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The Thursday Murder Club movie: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

The Thursday Murder Club movie is bringing Richard Osman's best-selling debut novel to the big screen. Here's what we know about the movie right now.

WhatToWatch · Feb 21, 2024

Richard Osman to publish first novel in new crime series

We Solve Murders introduces a new detective duo – but the author has not abandoned his Thursday Murder Club characters

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024

Keanu and co: how celebrities became bestselling novelists

From Richard Osman and Millie Bobby Brown to the upcoming book by Keanu Reeves, celebrity novels are everywhere. What’s behind the boom? And how do non-famous writers feel about it?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024

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Richard Osman among authors missing royalties amid ongoing cyber-attack on British Library

Writers’ much-needed ‘annual windfall’ of up to £6,600 delayed as library in London struggles to restore crippled systems

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2024

Radio and podcasts: Miranda Sawyer’s 10 best listens of 2023

Catherine Carr cut straight to the case with one simple question, a true crime podcast solved a murder, and breakfast radio had never been warmer

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2023

Can you beat the authors? Take the bumper books quiz of 2023!

Answer fiendish literary questions from Bernardine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe, Jonathan Coe and more. Plus, spot the 10 books hidden on our festive ice rink

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023

The 20 best podcasts of 2023

From fake porn stars to staggering environmental exposés, it’s been a year of extraordinary audio – not least the ‘poodunnit’. It’s our top pods of the year!

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

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Murder mystery puzzle book Murdle tops UK Christmas bestseller chart

GT Karber’s book of challenges beats Richard Osman’s The Last Devil to Die and Guinness World Records to top spot

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023

Best detective book series to get lost in gripping mysteries

Ravenous mysteries and mind-boggling motives

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023

The week in audio: The Rest Is Entertainment; History for You With Douglas and Hugh and more

Dream duo Richard Osman and Marina Hyde take aim at Farage et al; history boys get a satirical ribbing; the psychology of greed; and a hard look at the Labour party, from Corbyn to Starmer

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023

Best podcasts of the week: Marina Hyde and Richard Osman take on pop culture

In this week’s newsletter: The Guardian columnist and the presenter turned author unite for The Rest Is Entertainment. Plus: five of the best podcasts with unlikely host pairings

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023

Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith

Singer’s tell-all book and Richard Osman’s latest crime novel boosting pre-Christmas sales, says retailer

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

Dagger awards adds categories for ‘cosy crime’ and psychological thrillers

The annual Crime Writers’ Association awards wanted to acknowledge the changing tastes of readers ‘looking for the next thrill, the next murderous innovation’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

WH Smith launches buy-back scheme for secondhand books

Customers will be able to trade their used books for a voucher to spend in store or online – but industry figures warn the scheme may be ‘too good to be true’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

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Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2023

Why are so many celebrities writing novels?

Full-time authors have critcised big names crowding the shelves

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper; The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman; You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace; The Winter List by SG MacLean; Tell Me Your Secrets by Mel McGrath

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

Stranded leaders, kissed princes and a dog on a bridge – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

‘You’re welcome’: Dawn French playfully accuses Richard Osman of ‘imitating’ her book cover

Former ‘Pointless’ star Osman has since responded to ‘Vicar of Dibley’ actor’s claim

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The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023

Richard Osman reveals he was rejected by MI6: ‘If I have a secret, I tell everybody’

‘I would have been terrible,’ says author

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2023

Richard Osman claims MI6 rejection stopped him from becoming ‘terrible spy’

The quiz show host, 52, is also a successful crime fiction author

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

Richard Osman ‘tapped on the shoulder’ at Cambridge by MI6 – but failed the test

Presenter and crime author says he interviewed for role of spy but ‘would have been terrible’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

Richard Osman: ‘I would have been terrible in MI6. I’m too tall, spill secrets and can’t lie’

After getting ‘the tap’ at Cambridge, he went from a behind-the-scenes TV ideas man to a fixture in front of the camera. Then the Pointless star’s Thursday Murder Club books became the biggest thing in fiction since Harry Potter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

Richard Osman, Stephen King, Mick Herron and Ann Cleeves return with murder aplenty, espionage antics and terrible secrets in basements

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023

Richard Osman: the TV quiz industry is ‘sort of collapsing’

It’s Pointless to work on a quiz today, thinks the TV man turned author

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023

‘It’s like comfort eating’: why readers are hungry for Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover’s novels took the top six places on last year’s New York Times bestseller list, while in the UK she rivals Richard Osman as the biggest author in recent times. How has she done it?

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