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Megan Davidhizar on the inspiration behind YA thriller Gaslit

When my husband and I moved into our first house, I didn’t expect to be…

No Ordinary Heist – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review

Belfast, the run up to Christmas, 2004. Richard (Eddie Marsan) is the boss of a…

Rebuilding – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review

“How are you holding up?”, Dusty’s (Josh O’Connor) friends keep asking. His family ranch has…

Jane Dougherty: Reclaiming Pasiphaë from the gutter press

I was brought up with myths. Being of Irish origin on both sides, they were…

Rose of Nevada – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review

It’s hard to know how to write about Rose of Nevada, written and directed by…

Amy Lea: Confessions of a Secret Romance Author

Authors write under pen names for all sorts of reasons. Some of us want privacy.…

Read an extract from Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons

Mathaiik has studied all his life to join the sacred order of the Idallik Knights,…

Book Review: The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead

When record executive Theo meets the Future Saints, they’re playing on a worn-out stage at…

Need a STEM romance fix? Here are 10 books to get obsessed with until we can press play on the Love Hypothesis movie

If you’re anywhere on the bookish internet these days, you’ll know that Ali Hazelwood’s rom-com…

Shailee Thompson: Sidekick to Soulmate – Reflection on the evolution of female friendships in film

Picture the scene, a plucky, neurotic, independent working girl is walking down a big city…

Miranda Reason on the importance of names in fiction and the lasting legacy of stories

Day of Now began with an image I had, of two young siblings picking their…

Book Review: Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash

‘Maximalist’ is a word that’s been used to described Madeline Cash’s buzzy debut novel, and…