National Year of Reading: linguistic diversity should be central to reading for pleasure intiatives
The Conversation UKby Sophie Heywood, Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Cultures, University of Reading·11d ago
The UK’s National Year of Reading is asking people across the country to “go all in” on reading. But this invitation raises questions for many families: reading what, in which language and in what...
Why Is Joan Barfoot’s First Novel Catching Fire Fifty Years Later? | The Walrus
The Walrusby Emily Donaldson·11d ago
The afterlife of a book can follow unpredictable paths. It might vanish from publishers’ lists to be kept on life support by a small but stubborn republic of readers.
‘A Talent for Murder’ Director Anton Corbijn Praises Helen Mirren’s Performance as Controversial Author Patricia Highsmith: ‘She’s a Great Jerk!’
Varietyby Marta Balaga·11d ago
In “A Talent for Murder,” director Anton Corbijn takes a closer look at writer Patricia Highsmith.
Best LG deal: Save $400 on the LG 55-Inch Gallery TV with Frame
Mashableby Hannah Hoolihan·11d ago
SAVE $400: As of Oct. 2, the LG 55-Inch Gallery TV with Frame is on sale for $899.99 at Amazon. That's $400 off its full price of $1,299.99.
4 Fish-Out-of-Water Graphic Novels and Memoirs
BOOK RIOTby Julia Rittenberg·11d ago
Comics and graphic novels are one of the best ways to transport yourself while reading. Artists use style and detailed flourishes to show their readers both the familiar and the strange.
Cara Delevingne has £35million tucked away in her personal company
Mail Onlineby Richard Eden; Caroline Peacock·11d ago
Cara Delevingne has amassed a huge sum tucked away in her personal company. The model, 34, has a staggering £34.9million in Cara & Co, the firm into which she places her modelling and acting...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in September 2026
BOOK RIOTby Community·11d ago
Put away the beach reads: we’re now firmly in fall, the best reading season of the year. In September, the majority of the most-read titles were carryovers from previous months, including The...
‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio
The Guardianby Jenn Pelly·11d ago
In mid-September, I watched as Liz Harris soundchecked to 1,500 empty seats at midtown Manhattan’s historic Town Hall theatre.
It's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina Hyde
The Guardianby Marina Hyde·11d ago
Journalism 101 – a course I have yet to complete – dictates that if you have something salient to say you should get there fast.
The Resistance Is Not Dead
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic·11d ago
Thanks to everyone who came to our member event yesterday at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn.
A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time
The Guardianby Ben Child·11d ago
The Skywalkers: who are they exactly? A family that has moulded the entire Star Wars galaxy in their image, to the extent that nobody can really imagine the long-running space opera without them.
Remembering the ephemera of my life gives it meaning | Psyche Notes to Self
Psycheby Anandi Mishra·11d ago
While I’ve come across various literary and artistic works praising the art of looking, what truly led me down this path was Nirmal Verma’s Ek Chithda Sukh (1979), translated as A Rag Called...
Four Jennifer Lawrence Blockbusters Find New Streaming Home After Leaving Netflix
ComingSoon.netby Disheeta Maheshwari·11d ago
All four of Jennifer Lawrence’s Hunger Games movies will soon be moving to a new streaming home after they leave Netflix.
What are You Reading in October?
BOOK RIOTby Danika Ellis·11d ago
We’ve made it to the best reading month of the year! At least, it is in my life. I save up horror and horror-adjacent books all year and marathon them during Halloween month.
Best YA Mysteries/Thrillers for Adult Readers
BOOK RIOTby Jamie Canaves·11d ago
YA should first and foremost always be written for young adults. That doesn’t mean, however, that adults shouldn’t also read YA—even when they’ve crossed into an age where they would never get into...
Find Scary Good Reading with October's New Horror Book Releases
BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen·11d ago
October and horror reading go together like cheese and crackers, like peanut butter and jelly, and like garlic and bread vampires.
Justine Kurland’s Photographs Keep Us on Edge
The New Yorkerby Vince Aletti, Mengfei Chen, Brian Seibert, Sheldon Pearce, Emily Nussbaum, Zoë Hopkins, Richard Brody, Hilton Als·11d ago
As one of the most arresting, provocative, and unpredictable photographers around, Justine Kurland, at fifty-six, deserves to have her mid-career retrospective in a museum.
All the Queer Books I Read in September, and What's On My October TBR
BOOK RIOTby Danika Ellis·11d ago
We’ve made it to the best reading month of the year! At least, it is in my life. I save up horror and horror-adjacent books all year and marathon them during Halloween month.
Question mark hangs over culture voucher for teens as Chambers says €100 is 'too high'
TheJournal.ieby Christina Finn·11d ago
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Horror films like Obsession are shut out of the Golden Globes – unless they pretend to be comedies
The Guardianby Tom Beasley·11d ago
What do this year’s wish-gone-wrong tale Obsession, gross-out transformation bloodbath The Substance, and Jordan Peele’s generational masterpiece Get Out have in common?
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