, 23, Romeo, 20, Cruz, 17, and Harper, 11 - and the Spice Girls star admits she's lucky to have raised both boys and girls.

Evening Standard

Special performance of To Kill A Mockingbird to school pupils for Black History Month

A performance of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at the Gielgud Theatre was opened to over 600 secondary school pupils as part of Black History Month.

Salon

Will high school "classics" be replaced?

Efforts to diversify the authors of high school canon is facing both backlash and approval

1 2

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.