From female revenge, a romcom and a new illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in fiction, to a wry look at parenting and an eye-opening history of peasants in non-fiction, there’s something for all kinds of readers…
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The Times of India She is arguably the worldâs most famous classicist, and to her fans worldwide it looks like thisis what she was born to be But in her new book, Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old,…
How the traditional art of haiku-writing can help us focus on the present. October 17, 2026 — 5:00am Each week, Good Weekend’s how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life’s big – and small – challenges. This week: How to write…
October 16, 2026 — 4:00pm When is a lovely novel too lovely? Too frictionless, too perfectly smooth. It takes skill to make a book feel effortless. But when do a novel’s pleasures begin to feel like a failure of imagination? And now there’s Pip…
In this book, Stephanie J. Shaw brings a new understanding to one of the great documents of American and black history. While most scholarly discussions of The Souls of Black Folk focus on the veils, the colour line, double consciousness, or…
“I hate to disappoint you,” says Peter Suciu, our guide, gesturing towards the house where it’s claimed Vlad the Impaler was born. “But we have no birth certificate or baptism record. We know his father was here, but that is…
Like Pol Pot’s portraitist, the big man’s scribe is on shaky ground. September 26, 2026 — 5:52am Out of sight of the reading public, unbeknown to bibliophiles, unsuspected by the churners-through of this year’s Top 10 Must Read lists, ignored by the bookshops and poo-poohed…
Celebrity bookworms are here to stay. Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have joined the ranks, picking monthly books that skyrocket to the…
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