Cheltenham Literature Festival 2017 Preview

This year’s Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, to be held 6–15 October, is going to be an exciting, vibrant celebration, featuring an abunda... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Extract released from Philip Pullman’s upcoming The Book of Dust

Fans of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy woke to a surprise on Saturday morning when an extract from the first book of the author’s forthcoming compa... Read More...

Book News Roundup: HBO to adapt book about Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential campaign

Shattered, a book tracing Hillary Clinton’s failed campaign for president in 2016, is in the works for a television adaptation by HBO (to be produced by the sam... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Wellcome Book Prize 2017 Winner Revealed

The Wellcome Prize has been awarded to the French author Maylis de Kerangal for Mend the Living, a novel about organ donation. The story follows Simon, whose he... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Winners Announced For The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes

Last week the winners of the annual Pulitzer awards in the U.S. were announced. Colson Whitehead, author of the acclaimed novel The Underground Railroad, about ... Read More...

Book News Roundup: The Miniaturist adaptation has begun filming

The three-episode BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton’s best-selling novel The Miniaturist has now begun filming, with actresses Romola Garai and Anya Taylor-Joy st... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction shortlist revealed

The nominees for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction have been revealed. The shortlist for the £25,000 prize includes Sebastian Barry, for the Costa a... Read More...

Book News Roundup: Where’d You Go Bernadette adaptation set to star Kristen Wiig

Where’d You Go Bernadette? is being adapted for the big screen, with big-name comedy actress Kristen Wiig attached to star in the film version to be directed by... Read More...

Book News Roundup: The Jhalak Prize winner has been announced

The Jhalak Prize, Britain’s award set up to celebrate marginalized and BAME writers, was won last week by Jacob Ross, for his crime novel The Bone Readers, whic... Read More...

London Book Fair 2017: Polish Book Market and Ones to Watch

One of the biggest events in Britain’s literary calendar hits London this week, as it’s time for the annual LBF, or London Book Fair – a huge week-long event wh... Read More...

Book News Roundup: New Philip Pullman book to be published later this year

In a surprise announcement this week, Philip Pullman revealed that a sequel to his highly successful children’s epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials – a stor... Read More...

Book News Roundup: The Stella Prize longlist revealed

The Stella Prize, the Australian literary award for female authors, has published its 2017 longlist, which is marked in tone by writers unwilling to shy away fr... Read More...