Books & Fiction Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature The distinguished Peruvian author, who won the Nobel Prize and courted controversy most of his life, dies at 89. April 15, 2025
Books & Fiction ‘No one had the slightest idea what the book was about’: Why The Great Gatsby is the world’s most misunderstood novel F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is synonymous with glitz and glamour but this is just one of many myths that have surrounded the... April 12, 2025
Books & Fiction Independent Worcester bookshop launches children’s festival Script Haven in Worcester will host the Curious Minds festival, a literary event for children. April 9, 2025
Books & Fiction Meta AI book scraping: ‘We need to speak up’, say authors Authors say their books have been taken without permission and used to train Meta's AI systems. April 6, 2025
Books & Fiction Gabin Kongolo: Film about dad’s first Chelsea match goes on show Gabin Kongolo makes film about dad's first Chelsea match 34 years after he started supporting them. April 3, 2025
Books & Fiction Grimsby Central Library closed after water leak North East Lincolnshire Council says the library service will be "relocated as soon as possible". March 31, 2025
Books & Fiction Salman Rushdie to release first fiction since stabbing Sir Salman says his upcoming book, a collection of stories, will explore themes mortality, peace, anger and farewells. March 28, 2025
Books & Fiction ‘In my novels, there is more kindness than you might see in other books’: Author Ann Patchett on writing amid chaos The award-winning writer and reluctant bookshop owner tells Katty Kay about seeing kindness in a world of chaos, and her decision to stay off... March 25, 2025
Books & Fiction The 200-year-old Longleat poem written to prove rhyming is easy Longleat's archive has a handwritten copy of a poem written following a breakfast argument in the 1800s. March 22, 2025