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The bestselling author of A Study in Drowning is back with Lady Macbeth, another stunningly realised dark fantasy, this time drawing on the rich heritage of Shakespe […]

The bestselling author of laugh-out-loud kids classics such as The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates and The Boy Who Made Monsters returns with Shipwrecked, […]

Dear Jane, what advice can you offer the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? Yours Political of London Dear Political of London, Oh, how delightful it is to […]

YTL The Oh Sh*t moment for me is a blink and you’ll miss it moment at the end. Looks like we’re getting Thunderbolt Ross (aka Red Hulk).

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The longlist for this year’s Booker Prize is due to be announced on Tuesday 30th July. I’ve had mixed results over the last decade or so in my attempts to pre […]

WebMention is a protocol for letting other pages know that you mentioned them. For example, in the next paragraph, I mention a blog post by James (by linking to […]

I’ve been adding more content to my directory of late. Most additions were in the general category that is esoterica. The esoterica folder is getting a little […]

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein won the first Women’s Prize for Non Fiction last month. I read Klein’s first book No Logo several yea […]

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘H Is for Hurtle, J for July’ by Carrie Etter from her collection ‘Grief’s Alphabet’.
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One of the most passionate, notable and influential writers and civil rights  activists of the twentieth century, James Baldwin (1924-1987) continues to inspire […]

In her new novel Babylonia, Costanza Casati, the bestselling author of Clytemnestra, deftly intertwines myth and ancient history in a spellbinding retelling of the […]

Hear from the 2024 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize winner.

We’re excited to introduce the four new Directors joining Seren’s Board.
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Set in early 18th-century Venice, Harriet Constable’s debut The Instrumentalist is a dazzling story of ambition, talent and passion based on the real-life Venetian […]

Half of UK adults don’t read regularly, according to a new survey. Helen Coffey asks where it all went wrong – and whether we can ever find our way back between the pages

The post-Anderson era began at Trent Bridge, where the West Indies were desperate to improve on their efforts at Lord’s – in truth, it would have been hard for the […]