Your support helps us tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is breaking new ground as the story unfolds. Whether it’s investigating the finances of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest film, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on American women fighting for reproductive rights, … Read more
(JTA) Welcoming a stranger — and opening one’s home to seder guests — is a theme that defines Passover, the eight-day annual holiday known as the Festival of Freedom. That sentiment echoes several of this year’s new Easter books, many of which highlight the prophetess Miriam and feature cute animals — from frogs to chattering … Read more
Explora Books is proud to present “Girebra in the Forest” by Mike Stonecypher at the 2026 London Book Fair, which has just completed a record-breaking run at Olympia London. From March 10-12, the festival gathered more than 33,000 publishing professionals and 1,005 producers, marking the last year of the event in its historic location in … Read more
Eden also released their first new music since 2013 Holy Books and credit cards 1: Promisesthe first in a series of three EPs planned for 2026. The band describe their new EP as ‘a series of observations about how perceptions of events – from the personal to the global – shape us into who we … Read more
Fans of Stranger Things they often point to abandoning the nature of the show, which brings nostalgia of the 1980s with the combination of two icons of the 80s, Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, as their inspiration. Of course, this means combining Spielberg’s films, especially things like ET The Extra-Terrestrialwith Stephen King’s books, they use … Read more
There’s nothing like the absence of screens to turn you into a reader. Irish actress Caitríona Balfe says: “When I was growing up, we didn’t have a TV for a long time. So our thing would be to go to the library every week, and you’d get three or four books, and then that would … Read more
Your support helps us tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is breaking new ground as the story unfolds. Whether it’s investigating the finances of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest film, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on American women fighting for reproductive rights, … Read more
The month of March brought us a much needed weekend and I spent my spring break at the beach with my best friends, books in hand. It was heaven on earth, even if I came home with a sunburn. Needless to say, I took a year off to spend time with my girls and catch … Read more
Compelling scenery, epic missions, and a likable lead character Ahe Mary project by Andy Weir the horror sci-fi viewer; Adapting to the latest movies is also exciting. It’s hard to match the heights the book can reach, but the film version of Ryan Gosling’s story is still very entertaining without straying too far from its … Read more
Trilogies of books with sophomore problems can be confusing, but that makes it all the more fun when the second book proves to be the best – and that’s what happens with this fantasy series. There are many fantasy series that develop, culminating in their final books. There is also a good number that reaches … Read more