From stories about the US opioid crisis, to novels set in 16th century Italy, this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has something for everyone
The Mayor of London, Kate Mosse and a raft of Ukrainian authors are the latest announcements to the bill
The suffering is on an operatic scale in this adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s Booker-nominated novel — but to what end, asks Jason Okundaye
The Power author and now co-screenwriter of the novel’s adaptation chats revolutions, women’s fear and Margaret Atwood
This is only the first of at least two books as the TV judge plans a whole series called The Sequin Mysteries
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’
The long list for the 2023 prize worth £50,000 has been announced
‘I think it’s important that works of literature and works of fiction are preserved and not airbrushed,’ said the PM’s spokesperson
Publisher Puffin hired sensitivity readers to rewrite passages to edit out words such as ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’
The 28-year-old’s fictional tale sold for seven figures, is a New York Times bestseller and is already being turned into a TV series set in London, with comparison to Candice Carty-Williams’ novel Queenie. Katie Strick meets her
From cute colour-coded #shelfies to competitive reading challenges, have books become more about online performance than quiet pleasure?
From a childhood cut short to his simmering rage towards the British press via many grievances against his own family, Prince Harry’s memoir is elegantly written and a triumphant vehicle for telling his side of the story
The debut novel by Schitt’s Creek screenwriter Monica Heisey is one of the most highly-anticipated of the year — but her millennial tale of singledom and friendship falters, says Alex Peake-Tomkinson
This flawed novel about rich privileged teens experimenting with drugs in LA does not live up to the potential of the great American novelist
It Ends With Us is a novel about a violent relationship, which was published in 2016
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
Harry’s controversial memoir, which was leaked and also sold early by some book shops in Spain last week, was officially released at 12am
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
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
Capture the big imaginations of the little people in your life with these magical reads. Melanie McDonagh rounds up her favourites
The art historian has just won Waterstones Book of the Year for The Story of Art without Men. She talks to Hattie Crisell
This is a vainglorious and revealing work by Matt Hancock, giving his side of the story, writes Robbie Smith
“We haven’t made way for the younger generation perhaps to the extent that we should have done”
Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka says he considers whether causing offence will “cost you more than you anticipated”
Shehan Karunatilaka accepted the £50,000 prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at a ceremony at the Roundhouse
This year’s six shortlisted books have been revealed
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
“In France, literature is a man’s world,” the trailblazing Nobel Prize winner once said
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
A workaholic her entire life, Mantel produced some of this century’s greatest historical novels
As the sixth instalment of the book series is released, JK Rowling explains why she used a pen name
Hope, gratitude and a lot of laughter — Amy Francombe presents the key points from the campaigner’s poignant final work
Charming and melancholy, Briggs’s books are classics for a reason
Saucy, sultry and steamy reads with an actual storyline? Yes please!
Put your detective cap on and help these much loved detectives solve the crime
