US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools ~books libraries.school Article 1034 words 18 votes
HG Wells fans spot numerous errors on Royal Mint's new £2 coin ~books science fiction Article 692 words, published Jan 5 2021 9 votes
Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions may finally be published, after five-decade wait ~books science fiction Article 685 words 7 votes
John Boyne accidentally includes Zelda video game monsters in novel ~games Article 418 words 12 votes
Brandon Sanderson: 'After a dozen rejected novels, you think maybe this isn’t for you' ~books Article 1492 words, published Jul 23 2020 9 votes
Terry Pratchett novels to get 'absolutely faithful' TV adaptations ~books science fiction Article 484 words 15 votes
"Pyke notte thy nostrellys." A 15th-century guide on children's manners has been digitized for first time ~books libraries.deposit Article 570 words, published Feb 21 2020 10 votes
Jo Nesbø: ‘We should talk about violence against women’ ~books fiction.crime Article 1092 words 4 votes
Protests grow as Peter Handke receives Nobel medal in Sweden – Turkey joined Albania and Kosovo in boycotting Tuesday's Nobel prize ceremony ~books literature Article 725 words 5 votes
Karl Ove Knausgård is to become the sixth contributor to the Future Library, which collects works by contemporary authors that will remain unread until 2114 ~books libraries Article 519 words 9 votes
Novelists have condemned the Staunch prize – for thrillers without violence against women – as a ‘gagging order’, after organisers said the genre could bias jurors ~books fiction Article 963 words 7 votes
From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: Fifty great thrillers by women ~books fiction Article 904 words 5 votes
Campaigners hail 'seismic shift' in diversity of US children's books ~books Article 803 words 6 votes
A newly-discovered note may finally prove that the much-disputed portrait of young Jane Austen is, in fact, the novelist herself ~arts art.fine painting literature Article 1069 words 5 votes
Readers rejoice as shop finally sells book that sat on shelf for twenty-seven years ~books Article 509 words 9 votes
Canadian literary prize suspended after finalists object to Amazon sponsorship ~books literature Article 417 words 10 votes
Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and numeracy, study finds ~books Article 620 words 15 votes
'Disgrace and shame': Alan Moore points to Boris Johnson in Grenfell fire comic ~comics Article 559 words 6 votes