The 2025 winners of the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards, which honour the very best in the ...

Oneworld's children's imprint reflects on its 10th anniversary and shares a refocused strategy to navigate the future.

iterary culture is dominated by pessimists. They claim that the English novel is in a slump, the media is dying at the hand of tech oligarchs, and that culture is in a repetitive doom-loop. Every film ...

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A limited time pop-up shop featuring more than 1,000 books will open in Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store from 6th July ...

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These 9 thrift stores offer great deals and tons of treasures! This red building with blue trim catches your eye from the street. Inside, the space feels huge with tall ceilings. Fluorescent lights ...

Historical Fiction Last updated: June 25, 2025 by Common Sense Media Nothing gets kids excited about history like a gripping story. Times, people, and places that might seem dull or far away in a ...

“A Day in the D with Dad” takes kids on a journey along with 12-year-old Michelle as she traverses Detroit on an impromptu day trip with her dad. Written by Detroiter and longtime educator Kelli M.

The author of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on why, in a world awash with fictional dystopias, he set out to write the opposite ...

Katherine Rundell said that ‘a high percentage’ of children’s books, published under a celebrity name, may have been ghost-written.

Independent Bookshop Week was celebrated across the UK this June — we’ve selected four shops worth a literary pilgrimage.