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'The Winds of Winter' Target Release Dates: George R.R. Martin's Full List of Broken Promises Spanning a Decade

George RR Martin's 'The Winds of Winter' has missed every self-imposed deadline since 2011. Here's the full timeline of his broken promises and shifting release targets over the past decade.

International Business Times UK

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature On the Road

The Guardian - UK

J.K. Rowling Brutally Mocks Harry Potter Event Organizers Over Apology To Transgender Community

J.K. Rowling shared a screenshot of the Vancouver Park Board’s statement revealing that it had publicly disavowed her over her transphobic views.

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Natalie Haynes: ‘I’ll never read anything by a Brontë again’

The author and comedian on the immortal lines of Snoopy, discovering the heart of Homer’s Iliad and her culinary comfort read

The Guardian - UK

A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me?

With the rise of TikTok and two-tier marketing budgets, something’s off in the world of publishing (and it’s not just the aroma), says author David Barnett

The Guardian - UK

What are the odds Donald Trump will win the Nobel Peace Prize? How prestigious award could be decided

The United States president is currently the bookies’ favourite to be the next laureate after Israel and Hamas agreed to his Gaza peace plan two years after the October 7 massacre

Evening Standard

How ‘authenticity’ at work can become a trap for people of color

In her debut book Authentic, Jodi-Ann Burey argues the call to ‘bring your full self’ can leave people of color exposed

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Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen audiobook review – an immersive all-star dramatisation

Actors Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bill Nighy and Marisa Abela are among the cast in a pacy adaptation that retains Austen’s sharp plotting and comic precision

The Guardian - UK

Seed by Bri Lee – this propulsive, fun eco-thriller is the novelist’s strongest yet

Set in a secret Antarctic seed bank, Seed is a novel of friction and paranoia, of weaponised mistrust and cloistered desire, narrated by a misogynist antinatalist

The Guardian - AU

What to read by the Nobel Prize in literature winner László Krasznahorkai

Author joins illustrious list of laureates including Ernest Hemingway and Toni Morrison

The Independent UK

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

Hungarian novelist celebrated for dystopian, melancholic novels that ‘reaffirm the power of art’

The Guardian - UK

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

The Guardian - US

Amy Coney Barrett Is Right To Reject 'Common Good Constitutionalism'

Limits on government power are a venerable and beneficial feature of our system.

Reason

Is God real? This bestseller says yes – and that science can prove it, too

The two French authors insist that ‘science appears to have become God’s ally’

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The Guardian - UK

Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation review – revisiting the legacy of a counterculture classic

Wild-spirited but laced with dim views on race and women, On the Road is due a reckoning. This elegant talking-head doc works best when its unpicking is most forensic

Marie Claire

The Page-turners, Heartbreakers, and Big-Idea Books of Autumn 2025

The fall reads that everyone will be talking about

The Independent UK

Library director wins $700k settlement after being fired amid book row

Some complained that the books, which had sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes, were inappropriate for young people

Evening Standard

Lenny Henry faces backlash after calling for slavery reparations for black Britons

In his new book The Big Payback, the comedian and actor argues that racism in modern Britain can be traced directly to the slave trade and calls for radical solutions to address its legacy

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The Guardian - UK

UK libraries urged to remove children’s books with URL hijacked by porn site

Puffin issues alert to schools and local authorities over books in popular Spy Dog series by Andrew Cope

The Guardian - UK

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

Marie Claire

Palace Advisors Only "Humored" Prince Charles's Work Until He Stood Up to the "Men in Gray Suits," Per Royal Author

Queen Elizabeth's senior advisors felt that Charles "was still too young to be taken entirely seriously" at age 26.

Woman & Home

Nigella celebrates 25 years of How to Be a Domestic Goddess with cute throwback photo

The chef shared a series of sweet pictures to celebrate, including a brilliant blast from the past snapshot

The Guardian - UK

‘A sparkle that extends beyond fiction’: readers on what Jilly Cooper meant to them

Fans pay tribute to the author’s escapist tales, her real-life largesse and her unexpected passions

The Guardian - AU

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard to chair Women’s prize for fiction in 2026

Gillard reveals reading fiction is her most treasured pastime and looks forward to working with ‘a joyful panel of judges’

Total Film

Dune star Rebecca Ferguson confirms that Lady Jessica will return for Part 3, despite not appearing in the book: "I wasn't reckoning on it"

Exclusive: The Silo and A House of Dynamite star will (briefly) return for Dune's third instalment

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