Pure Innocent Boy by Patrick Doherty
For Culture Night 2025, Guest Editor Belinda McKeon has curated a number of works from emerging creative talents…
Swiss theatre director told to withdraw book alleging Austrian politician mocked Holocaust victims | Books
A Swiss theatre director known for re-enacting landmark trials has been told by a judge in Vienna that…
What is ‘dark academia’ – and why is it having a moment?
Claire Mabey unpacks the not-quite-a-genre of dark academia: its features, themes and examples. What is dark academia? “Dark…
Shortlists announced for $5K First Nation Communities READ Awards for Indigenous storytelling
Two five-book shortlists have been announced for the 2025-2026 First Nation Communities READ Awards. The First Nation Communities READ…
Can’t-Miss Author Events Coming Up: Mary Roach and Katherine Rundell
Join us next week for our exciting events for adults and for children: Mary Roach on the evening…
Why You Should Read Startlement by Ada Limón
Ada Limón writes poems of haunting that also operate as poems of joy. That this is not a…
Go Ahead, Write in the Margins—It’s Good for Your Brain
September 19, 2025 3 min read Writing in Your Books Is Good for Your Brain—Here’s Why Annotating the…
Harris stops biting her tongue in ‘107 Days,’ her book about last year’s campaign
WASHINGTON — When it was all over, Kamala Harris couldn’t believe it. “I could barely breathe,” she writes…
Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities
The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part…
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup | Books
The Predicament by William Boyd (Viking, £20) A second adventure for amateur spy Gabriel Dax, first seen in…
Megan Greenwell on holding out for the once-in-a-lifetime book idea
Megan Greenwell. Photo by Loreto Caceres Story Annotations The author of “Bad Company” on the merits of waiting…
Nick Harkaway: ‘I loathed Charles Dickens – it nearly turned me off reading for ever’ | Books
My earliest reading memoryI read The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien at seven, in my bedroom in…