As the former champion boxer releases his autobiography, Irish Blood & Grit, he speaks to the Standard about how the sport both saved him and was a form of self-harm after a troubled childhood
The pop star invited the Shuggie Bain novelist along for a live recording of her podcast At Your Service
The pair discussed the power of literature, representation and five years of #Merky Books
The pair discuss grief, the process of writing, and what awaits after death
The artist took part in a candid conversation with the Standard’s incoming editor-in-chief Dylan Jones at the literature festival
Swedish activist in Scottish capital to promote The Climate Book
He’s gone through more heartache than any man should, but the musician still believes wholeheartedly in the power of art
Davina McCall and Sir Salman Rushdie were given accolades at this year’s ceremony
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
Oe said interviewing Chairman Mao was “so boring”
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
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories will be published in October
The classic collection will sit alongside the newly-released Roald Dahl books for young readers, which have been rewritten to cater for the sensitivities of modern audiences
‘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
The author’s first novel since he was attacked last year celebrates the merits of pluralism, and the dreariness of fanaticism
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.
From surefire page-turners to coming-of-age classics, these romance books offer true love in literary form
The powerful and informative true stories behind some of the most iconic names
Read the inspiration behind some of the most loved TV shows and films
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
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
