Category: Books

Terry Pratchett wrote over 50 books during his writing career, winning numerous awards, and was made a knight. He was best known for his Discworld series, – a 41-part-long humorous…

Many of the world’s most acclaimed authors are opening up about the classic works of literature that helped shape their bestselling novels, offering fresh insights into their creative minds. Now,…

Dan Brown is releasing the next instalment of the Robert Langdon series, The Secret of Secrets (Image: Getty) In 2006, one of the world’s most famous – and sometimes controversial…

For many Harry Potter fans, the thought of going to JK Rowling‘s Hogwarts as a kid fills them with delight. Yet given it’s a UK private boarding school based in…

Author Julia Donaldson is to team up with illustrator Axel Scheffle to release the first new Gruffalo book in over two decades. The pair have previously teamed up on the…

Daniel Radcliffe has revealed his favourite book – and it’s far from what you may think. The 34-year-old Hollywood actor rose to fame by starring in JK Rowling‘s renowned Harry…

Voting has opened for the ‘Oscars’ of crime writing with publication of the 18 books long-listed for the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award 2025. Now…

Whether you’re a bookworm who devours multiple novels a week or just a casual reader who enjoys dipping into a book on holiday, everyone has their own go-to genre. Some…

I woke to a detective story. Maybe I had left the radio on, in our pebbledashed family home in Cheam, the storm black and loud outside; I must have fallen…

It’s not as loud as It or as infamous as The Shining, but some Stephen King fans think his best screen adaptation is a slow-burn suspense from 1983. The Dead…