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For the first time in 35 years, I’m having to use a pen and paper. Help!

To think, until nearly the end of the last century, everyone had to write like this, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

The Book of Goldikus Vol 1 review: a treasure trove for the British raver

If you look back over the decades, it is easy to pick out seminal record labels that set the tone for the music they championed. From the infamous 1960s Motown RB and Soul label, to punk rock and new waves Stiff in the 70s; followed by London’s own Rough Trade…

Evening Standard

The Fourth Choir review – James Joyce’s The Dead is brought vividly to life

The exceptionally polished LGBTQ+ chamber choir teamed with Niamh Cusack for a beautifully paced production of Joyce’s short story

The Guardian - UK

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The Remaining Neil Gaiman Projects Need to Go the Way of 'Good Omens'

In light of horrific allegations against the author, it's time to cut losses and stop adapting his works.

Inverse

I wanted to hate this romance-fantasy book series, but I’m converted

Sarah J Maas’s series is a global bestseller, combining fantasy, romance and action

The Independent UK

The 29 Best Mystery-Thriller Books of 2025

From new bestsellers by Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware to underrated whodunits.

Marie Claire

Confessions by Catherine Airey review – family secrets unearthed

This episodic, multi-layered debut crosses decades and continents to shine a light on the universality and uniqueness of women’s experience

The Guardian - UK

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Scottish university 'providing support' as student accuses Neil Gaiman of assault

A SCOTTISH university is supporting a student who alleges sexual assault by famed author Neil Gaiman ...

The National (Scotland)

British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward

Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman has released a statement denying he has ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault

The Independent UK

Brooke Shields’s new book about embracing aging fails to realise one crucial thing

THE READING LIST: Shields was only a newborn when she appeared in her first TV ad, setting off a chain reaction of events that would see her become a generational touchstone of beauty and youth. Her candid new book is a surprisingly optimistic take on aging full of lessons in…

The Independent UK

Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have been cited for anticipating a world wracked by climate change, racism and economic disparity

The Independent UK

Neil Gaiman: Best-selling author denies sexual misconduct allegations made by eight women

Allegations made by eight women against the 64-year-old were published in New York Magazine

Evening Standard

The Nero Book Awards 2024 fiction winner is a 'hypnotic and eerie' take on folklore horror that surprised our Books Editor

Our Books Editor was taken on a 'wild, dream-like adventure' by the thrilling winning novel

Woman & Home

John Shepherd obituary

Other lives: Historian of the Labour party who wrote a biography of the 1930s leader George Lansbury

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Rare collection of Winnie-the-Pooh letters to be auctioned

Letters sent between Pooh author AA Milne, illustrator EH Shepard and their publisher Frederick Muller were discovered in a carrier bag in a loft

The Independent UK

The six books released in 2025 that I can't wait to read

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Curtis Sittenfeld, Daisy Lester rounds up the buzziest titles for this year

The Independent UK

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count was well worth the wait – read my full review

The award-winning authors new novel explores four women’s lives

International Business Times

Neil Gaiman Faces New Sexual Assault Allegations — Shocking Details Emerge

Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny for Neil Gaiman's second wife, Amanda Palmer, and their son, has made allegations of abuse, including rape. In January 2023, she filed a police report detailing the alleged assault. However, the case has since been closed.

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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

From ecology-saving zombies to a murderous tattoo and a chilly new school for magic, the new year launches with fresh twists on familiar themes

The Independent UK

I have no plans to resign, says Pope Francis in new autobiography

Pontiff says Church ‘governed using the head and the heart, not the legs’ as he discusses health problems in autobiography

The Independent UK

Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

Pope Francis' autobiography is being released Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Colin Barrett’s Wild Houses among winners of Nero book awards

The booker longlisted title takes the debut fiction prize while Adam S Leslie, Sophie Elmhirst and Liz Hyder win fiction, nonfiction and children’s categories

The Independent UK

Pop singer among winners at 2024 Nero Book Awards for English folk horror novel

Four winners have been announced.

Salon

Neil Gaiman's shocking abuse allegations

Years of alleged predatory behavior from Gaiman have come to light via accounts from female fans and employees

GamesRadar

Wu-Tang Clan's ODB is your guide to the multiverse in the new Lyrical Ruckus in the City graphic novel

Preview the book and meet the creators

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