10+ hour, 31+ min ago  (845+ words) Published 15: 40 19 Jun 2026 BST At Her Book Club, if there's one person in the world we're going to take book recommendations from, it's legendary author Maggie O'Farrell. Last week, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Maggie to discuss…...

11+ hour, 4+ min ago  (454+ words) Misty mountains, mysteries and family secrets abound in these Ozark-set page-turners! Here, we combed through dozens of novels and hand-selected 7 of the best historical fiction books set in the Ozarks. These stories capture the spirit, history and mystery of the…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago  (319+ words) Novelist and screenwriter selects works by Herg, Charles Dickens and Ira Levin Bestselling mystery and suspense novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz has published over 50 books for adults and for children, including the Alex Rider teen-spy series, and created the "Foyle's…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (297+ words) WRITER Alice Jolly has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel The Matchbox Girl. The winner of the "25, 000 reward was announced at Borders Book Festival on Thursday evening (June 11) by Matthew Maxwell Scott, the great-great-great-great-grandson of…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1238+ words) Margot Baxter Harriman looked up from the month-old copy of Harper's Bazaar. She should have made better use of her time waiting outside of Doctor Stephen Jameson's office, but she'd left her satchel of paperwork at home. As B&H…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (538+ words) We chat with author Ashley Andersen about'Malachite, which is the start of a dark academia romantasy series that gives you enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn, elemental powers, forced proximity, found family and the perfect amount of spice" Hi! I'm a newly published author;…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (486+ words) A book which judges said "may be the most unusual book you read this year" has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Alice Jolly's work The Matchbox Girl tells the story of Adelheid Brunner - a mute autistic patient…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (125+ words) Read the synopsis below: Eleven-year-old Alohan and his four-year-old sister Ivie are the children of a rainmaker, who performs elaborate rituals to bring or hold back the rain. One day, the rainmaker's luck runs out: it pours on the wrong…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (131+ words) The Bookseller The Broken Binding acquires Anna Smith Spark's new duology Register to read for FREE. Serious about the book trade? Want full access? This month, you can Subscribe for just 99p and unlock full access to exclusive interviews, rights deals,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (390+ words) I always find it interesting to meet someone who transferred from one career into something they never anticipated and never studied in college, possibly because I myself wound up in journalism by accident. I called a wrong number after I…...