From Salena Godden’s celebratory novel to The Beloved Children by Tina Jackson, a magical realist tale by Richard Flanagan and Jane Harper’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Eithne Farry and Max Davidson and Kitty Marlow and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2021 Mrs Death … Read more
From Peter Ho Davies’ touching novel to Asylum Road by Olivia Sudjic, a powerful debut by Hafsa Zayyan and Jeff Noon’s latest, the best new fiction By Anthony Gardner and Madeleine Feeny and Hephzibah Anderson and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 16 January 2021 A Lie Someone Told … Read more
From Megha Majumdar’s powerful US debut to The Shape Of Darkness by Laura Purcell, a historical adventure by Kate Mosse and Chris Hammer’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Cummins and Hephzibah Anderson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 … Read more
From Joyce Carol Oates’s quartet of novellas to Useless Miracle by Barry Schechter, a kaleidoscopic debut by Gemma Reeves and Isabel Ashdown’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson and Madeleine Feeny and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 2 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 January 2021 Cardiff, By … Read more
Count Dracula and his terrifying exploits have helped to sustain the economy of a seaside town for decades. So it did not go down well when the local church tried to give goths visiting Whitby the unvarnished truth about a cemetery where Dracula’s grave is wrongly thought to lie. Those searching for the grave at … Read more
From Sally Gardner’s richly spun folk tale to Marley by Jon Clinch and Urs Faes’ contemplative novella, this week’s best new fiction By Madeleine Feeny and Max Davidson and Anthony Cummins Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 The Snow Song Sally Gardner … Read more
The Crown star Emma Corrin has insisted she ‘understands’ calls by the Culture Secretary to include a disclaimer on the newest series. The actress, 25, who starred as Princess Diana in series four of the Netflix drama, insisted the series doesn’t require a warning as fans are aware the drama is ‘very clearly’ a ‘dramatised … Read more
From Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize debut to Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid and an enchanting novel from Sophie Kirtley, the best fiction of the year By Hephzibah Anderson and Keeba Critchlow Published: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart … Read more
Tory peer Lord Forsyth condemns Netflix for refusing to warn viewers The Crown is fiction Lord Forsyth today waded into the row between Netflix and Oliver Dowden The former cabinet minister said Netflix should be brought to heel by Ofcom Viewers have criticised The Crown’s fourth season for depiction of monarchy By Jack Elsom For … Read more
From Cecily von Ziegesar’s warm novel to The Betrayals by Bridget Collins, a thought-provoking debut by Thomas McMullan and Ruth Ware’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 5 December 2020 Cobble Hill Cecily … Read more