18 of the best books of the year so far
Universality by Natasha Brown Natasha Brown’s celebrated 2021 debut, Assembly, was a short, precise novel and a dissection…
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek – The Giller Prize
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek’s novel, We, The Kindling has been longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize. Otoniya writes poetry…
The 25 greatest picture books of the past 25 years.
Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8,…
With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read : NPR
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Start with a beloved ’80s rom-com, then turn up the heat. ERIKA VEURINK: I took…
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 27, 2025
Book Deals Biting fiction about the entertainment industry’s underbelly, a League of Legends novel, a (bloody) dark fantasy…
On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu review – a philosopher’s guide to psychedelics | Philosophy books
This book is a trip. Among other things, it copiously details all the drugs that the US-born professor…
Jennifer Byrne on her best books of the 21st century
ABC Radio National is counting down the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century and you can help…
Alberta has banned graphic books before. In the 1950s, ‘salacious’ comics were the target
Alberta’s revised restrictions on books in schools take aim at works containing explicit images of sexual acts, but…
Turkish author writes 1st English novel as a ‘special way’ to give back
Cenk Enes Ozer left Turkey in 2016 after his books were banned in schools, libraries, and bookstores all over…
The Guardian view on the 2025 Booker prize: bringing posh bingo to the BookTok generation | Editorial
With its reputation for stuffiness and elitism, the Booker prize may seem unsuited to the age of social…
From ‘Pointless’ to plots: are Richard Osman’s books worth the read?
Like many TV personalities, Richard Osman has recently taken a backseat in script-writing, substituting his face on our…
University bookstore rescued – Newsroom
Mystery owners have stepped forward to buy the failed bookstore at the Auckland university campus. University bookstore Ubiq…