‘Shirley must have began the reading lives of so many millions’
CHILDREN’S authors have paid tribute to Shirley Hughes, who entertained generations of youngsters with her books, after she died aged 94. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Winds of Winter delay: George RR Martin sparks delay fears after announcement
WINDS OF WINTER still has no official release date, and some George RR Martin news has left the fandom worrying about delays for the next Song of Ice and Fire book. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
French author of novel Camilla called ‘a masterpiece’ thrilled by Clarence House soirée
WHEN THE Duchess of Cornwall shared a royal reading list in the spring of 2020 at the height of the pandemic, she introduced it with Ernest Hemingway’s famous quote: “There is no friend as loyal as More...
Hutchinson Camp: The special Isle of Man prison that had its own University
MARJAN RAWICZ surveyed the crowd gathered on the terraced lawn in front of his grand piano. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Holocaust graphic novel Maus banned by school – author ‘baffled’ by ‘Orwellian’ act
MAUS author Art Spiegelman has spoken out about the news that a Tennessee school has banned his graphic novel from their library shelves, claiming its “profanity, nudity, and unnecessary violence” were More...
Humanity can’t afford to wait any longer to deal with climate crisis, top scientist says
CONCLUSIVE evidence humans were causing global warming emerged 30 years ago – and nothing was done. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Enid Blyton Society blasts woke The Magic Faraway Tree rewrite: ‘Leave our classics alone’
ENID BLYTON’S The Magic Faraway Tree is no stranger to changes for political correctness, with the ‘offensive’ children’s names being changed, and now the story is undergoing another ‘woke’ More...
‘Sidelined’ SBS led Afghanistan war on terror, says tell all book on the conflict
THE WAR in Afghanistan was weeks old and already it seemed the Special Boat Service had been left behind. An eight-man team attached to C Squadron was stuck in the rear in Mazar-i Sharif, the northern city already More...
An outsider like Bond – Anthony Horowitz talks childhood, family, and inspiration
As the title and set-up of his third 007 novel are unveiled ahead of publication next year, the prolific Anthony Horowitz muses on his solitary childhood, the impact of his father’s early death and how writing More...
Official biography of ‘incomparable entertainer’ Victoria Wood
FIVE years after the incomparable entertainer’s death at just 62, her official biographer has unearthed a treasure trove of wonderful unseen jokes, sketches and photographs. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
