Vincent Deary is a clinical and academic specialist in fatigue, in the ways in which we might be mentally and physically spent by life. This book, part memoir of his working practice,... Read more »
“Wokery”, “safe word”, “forever chemical” and “swear box” have all been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. The OED is updated quarterly with new words, senses and revisions... Read more »
A day-by-day account of life in Gaza since the 7 October attacks, written by Palestinian Authority minister of culture Atef Abu Saif, will be published next month. Comma Press will release the... Read more »
Jonathan Glover’s new book, on the seemingly intractable nature of the Israel-Palestine conflict, quotes George Orwell on the Spanish civil war: “Everybody believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in... Read more »
The posthumous memoir of Lisa Marie Presley written in collaboration with her daughter Riley Keough will be published later this year. The as yet untitled book about Lisa Marie’s life as the... Read more »
You might think, with the completion of the Human Genome Project 20 years ago now, and the discovery of the double helix enjoying its 70th birthday this year, that we actually know how... Read more »
Canadian actor Keanu Reeves will publish his first novel this year in collaboration with British author China Miéville. Their joint novel is titled The Book of Elsewhere and is set in the... Read more »
The trial of the man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie has been postponed because of the publication of the author’s memoir about the attack. A lawyer representing Hadi Matar, who was charged... Read more »
Zadie Smith, Paul Murray and Naomi Klein are among the authors who have been shortlisted for the Writers’ prize, the award previously known as the Rathbones Folio prize. Smith’s first historical novel... Read more »