The word “vampire” first appears in English in sensational accounts of a revenant panic in Serbia in the early 18th century. One case in 1725 concerned a recently deceased peasant farmer, Peter... Read more »
In the five decades between 1910 and 1960, more than half a million people in England and Wales became Catholics. Among them were a clutch of literary stars: Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Muriel... Read more »
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From the richness of Nigeria’s modern literary scene, to the thriving publishing ecosystem of Kenya and the booming creativity coming from black British and African American writers, we asked an African publishing... Read more »
Charlie Mackesy has scored the literary world’s Christmas No 1 with Always Remember, the follow-up to his bestselling 2019 title The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Always Remember sold... Read more »
I still can’t get over Sinners. It’s what the cinema was made for. It looked amazing; its sound was so rich and textured; and the juke joint dance sequence was a genuine... Read more »
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David Walliams has been dropped from the Waterstones Children’s book festival following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. The decision comes days after his publisher, HarperCollins, cut ties with the author. Walliams has denied... Read more »
The first trailer has been released online for Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. Starring Matt Damon as the classic Greek hero, the trailer offers a series of shots of a... Read more »