Rachel Reeves denies plagiarism in new book October 26, 2023 Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has denied accusations of plagiarism in her new book on women in economics.
City Pages: 5 books on the changing world of work September 18, 2023 We review five new-in titles that re-examine our relationship to our jobs in the brave new post-pandemic world of work.
The 5 best independent book shops in London September 18, 2023 City A.M. took to the streets for a book crawl to pinpoint the five best book shops in London – judging on vibes, atmosphere, curation and bonus extras.
Independent bookshops are thriving – as long as they offer more than just books September 18, 2023 Morocco Bound is a lesson in adaptability. Even its owner “[doesn’t] know what to call it these days”. Music venue, community space, workshop facility hosting poetry slams, comedy nights, life drawing sessions and more, it was – originally – a book shop. “I’m an architect,” Jonathan Dransfield, the owner, tells me. An architect who wrote [...]
City Pages: The 10 books that should be on your list this summer July 10, 2023 From classic to contemporary, thriller or Booker prize winner, the City A.M. team picks the 10 top books that should be on your list this summer. 1. Victory City by Salman Rushdie It’s Rushdie, so you know it’s gonna be good, but this is really good. Framed as a translation of a 15th Century Sanskrit [...]
A tribute to Martin Amis: ‘He wanted time itself to flow backwards’ May 28, 2023 Last weekend Martin Amis died in Fort Worth, Florida at the age of 73 – the same age as his father Sir Kingsley Amis – of a disease I hadn’t known he had, in a house I wasn’t aware he had owned. Why should the death of our heroes be so shocking, being as it [...]
The Notebook: James Ashton on his new book, microchips and bullishness May 11, 2023 Book-writing novices need know one thing before putting metaphorical pen to paper: submitting that manuscript after months of toil is far from a full stop.
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury benefits as Brits turn to books as affordable treat in cost of living crunch March 15, 2023 People turning increasingly to books as an affordable hobby in the cost-of-living crisis has helped Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury hike its full-year profit outlook. The group – which is also the publisher behind Bake Off star Paul Hollywood’s latest cookbook Bake – said it was seeing surging demand for titles in print, ebook and audio, [...]
Bret Easton Ellis at the Southbank Centre this week: How to get tickets January 30, 2023 Bret Easton Ellis has been getting cancelled since long before the phrase “cancel culture” existed. His third novel, American Psycho, was so controversial it was dropped at the eleventh hour by his publisher and was subsequently sold shrink-wrapped in some countries. Then, in 2019, he published White, a meandering series of essays targeting things like [...]
Tell-all book to reveal ‘blatant calumnies and dark manoeuvres’ against Pope Benedict XVI January 2, 2023 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that his publisher has promised would tell the truth about the “blatant calumnies”, “dark manoeuvres”, mysteries and scandals that sullied the reputation of a pontiff best known for his historic resignation. Archbishop Georg Gaenswein’s Nothing But The Truth: My Life Beside Pope Benedict [...]