Samantha Lee Howe: The girl least likely to succeed who rewrote her own future

GROWING up in an abusive household in terror of her violent, drunken father, from the age of 11 Samantha Lee Howe would escape her unhappiness by writing adventure stories. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...

Confidence book review: Funny but not short on thrills
The sequel to the joyously funny Conviction sees the return of Anna and Fin, who were catapulted into an unlikely friendship after their spouses ran off with each other. Together, they collaborate on a podcast More...

Author Mick Herron WINS Britain’s most prestigious crime writing award
AUTHOR Mick Herron was last night revealed as the winner of Britain’s most prestigious crime writing award. The Newcastle-born writer won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022, supported More...

George RR Martin health: Winds of Winter author, 73, confesses personal sickness concerns
THE WINDS OF WINTER author George RR Martin, who still has two books to go in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, has shared his worries about getting sick amid mountains of work. The 73-year-old Game of Thrones More...

John Downing book: Roller-coaster career of journalist shot by the Taliban
IT WAS alchemy. Before my very eyes, an image shot days earlier reappeared like magic on a blank sheet of paper. Slowly but surely in the small, stuffy darkroom I’d been invited into as a 13-year-old kid, More...

‘Guns have more rights than my uterus’ Crime writer Karin Slaughter on US abortion ban
IT IS a decision many fear has set back women’s rights by half a century. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...

Crime writer Val McDermid says Jubilee reading list should include more fiction books
THE late Queen Mother was a fan of Dick Francis whose novels married her love of horse racing with the excitement of thrillers. Francis once admitted avoiding sex scenes and swearing because he knew she would be More...

Celebrity seamstress Esme Young reveals behind the scenes secrets in new book
ESME YOUNG has a gung-ho approach to life, one that’s served The Great British Sewing Bee judge well during her 50 years in fashion. Now 73, her love of an artistic challenge and a boisterous party have seen More...

Biggest collection of James Bond memorabilia to sell for £3million
THE biggest collection of James Bond film and book memorabilia is tipped to sell for £3million. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...

Douglas Murray ‘Woke mob deliberately trying to remove Churchill from our lives’ EXCLUSIVE
DOUGLAS MURRAY, author of new book The War on the West, believes there is a sinister and revenge-driven form of anti-Westernism rife in our society. A “devastating” and woke cultural revolution that More...