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‘People forgot I existed’: Audrey Niffenegger on taking 14 years to write a sequel to ...
Her debut made her a global star. Now she has finally written a follow-up – and this time, it’s political. She talks about impostor syndrome, screen adaptations and becoming radicalised
Little Elara: The Magic of the Butterfly Garden By Michael Evans Invites Children to Listen ...
"Little Elara: The Magic of the Butterfly Garden By Michael Evans" New picture book by Michael Evans offers a gentle lesson in kindness, friendship, and making choices that feel right. New York, NY - October 10, 2026 - In a world where children are often
5 takeaways Harlan Coben’s memoir
Harlan Coben says he always thought his fiction had nothing to do with his real life as a suburban dad. ”I make stuff up; what do I know about murder and mayhem and all these things?” And then he wrote ...
‘Please Don’t Touch the Body’ author Emily Doyle hated zombies. Until now
Emily Doyle, who received her MFA from UC Riverside, is the Los Angeles-based author of the short story collection “Please Don’t Touch the Body.” Q. What’s something about your book that no one knows? On its surface, “Please Don’t Touch ...
How Bridget Jones was born on the pages of The Independent – and why she’s ...
As The Independent turns 40,
In 1975 editor Hilary McPhee changed Australian publishing forever
Author Carmel Bird pays tribute to her friend, the pioneering writer, editor and publisher who died earlier this month. ...
From Carrie to Olivia Dean: the week in rave reviews
Stephen King’s high-school scare-’em-up is reinvented for 2026, and the pop superstar brings the love in her feelgood live extravaganza. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews ...
Licensed Professional Counselor Karen Elizabeth Iverson Shares a HopeFilled Path From Struggling to Thriving in ...
Oklahoma, USA - October 10, 2026 - Mental health advocate, Licensed Professional Counselor, and author Karen Elizabeth Iverson continues to inspire readers through her book, Published two years ago, the book remains a meaningful resource for individuals
Dental Office Rescue: The Expert Edition Featured in Special Amazon Flash Sale
Dental practice owners can be exceptional clinicians and still find themselves overwhelmed by the business they are expected to lead. Practice ownership requires doctors to make important decisions far outside clinical care. They are expected to lead teams,
Former Educator Cynthia J. Giachino Relaunches Raw Autobiographical Novel and Global Thriller
DENVER, CO - October 10, 2026 - Author and former special education teacher Cynthia J. Giachino has announced the official relaunch of her two novels, Quiet. Fear. and Between Lines, under her independent imprint, Giachino Studios. Giachino spent 34 years
Wil Marshall Reflects on Faith Identity and Legacy in Pen Light Effect
Ohio, USA - October 10, 2026 - Author Wil Marshall introduces , a deeply personal and thought-provoking work that blends memoir, social reflection, and spiritual insight. Through a lifetime of experiences shaped by family, faith, military service, loss, and
New library books
These works of sibling fiction are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. ...
Brandi Glanville's facial disfigurement drama takes new twist as she books surgery: 'I didn't think ...
Glanville said she is 'scared' but also 'so excited' to find out the cause of her health issues after spending four years and over $113,000 trying to treat what she believes is a 'facial parasite.' ...
Beyond the Green Building Wealth Purpose and Legacy Through the Wisdom of Golf
New Book by Craig Haba Explores the Deeper Meaning of Success, Wealth, and Legacy BOSTON, USA - October 09, 2026 - Craig Haba, CFP®, author, wealth advisor, and Founder and Managing Partner of Haba Sherry Wealth Management, announces the release of , a
John McGahern, A Writing Life: Biography of literary giant who understood the human condition
John McGahern: A Writing Life Author: 978-0-571-37565-3 Publisher: £25 Prof Frank Shovlin edited John McGahern’s letters in 2021, a task that involved serious background research into the writer’s friends, literary acquaintances, family and people involved in
The Boy by Mark Gyves: Promising underworld premise diluted by attention to detail
The Boy Author: 978-1-83501-581-0 Publisher: £14.99; 317pp The Boy by Mark Gyves has a promising setup. It’s a debut about a precocious young Cork boy, a washed-up genius of a father who married into a family with IRA connections, and a mother’s death that is
John McPhee: Encounters in Wild America; Hemingway Knows Nothing; Ninety-Two: A Life in Football Grounds
John McPhee: Encounters in Wild America (Library of America, €44.99) A collection of a masterful writer on the natural world who crafts his non-fiction subjects with a novelist’s hand. McPhee created four quiet masterpieces of reportage with translucent prose
What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind: An optimistic book about AI
What Should My Children Do?: How to Flourish in the Age of AI Author: 9780241791172 Publisher: £20; 240pp What Should My Children Do? is the most common question put to Daniel Susskind when he speaks about artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of work.
Eoin McNamee: ‘I’m from Kilkeel so I know exactly what an Orange march is’
Tell us about your new collection of short fiction, The Comets. Two short novels and 15 short stories. A seam of work started in my early 20s that when put together felt as if this had been the real life’s work all along. What was it like, rereading stories,
Protocols by Andrew Huberman: A book about the brain that could change lives
Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body Author: 9781529921281 Publisher: £19.99; 654pp Before the launch of this health guide, the publisher promised a fanfare of publicity that would have outdone memoirs from presidents and Nobel Prize winners. This
Ply by Hernan Diaz: Sci-fi thriller and philosophical treatise a marvel of breadth and concept
Ply Author: 978-1037407161 Publisher: £20; 456pp Following his Pulitzer-winning novel Trust in 2022, this much-anticipated new book from Hernan Diaz will not disappoint in its brilliance, breadth and concept. Hugely ambitious, it explores the big themes that
Sleepers in the Snow by Joanne Harris: Novel is a mix of ghost story and personal tragedy
Sleepers in the Snow Author: 978-1399604826 Publisher: £22; 255pp Ghost story? Family tragedy? Distressing account of a mind unravelling in a series of painful, stuttered jumps? Sleepers in the Snow is all these – and often all at once. Kirkhill is an isolated
Poem of the week: Old Walls
Jack B. Yeats, 1945 Rather than re-live the endless, smothered minutes of your dying, your fevered body bristling and thin beneath the sheets, your hand too weak to
X + Y = K by Ciaran Carson: Excellent examination of reality in the context of art and war
X + Y = K Author: 9781807620059 Publisher: €16.95; 373pp Pushed to say what X + Y = K is about, I’d maybe say it begins, at least, with an investigation into modern Spiritualism, beginning in new York in 1848 with the Fox family and their famous “rappings”,
"Book's idol is Rip Hamilton?"
Duane Rankin: Q: "Book's idol is Rip Hamilton?" A: "One of them." ...
Confessions of a dissident Jew
I speak here, today, as a woman who is proud to define herself as a dissident Jew. Proud to be “dissident” because, with
The Secret Power of Ambivalence
The most maddening thing about life is also the most beautiful: its indeterminacy. The course of our lives, the fate of our species, the future of the universe: all undecided. But because possibility is the hardest thing to bear, we sedate ourselves with
During Banned Books Week, librarians weigh threat of 'soft censorship'
Children’s librarian Sarah Quigley still remembers when the call came in earlier this year, midway through a mid-morning storytime packed with young children. She had just finished Tasha Spillett’s “Raven’s Ribbons,” a book about
The Best 'Hunger Games' Replacement Officially Returns With New Release
Remember that YA dystopia craze where every book was based