7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (400+ words) Scotland’s Culture Secretary has opened this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival – hailing it as an event with “curiosity and open-mindedness at its heart” Mairi McAllan joined festival director Jenny Niven for the opening gala on Saturday. It marks the start…...

13+ hour, 9+ min ago   (154+ words) [Warning: My review of Margo’s Got Money Troubles contains some spoilers!] Margo’s Dad used to be a pro wrestler, and he’s still very in touch with that world. He mentions, as they’re watching a match one night, that the female…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (846+ words) Substack Swoony Sunday Book Review: "Thirty Love" Tom Vellner's debut MM tennis romance is the perfect blend of sweaty, sweet, and spicy. Warning: Full spoilers for the book follow. Tom Vellner’s Thirty Love is one of those lovely little gay…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago   (494+ words) About a third of the way through Katy Simpson Smith’s philosophical and disarmingly dishy new novel, one of its two heroines, Leonie, decides against having a one-night stand. She’s not going to “burrow” into some guy’s “psyche for the pleasure…...

17+ hour, 50+ min ago   (992+ words) “Seventh Son Revisited” is third in the North Hill Trilogy by Akron native William Zink. It’s a collection that includes a novel, about two dozen short stories and more than 60 poems, one of which is an epic romance. First comes…...

22+ hour, 52+ min ago   (325+ words) The pair had already met at a children’s book conference, where Sharratt was showing a boyhood drawing as part of a talk. It depicted a shopping centre, full of detail, spread across three pages. “I’d got carried away and just…...

19+ hour, 52+ min ago   (464+ words) A woman’s secret. A small town with a dark past. A serial killer bent on revenge. Lies kill in a shocking true crime–inspired thriller by the Edgar-nominated author of The Quarry Girls. Intrigued? Read on to discover the synopsis…...

21+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1027+ words) Rebecca Caffery has written two queer Formula One romances Perusing bookshelves as a young teenager, Rebecca Caffery, who realised from an early age that she was bisexual, struggled to see people like her within the pages of novels. After reading…...

17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (301+ words) As parents and teachers battle to get children off screens and reading for pleasure again, there is one book that is loved by youngsters of all ages – so much so that families admit that their copies are falling apart. Jessie…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (528+ words) Vocal 7 Books Like The Girl on the Train for Thriller Fans in 2026 Discover 7 Books Like The Girl on the Train for Thriller Fans in 2026 If we loved the claustrophobic atmosphere, unreliable narration, messy relationships, and escalating paranoia of The Girl…...