6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (281+ words) Country Life You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful As the Season gets under way this month, Britain's intelligentsia will descend upon the Hay Festival. I've always loved that a glorified book fair on the Welsh borders can…...

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3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (544+ words) This spring, WWT, the wetland charity, has teamed up with Macmillan Children's Books to explore the wonderful world of wetlands with Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie's freshly hatched character, Gozzle the gosling. Families have a final opportunity this May Half…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (173+ words) Visual: Moment via Getty Images BOOK REVIEW " "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, From 4" to Fish 7," by Richard Elwes (Basic Books, 368 pages). The highest numbers contemplated by humans come not from physics but from pure mathematics and computer science....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (930+ words) Spread the word. Share this email with friends. Call it Schr'dinger's adaptation. Rebecca Yarros's blockbuster romantasy Fourth Wing, which has been in development since late-2023, has moved one step closer to your TV, but there's still a while to wait....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (413+ words) There is not a single page in Learning to Die, nor in any of Scranton's more climate-focused nonfiction that counsels resignation, courts fatalism, or asks us to give up on our neighbors. To the contrary, Learning to Die is filled…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (878+ words) Home > News > Meet the 2026 Discoveries Shortlistees The six shortlistees are: Read on to learn a bit more about each of them, and their writing. Mirha Butt is a London-based public policy and research professional and a recent graduate of LSE,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (219+ words) Home > News > Announcing the 2026 Discoveries shortlist The shortlisted authors are (in alphabetical order by surname): Find out more about them here. Kate Mosse CBE FRSL, the international bestselling writer and Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction and the…...