16 h. ago Bestselling author Jodi Picoult pushes back after her musical is canceled by Indiana high school

Jodi Picoult faces bans on both her books and a musical based on her novel “Between the Lines.”

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37 h. ago Regretting You review – sudsy Colleen Hoover adaptation is no It Ends with Us

The second big screen take on one of the hugely successful author’s trauma dramas is a bland misfire and wastes Girls actor Allison Williams in the leadIt’s hard to remember now, nearly a year into the legal and reputational slugfest that is Justin Baldoni v Blake Lively, that It Ends With Us, the film at the heart of so much litigious mudslinging – predominantly and relentlessly, it should be noted, by Baldoni’s legal team – was a Hollywood success story.The first big-screen adaptation of bestselling author Colleen Hoover, an initially self-published romance writer catapulted by BookTok to cult-figure status under the mononym CoHo, successfully elevated what many have dismissed as trauma porn fetishizing abuse into glossy, but effective and emotionally mature, adult theatrical fare. Lively, a Taylor Swift-adjacent style icon (to some) who excels at warm-hearted melodrama, was the perfect anchor for a film targeting what celebrity gossip columnist Elaine Lui termed the “minivan majo...

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6 d. ago ‘Time to take the big leap’: Reese Witherspoon’s first novel hits the shelves

Oscar-winning actor and producer has written Gone Before Goodbye with bestselling author Harlan CobenFor more than three decades, Reese Witherspoon has been many things to many people: the Oscar-winning star of Walk the Line; the pink-clad Elle Woods of Legally Blonde; the Hollywood producer who brought Gone Girl and Big Little Lies to the screen. Now, she’s adding another title to her résumé: novelist.This month, the 49-year-old releases her first work of fiction, Gone Before Goodbye, co-written with the bestselling thriller author Harlan Coben. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jacqueline Wilson blames parents stuck on phones for falling child literacy rates

Books can be ‘magical’, the bestselling author says as she urges parents to read to their children

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1 week ago Why the ‘Manifest’ author Roxie Nafousi swears by Dirtea’s mushroom power

A closer look at Dirtea and why Sunday Times bestselling author, Roxie Nafousi is a fan.

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1 week ago Bestselling author Stephanie Garber on writing Alchemy of Secrets and her all

Stephanie Garber's debut novel Caraval was published in 2016 and continues to be a huge hit with readers, with the author's latest book, Alchemy of Secrets, out now

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2 w. ago Eamonn Holmes claims he inspired ‘devilishly handsome’ character in one of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novels

The GB News host spoke about the exchange after news of the bestselling author’s death aged 88

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2 w. ago What the Rivals cast are saying after Dame Jilly Cooper’s death, from Danny Dyer to Alex Hassell

Stars of the Disney+ series Rivals have remembered the bestselling author, known for her saucy novels and sharp humour, following her death at the age of 88

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2 w. ago Jilly Cooper dead: Dame Jilly Cooper, bestselling author and 'queen of the bonkbuster', dies aged 88

The English author is behind books including Riders and Rivals

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2 w. ago I write bestselling cosy fantasy books — these are the 12 cosy books you need to read

With the days becoming chillier, pumpkin spice everywhere and just a matter of weeks before the clocks fall back, we're officially in cosy season

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2 w. ago What's next from bestselling author of the Housemaid?: THE INTRUDER by Freida McFadden,  SHARP FORCE by Patricia Cornwell, CRY HAVOC by Jack Carr

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3 w. ago Christian author Jen Hatmaker's new book 'Awake' explores her divorce and evolving faith

Bestselling Christian author Jen Hatmaker has released a new memoir, “Awake.”

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3 w. ago ‘Bans are disheartening’: US author criticises Dorset school’s removal of her book about race

Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give was taken off year 10 reading list at Budmouth Academy after parent complainedA bestselling black American author has condemned a Dorset school’s decision to drop her critically acclaimed novel from a reading list.Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give was removed from Budmouth Academy’s year 10 reading list after a complaint from a parent. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mr Blake at Your Service review – John Malkovich does worst French accent ever in baffling comedy misfire

Gilles Legardinie’s broad dramedy set in a chateau, co-starring Fanny Ardant and Émilie Dequenne, is an ordeal to watch. Sacré bleu! This truly bizarre film has a substantial reserve of goodwill to draw on: among its blue-chip cast are John Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, and it’s also the final film of the Belgian star Émilie Dequenne, famous for winning the best actress award at Cannes for her nonprofessional debut in Rosetta in 1999, who sadly died of cancer in March at the age of 43. It is a broad and baffling dramedy, directed by the bestselling French author Gilles Legardinier, and adapted from his 2012 novel Complètement Cramé! (Completely Burnt Out!).Malkovich plays a wealthy grieving widower called Andrew Blake, supposedly from England, who, to ease his broken heart, takes a job as a butler in a French chateau whose owner (Ardant) has fallen on hard times. It is a sentimental journey for him, as many years ago he first met his French wife, Diane, in the chateau’s sumptuous grou...

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3 w. ago New York Times bestselling author names 5 of their favourite books—one is 'utterly unputdownable'

Ally Carter has shared five of her top recommendations for any fellow fans of romance novels

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