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Exclusive: The Wheel of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins says the series can't be wrapped up in four seasons

Letters: Trump has the classic authoritarian personality – not the same as being authoritarian, writes Mary Wilkinson, plus, letters by Tom Brown, Jim Hatley, Sally Burch and Alison Routh

Exclusive: Rafe Judkins talks leaning away from the early novel's Lord of the Rings' leanings even more in season 3

Once lauded ‘the best writer in Ireland’, Johnston began publishing in her 40s and was Booker-shortlisted for her 1977 novel set during the Troubles, Shadows on Our Skin

Two new films, Nickel Boys and Presence, offer point-of-view perspectives – but it remains tantalisingly rare in the history of cinema

I was immediately struck by the title of Curtis Sittenfeld’s new collection of 12 short stories, Show Don’t Tell. That’s because it’s also the name of a narrative technique that allows readers to experience a story through the characters’ actions, words, thoughts and feelings, rather than the author’s explanations. It…

The Metropolitan Opera is staging a production of Herman Melville's masterpiece about a white whale, ‘Moby-Dick

The relationship between a predatory male comedian and a female producer rings true in this darkly funny debut

As research reveals children want to listen to books rather than read them, here are some of the best audiobooks to enjoy