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<p>Shirley Ballas is gearing up for the release of her debut crime novel </p>
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Shirley Ballas announces debut crime novel Murder on the Dance Floor

This is only the first of at least two books as the TV judge plans a whole series called The Sequin Mysteries

<p>Millie Bobby Brown will release her debut novel Nineteen Steps in September </p>
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Millie Bobby Brown announces details of debut novel Nineteen Steps

The Stranger Things actress’ first step into the literary world is described as ‘a moving tale of longing, loss and secrets, and the lengths that we will go to fight for love’

Books

London Book Fair 2023: Dates, speakers and how to get tickets

The Mayor of London, Kate Mosse and a raft of Ukrainian authors are the latest announcements to the bill

UK

International Booker prize long list announced for 2023

The long list for the 2023 prize worth £50,000 has been announced

Insider

Roxane Gay: ‘gender fascism is on the rise’

Ahead of her first UK tour, the iconic author of Bad Feminist tells Jason Okundaye about the fight for equality, life after weight-loss surgery and the new book she’s writing with Channing Tatum

Insider

Victory City: Bravo to this bewildering mix of satire and fantasy

The author’s first novel since he was attacked last year celebrates the merits of pluralism, and the dreariness of fanaticism

World

Who is Salman Rushdie? Satanic Verses author to release new book

One of his previous novels, Satanic Verses, has been banned in a number of countries and led to a bounty being placed on the author’s head.

Fiction

Best romance books: Try these must-read love stories

From surefire page-turners to coming-of-age classics, these romance books offer true love in literary form

Books

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis review: a tired return to old ground

This flawed novel about rich privileged teens experimenting with drugs in LA does not live up to the potential of the great American novelist

Books

Colleen Hoover cancels ‘tone-deaf’ colouring book for It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us is a novel about a violent relationship, which was published in 2016

UK

Spare English language edition sells more than 1.4m copies on day one

It is being sold for £14, not the recommended retail price of £28, in places such as Waterstones and WH Smith as well as online at Amazon

London

Fans buy Harry’s memoir at midnight to read story from ‘horse’s mouth’

Harry’s controversial memoir, which was leaked and also sold early by some book shops in Spain last week, was officially released at 12am

Insider

The debut authors you’ll love in 2023

From the Londoner whose first book sold for a whopping seven figures to the food writer being compared to Nora Ephron, Francesca Brown compiles the year’s most hyped new writers ten literary names to know now

Showbiz

Fay Weldon dead: Author of Loves of a She-Devil dies aged 91

The acclaimed dramatist was known for her works, The Cloning of Joanna May, The Life, Loves of a She-Devil and the Booker prize-shortlisted Praxis

Insider

Best books to buy for children this Christmas

Capture the big imaginations of the little people in your life with these magical reads. Melanie McDonagh rounds up her favourites

Insider

Katy Hessel: gender disparity in art is still completely shocking

The art historian has just won Waterstones Book of the Year for The Story of Art without Men. She talks to Hattie Crisell

Books

Pandemic Diaries by Matt Hancock review

This is a vainglorious and revealing work by Matt Hancock, giving his side of the story, writes Robbie Smith

Film

Kazuo Ishiguro on Living, his first screenplay in 17 years

“We haven’t made way for the younger generation perhaps to the extent that we should have done”

UK

I self-censored work after Salman Rushdie attack, says Booker winner

Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka says he considers whether causing offence will “cost you more than you anticipated”

UK

Epic ghost story wins this year’s Booker Prize

Shehan Karunatilaka accepted the £50,000 prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at a ceremony at the Roundhouse

UK

Booker Prize 2022 shortlist features oldest author

This year’s six shortlisted books have been revealed

Insider

Blockbuster reads — the best new books for autumn

Clear a physical space in your house and a mental space in your head for this season’s biggest-hitting new releases, says our resident expert bookworm Francesca Brown

Books

Annie Ernaux: five things to know about the Nobel Prize winning author

“In France, literature is a man’s world,” the trailblazing Nobel Prize winner once said

Food + Drink

Jimi Famurewa: My slow-burning love affair with African food

Ahead of his debut book Settlers, Jimi Famurewa explains why it took him until adulthood to fall for Nigerian cooking that wasn’t his mum’s

Books

Dame Hilary Mantel: the pivotal works of the celebrated author

A workaholic her entire life, Mantel produced some of this century’s greatest historical novels

UK

Booker Prize winning novelist Dame Hilary Mantel dies aged 70

The Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies author’s death has been announced by her literary agents

Insider

Lionel Shriver: ‘I’ve lost friends because of my political opinions’

The bestselling author and ‘Woke-baiting’ provocateur has a new book of essays. She talks Brexit, Megxit and alienating people with Patricia Nicol

Insider

Seven key lessons on how to live your best life from Deborah James

Hope, gratitude and a lot of laughter — Amy Francombe presents the key points from the campaigner’s poignant final work

Books

Raymond Briggs: If you loved The Snowman, here are his other top books

Charming and melancholy, Briggs’s books are classics for a reason

Fiction

Best thriller books to read in 2022

Whodunnit just got a whole lot juicer

Fiction

Best erotic literature: Sexy novels you have to read

Saucy, sultry and steamy reads with an actual storyline? Yes please!

Fiction

Best crime novels to read in 2022

Put your detective cap on and help these much loved detectives solve the crime

The Escapist

Tom Watson reveals his weight loss secrets in new book

The former MP says food addiction can’t be ‘fixed’, it has to be managed. Martin Robinson agrees

TV

The Sandman: how Neil Gaiman’s seminal comic book made it to Netflix

The highly-anticipated series is coming - fans will be agog to find out how the streamer has treated the much-loved work

Books

What MPs are reading over summer from Henry Kissinger to Chips Channon

As Parliament enters summer recess, we ask a panel of MPs what they’ll be reading over the break