Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

HISTORICAL FACTS: Faber - The Untold Story

I Want You to Be Happy is the excruciating millennial novel everyone will be reading this summer

BOOKS: Abandon your Monzo pots, ye who enter here! Jem Calder’s debut novel, about a millennial copywriter and a wannabe Gen Z poet, captures modern life at its most expensive, overwhelming and bleak – but the book is ultimately hopeful, he tells Jessie Thompson

The Independent UK

Entries now open! The Conversation Prize for writers 2026 – in partnership with Faber and Curtis Brown

We’re delighted to announce that The Conversation Prize for writers is back for another year.

The Conversation

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Francis Spufford, Manish Chauhan and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Lord of the Flies is a seismic, chilling masterpiece – of course, Adolescence creator Jack Thorne chose to adapt it

IN FOCUS: William Golding’s 1954 novel is required reading in schools across the world, and its title has become shorthand for the breakdown of civilisation, writes Martin Chilton. As a new TV adaptation arrives, it’s a reminder of how the book contains many warnings we must heed today

The Independent UK

16 books to have on your radar in 2026

THE LIST: No guarantees, of course, but Annabel Nugent thinks these hot titles will be some of next year’s best

The Independent UK

William Golding: The Faber Letters review – the making of a masterpiece

Correspondence between the Lord of the Flies author and his editor reveals one of the great literary collaborations of the age

The Guardian - UK

Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches

As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“A very clever original design, albeit one that could easily have come out of the Gibson factory in the early ’60s. That’s not easy to do”: Ivison Dakota Standard review

Used by big names such as Richard Fortus and Audley Freed, and made in the UK, Ivisonguitars recall the lost art of the ‘goldenera’ but in very original dress

Guitar World

50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s landmark collection on Troubles to be marked

A three-day conference at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast will bring together experts on the poet.

Evening Standard

Society summer: your guide to London's hottest parties and events

From secret literary salons to the Serpentine’s celebrity-studded lawns, we bring you the inside track on the most exclusive parties of the season — and the ones you can actually get into

Evening Standard

Brian Thornton wins The Conversation Prize for writers for his story Convicting the Innocent

Congratulations to Brian Thornton from Winchester University who is the 2025 winner of The Conversation Prize for writers, for his story Convicting the Innocent, a look at the systemic barriers facing people wrongly convicted of a crime.

The Conversation

Best non-fiction books of 2024: True crime, fandom and the dangers of nostalgia

THE LIST: From investigations into digital algorithms and the impact of smartphones to a history of Victoria’s Secret, there’s something for everyone in Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of 2024’s best non-fiction

The Independent UK

‘I am nothing if not persistent’: Lesley Imgart, winner of our graphic short story prize 2024

It was fifth time lucky for Imgart in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists, with her spellbinding tale about the life of a young witch

The Guardian - UK

Eliza Clark: ‘I don’t think we respect female writers’

The British novelist on including content warnings in her first short story collection, why she struggles at book signings and the ‘flagrant sexism’ female authors are subjected to

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Guitar World

“World-class... It just feels like a vintage classic that never was”: Daniels Gravitas review

A fascinating reimagining of Gibson’s Firebird, the Gravitas sticks with vintage vibe and mojo. Oh, and that sound…

Louder

Brian Eno announces new art book with Dutch artist Bette A.

Brian Eno and Dutch artist Bette A. will release What Art Does in January

The Conversation

The Conversation Prize for writers, in partnership with The Curtis Brown Group and Faber

Are you an academic keen to develop a writing career? Do you have a book idea that has the potential to be a nonfiction bestseller?

The Guardian - UK

‘The new digital flex’: the airport tray trend stirring outrage and delight

High-end possessions artfully placed in grey plastic security trays are giving #foodstagram a run for its money

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A beanstalk murder; the heroines of Greek myth; a history of AI; a mysterious golden island, and more

The Conversation

Explicit novel Icebreaker is under fire for its ‘misleading’ cover. A book designer explains – and reveals how covers work

Primary school students have been reading TikTok sensation Icebreaker, an enemies-to-lovers romance about a figure skater and an ice hockey player. The cartoon cover features a ponytailed girl (who looks to be in her tweens) in a sparkly purple costume, smiling up at a much taller boy holding a hockey…

The Independent UK

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote 'The Country Girls,' dies at 93

Edna O’Brien has died at age 93

The Guardian - UK

Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

After early novels that won international acclaim but were banned at home, the Irish author had a prolific career lasting more than half a century

The Independent UK

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

The Guardian - UK

Cocktail of the week: Faber’s elderflower and gooseberry gin fizz – recipe

The floral notes of an elderflower gin fizz, but with a clip round the ear from tart gooseberry

Inverse

Hollywood's Newest Money-Making Scheme Is... Books

Buying and selling movie scripts has been a thing since 'Pulp Fiction,' but now, Hollywood is transforming the trend from a nerdy side-hustle to a major source of revenue and prestige.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Trinity College Dublin

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.