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It’s that time of year again, Waterstones has released its shortlist for Books of the Year. This year has an exciting mix, the latest release from Suzanne Collins, a popular restaurant has released its cookbook and a reimagining of a classic tale. Here is a little more about three of …

Frederick Forsyth’s 1972 thriller The Odessa File is to be remade for television in a new eight-part drama, it has been revealed. The news comes hot on the heels of a sequel, Revenge of Odessa, which was published last week and brought the story up to date. The original novel …

An SAS trooper in one of the Jeeps the regiment used to thrust behind enemy lines (Image: Courtesy Damien Lewis) The “greatest SAS mission of World War Two” came when Special Forces daredevils stole a train and used it to break into a concentration camp in southern Italy to free …

Michael Connelly’s veteran detective Harry Bosch is making a sensational return to television after a prequel series was announced. Fans of Bosch and Bosch: Legacy were devastated when Amazon Prime cancelled the long-running show, based on Connelly’s bestselling thrillers and starring Titus Welliver as the veteran LA detective and, after …

The author of a modern literary classic is set to release her memoir early next month. Margaret Atwood has been described as one of the greatest storytellers of our time and an influential cultural figure, and now she is telling her own story. Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary …

Britain’s favourite bedtime stories have been revealed – and The Gruffalo has come out top.  The much-loved monster with terrible tusks and teeth bounded ahead of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Paddington Bear to take first place.  Alice in Wonderland, The Three Little Pigs …

Over the past few decades, thousands of incredible crime novels have been written. Many have become bestsellers or turned into gripping TV dramas. But some remain under the radar, despite being called “masterpieces” by readers. One of those lesser-known books is set in a quiet British seaside town, where a …

A book has been named as the greatest of all time, and it was written by one of England’s literary greats. In a Reddit thread titled “Give me a list of all the greatest books I have to read”, a user replied stating that Bleak House by Charles Dickens was …

When I first properly got back into reading early last year, I was a brand new mum with my hands constantly full. When I wasn’t spending long stretches of time trapped on the sofa by my napping newborn or walking miles a day with the pram, I was endlessly washing …