From humble vet to household name – the incredible rise of James Herriot
His books made the Queen laugh, sold 60 million copies and brought thousands of fans to the Yorkshire Dales. To mark a charming new collection of stories, James Herriot’s children recall his rise from modest veterinarian to literary superstar. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Free Peter Rabbit book from WHSmith this weekend with your Daily and Sunday Express!
To celebrate 120 years of this beloved household name, we’re giving you the chance to pick up a FREE Peter Rabbit book at WHSmith. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
House of the Dragon: The three big plot points George RR Martin wish had been left in
George RR Martin’s Fire and Blood was adapted for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and was always going to have to chop and change some parts for TV. The author may love much of the More...
Writing new Marple was a ‘huge honour’, says writer Lucy Foley
Best-selling writer Lucy Foley says it was a ‘huge honour’ to be asked to pen a Miss Marple short story, as Agatha Christie is her literary hero. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
George RR Martin celebrates 74th birthday: What’s his progress with The Winds of Winter?
GEORGE RR MARTIN turns 74 today and still has The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring to go in his Game of Thrones book series A Song of Ice and Fire. Here’s the latest on what the author has said about More...
Hunter Davies: Late-life adventure left me with empty love nest
AFTER losing his beloved wife of 55 years, Hunter Davies was seeking companionship in old age. Instead, he’s found himself living alone on the Isle of Wight and launching a new literary festival. Does he More...
The greatest mystery of all: Who was the real Agatha Christie, according to her biographer
The Miss Marple creator had a reputation for being as tricky as she was successful but, as her biographer Lucy Worsley came to discover, depression, betrayal and crippling nightmares dogged her life and helped More...
Life’s no laughing matter: Lenny Henry’s Rising To The Surface book
AT THE end of his first volume of memoirs – Who Am I, Again? – we left Lenny Henry in the late 1970s, having found fame on anarchic children’s TV show Tiswas while still a teenager. Daily Express More...
House of the Dragon timeline spoilers: Major deaths, marriages and more in Fire and Blood
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, the Game of Thrones prequel, adapts the Dance of the Dragons chapters of George RR Martin’s Fire & Blood, a three hundred year fictional history of House Targaryen’s rule on More...
The Ukrainians who came as refugees but stay as friends
WHEN a Surrey couple opened their home to a family fleeing war, they had no idea how much they, and their whole community, would benefit. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
