All hail Dua Lipa, the pop lit queen Dua Lipa is famous for her catchy pop hooks — now the singer wants to get fans hooked on books, as she curates the London Literature Festival Evening Standard · Oct 22
‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun The director has turned Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel about an ailing adolescent and her glitchy robot friend into a thought-provoking film. What do the pair think this story says about tech, love and grief? The Guardian - UK · Oct 22
Taika Waititi's New Sci-Fi Satire Glitches Out Before It Can Get Good Taika Waititi’s sense of humor is a poor fit for the sci-fi dystopia in 'Klara and the Sun.' Inverse · Oct 21
Jenna Ortega: People make life and living so special Hollywood star Jenna Ortega has shared her view of AI technology. BANG Premier · Oct 21
New Star Wars film update issued by director as six-year wait goes on Film was first announced in May 2020 The Independent UK · Oct 19
Jenna Ortega wishes people were more 'present' Jenna Ortega has revealed her hopes for Klara and the Sun, the new sci-fi movie. BANG Premier · Oct 16
Taika Waititi and Jenna Ortega's Klara and the Sun savaged by critics IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 16
Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess The director of Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Jojo Rabbit turns Kazuo Ishiguro’s AI fable into a twee, tiresome tale of love and grief The Guardian - UK · Oct 15
Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s sci-fi comedy betrays the quiet wonder of its source material 2/5 Imagine somebody driving a clown car through Kazuo Ishiguro’s original novel, and you get this Jenna Ortega-led sci-fi comedy The Independent UK · Oct 15
The road to Dunesday: Euronews Culture's massive Fall movie preview There's still plenty of cinematic goodness to look forward to in the last four months of 2026. Here are our picks for the hotly awaited movies you won't want to miss. Euronews · Sep 1
Taika Waititi promises there's no 'murdering robot twist' in Klara And The Sun Taika Waititi hasn’t released a film since football documentary Next Goal Wins three years ago, but is now gearing up for his latest project - an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel - to hit screens. BANG Premier · Jul 28
Japanese mindset of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro: 'We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're...' - inspiring life lessons by Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day teaches why love and loyalty matter more than wealth or status Life lesson by Kazuo Ishiguro: Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro emphasizes life's true meaning lies in relationships. He notes that as life nears its end, possessions lose their importance. Love and loyalty become paramount, surpassing wealth and social status. Making peace and repairing past wrongs gain significance when time is limited. The Economic Times · Jul 8
The authors who admit to using AI: ‘I have absolutely no shame about it’ BOOKS: The rise of AI has shaken the publishing industry, seen as a danger to writers’ livelihoods and an existential threat to human creativity. But not everyone is running scared. Annabel Nugent talks to the authors embracing AI in their work The Independent UK · Jun 19
Kazuo Ishiguro announces 1930s spy caper to be published next year Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger is the first novel from the Nobel laureate since 2021’s Klara and the Sun and draws on the author’s love of music, art and Golden Age cinema The Guardian - UK · Jun 16
The Independent UK · Jun 16 Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro announces new novel after 5 years ’Klara and the Sun’ author’s new novel will be set in 1930s England
Creative Bloq · Apr 3 Want to illustrate a Kazuo Ishiguro novel? Entries open for The Folio Book Illustration Award 2026.
The Conversation · Mar 13 Oscar contenders and women of substance – what to watch, read and see this week I just finished watching The Studio, Seth Rogen’s hilarious Apple TV satire of life inside an old school Hollywood production company. One of the standout episodes was set in the audience at the Golden Globes. It perfectly captures the peculiar theatre of awards shows: stars smiling and clapping furiously while…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11 A Pale View of Hills review – two-stranded adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro novel in the shadow of the A-bomb Kei Ishikawa’s take on Ishiguro’s first published work is frustrating and bland, undermining its fascinating characters’ emotional truths
The Conversation · Mar 10 A Pale View of Hills: the legacy of atomic bombings in Japan is explored in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel How much do any of us really know about who we are? This question haunts director Kei Ishikawa’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel, A Pale View of Hills (1982).
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10 Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
The Conversation · Mar 4 The novel that changed my mind – ten experts share a perspective‑shifting read Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life. For many of us, novels are the moments where that shift happens.
The Independent UK · Mar 2 Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels are simple and unadorned – no wonder they’re easy to turn into films INSIDE FILM: Flashy novelists like Martin Amis can never seem to be done right on screen. So perhaps it’s the restrained prose of Ishiguro – the writer behind ‘The Remains of the Day’, ‘Never Let Me Go’ and ‘A Pale View of Hills’ – that makes his work so filmable,…
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28 Butter author Asako Yuzuki: ‘I’m very far from the ideal Japanese woman’ Butter, her novel about a female serial killer, was a global hit. As Asako Yuzuki’s second book is published in English, she talks about criticism at home – and why she’ll be writing darker stories in the future
The Conversation · Dec 1, 2025 Twenty experts on the book that got them through their 20s – part one Your 20s can be an intense decade. In the words of Taylor Swift, those years are “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”. Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative era. We asked 20 of our academic…
Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025 King and author Sir Kazuo Ishiguro ‘discussed threat AI could pose to creatives’ The Japanese-born writer, 70, was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature at an event at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.