Good Omens is going beyond the book? That’s not a bad sign
While Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett never wrote a sequel, they did sketch out a plot that will now form a second season. If they wanted to continue the story, I want to watch it
Off with their heads! Why are Lewis Carroll misquotes so common online?
Following a recent similar Royal Mint slip-up, the Westminster Collection’s new 50p coins have sent Carroll experts down an internet rabbit hole to source false quotes
Redwall is coming to Netflix: where to start for kids (and adults)
Brian Jacques’ tale of valiant mice and no-good rats introduced me to fantasy fiction. My daughters love it too, and here are some reasons why everyone should
George Orwell is out of copyright. What happens now?
Much of the author’s work may have fallen into public ownership in the UK, but there are more restrictions on its use remaining than you might expect, explains his biographer
The sexiest moments in literature that aren't sex scenes
With the Bad sex in fiction award cancelled this year, we celebrate authors from Jeanette Winterson to Jane Austen who can charge the dryest scenes with sensuality
Bookshops are a precious shelter from the storms of life
Whether you’re a child discovering new worlds of adventure or Faye Dunaway losing herself in the philosophy section, they are a sanctuary for all
A brief survey of the short story
Stuart Dybek: bungee jumping through the trapdoors of time
Unaccountably little-known outside the US, his stories take the reader from a carefully observed midwest into a past that is very much alive
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Bookshop.org is what the publishing world has been waiting for
Sharmaine Lovegrove
Following its success in the US, the ethical platform Bookshop.org has arrived in the UK, marking an exciting new chapter for independent stores online
A Brief History of Seven Killings: unwieldy, occasionally tedious – and magnificent
A book about Bob Marley, told by everyone but Bob Marley – in the vein of Gay Talese or James Ellroy, Marlon James’s Booker winner brings in a dozen competing voices
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