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Stephen King breaks adaptation record and shares his top 10 films

Do you agree with his list of favourite films and which author still beats the prolific Stephen King as the most adapted writer of all time?

09/09/2025

Culture news

Warsaw opens the 'Metroteka' - an innovative library housed in a metro station

On 4 September, the "Metroteka"- the first library in the Warsaw metro - opened at Kondratowicza metro station. Its collection includes more than 16,000 books, a corner for children, and a relaxation area for adults. It will also host various cultural events for the local community.

07/09/2025

Culture news

Margaret Atwood comments on 'The Handmaid's Tale' Alberta book ban

Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s new rules on school libraries and has even posted a new short story which satirizes the censorship at play.

02/09/2025

World News

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre's memoir to be published posthumously

Giuffre finished working on "Nobody's Girl" — slated for October release — before she died.

25/08/2025

Culture news

Denmark slashes 25% book sales tax in a bid to boost reading

With data showing one in four 15-year-olds struggle to understand a simple text, Denmark is scrapping its 25% VAT on books, the world's highest tax, in a effort to tackle a growing literacy crisis.

21/08/2025

Culture news

Controversy explained: UK’s LGBTQ+ literary prize 2025 cancelled

This year's Polari Prize has been cancelled due to the longlist inclusion of a book by John Boyne. The situation escalated into a mass boycott and now, the organisation behind the LGBTQ+ literary award has pledged to undertake a full review of its policies. Here's everything you need to know.

19/08/2025

Europe News

Bored of your beach read? Dive into these politicians’ steamy novels

From Brussels to Westminster, top European politicians have turned their experiences into steamy novels, mixing romance, scandal, and risqué fantasies. Diplomats, ministers, and MPs reveal a surprising, erotic side behind the political curtain.

19/08/2025

Culture news

Rare first edition of 'The Hobbit' sells for record price at auction

The book was discovered by chance in a house in Bristol. It is one of 1,500 original copies of Tolkien’s famous 1937 novel.

07/08/2025

Culture news

Remembering MI5’s first female boss and author Dame Stella Rimington

The former head of the British Intelligence service and author Stella Rimington was the first female (and publicly-named) MI5 chief, as well as the inspiration for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond films. She died aged 90.

07/08/2025

Culture news

‘107 Days’: Kamala Harris to release memoir about 2024 presential run

In a video announcement on social media, the former US Vice President described the upcoming book as "a behind-the-scenes account" of her experience on the campaign trail.

01/08/2025

Culture news

Beloved British children's author Allan Ahlberg dies aged 87

The author of classic titles like 'The Jolly Postman', 'Peepo!' and 'Funny Bones' wrote "mini masterpieces" that have endured for decades.

01/08/2025

Culture news

Spain's king Juan Carlos to publish 'uncompromising' autobiography

Former monarch Juan Carlos I will publish "Reconciliation", his memoirs at the end of the year. The book will explore his controversial private life, his role in Spain's democracy and reflections from his exile in Abu Dhabi. He's now revealing all he says because his 'story' is being stolen.

01/07/2025

Culture news

Cancelled ‘Beauty and the Beast’ book 'finally' released in France

The modern retelling of the classic fairytale was commissioned and then cancelled by the French Ministry of Education. Artists and politicians expressed support for the book's release.

18/06/2025

Culture news

'Day of the Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86

Forsyth wrote more than 25 books including "The Afghan," "The Kill List," and "The Fist of God" that have sold over 75 million copies, his agent Jonathan Lloyd said.

09/06/2025

Culture news

Stephen King puts Trump vs Musk feud into perspective with savage post

The celebrated author adds his name to a long list of celebrities commenting on the very public feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The fallout between the two former allies has also led many online to draw a comparison with one cult 2004 movie...

09/06/2025

Green News

Friends complete book of environmental journalist killed in the Amazon

Fragments of hope mix with grim realities in How to Save the Amazon, published in the UK and Brazil this week.

29/05/2025

Culture news

Celebrated Kenyan author and dissident Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87

Widely regarded as east Africa's most influential writer, Ngũgĩ’s fiction and nonfiction books traced his country's history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them.

29/05/2025

Culture news

AI blunder: US newspaper's book list recommends non-existent books

The recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional.

22/05/2025

Culture news

Banu Mushtaq makes history with International Booker Prize win

It is the first time that the award has been given to a collection of short stories. "Heart Lamp" is the first book written in the Kannada language to win the prestigious prize.

21/05/2025

Europe News

'It is impossible to invent something as exotic as the Vatican'.

In an interview with Euronews, writer Javier Cercas describes Pope Francis as disruptive. Proof of this is the invitation he received from the Vatican to write a book, despite his declared secularism. Thus was born the novel 'El Loco de Dios en el fin del mundo' (God's Fool at the End of the World).

18/05/2025