Books

Benedict Cumberbatch to produce and star in BBC adaptation of The Child in Time

The Snowman creator Raymond Briggs wins Lifetime Achievement Award

George RR Martin hints the next Game of Thrones book could finally be published this year

JK Rowling is releasing a new edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Jilly Cooper is nearly 80 – but she’s still the undisputed Queen of the Bonkbuster

Someone's spotted another magical hint about Harry Potter's future in Chamber of Secrets

Books to die for: The Witness for the Prosecution cast reveal their favourite page-turners

Cats are psychopaths. So why do so many of us keep them as pets?

The best Christmas cookbooks to get you through this festive season

Julian Barnes: "Opening up the Man Booker Prize for Americans is straightforwardly daft"

8 brilliant books for Christmas

18 brilliant books for Christmas – as recommended by your favourite presenters

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has conquered the Eiger but he won’t climb a ladder. Why?

Shhhh!Emma Watson has been hiding books on the London Underground

Doctor Who gets the Mr Men treatment in series of 12 BBC books

Anthony Horowitz: Why I never gave Sherlock Holmes a girlfriend

Jilly Cooper: "I think I've only got time for one more novel"

Did Harry Potter speak Parseltongue in this scene without us realising?

How different was BBC1's The Night Manager to its original book?

JK Rowling reveals one of her Harry Potter characters was almost called Gary

Clive James: binge-watching TV saved my family

A Harry Potter fan wrote a tear-jerking epilogue to George Weasley’s story

POTTERIs JK Rowling about to publish three new Harry Potter ebooks?

Do you own a valuable Harry Potter book with a tiny error in it?

Coming soon | JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts sequel now has a confirmed release date

Harry Potter and Cursed Child is fastest selling book since... the last Harry Potter book

17 tweets that perfectly sum up how Harry Potter fans are feeling right now

What really happens at a Harry Potter midnight book launch party?

Did you spot JK Rowling's awesome pair of Harry Potter shoes?

27 things that happened the same year Harry Potter was first published