Author Clara Kumagai: ‘I’m drawn to writing for young adults because it’s a time of turbulence and change’
The writer on her new YA novel, Songs for Ghosts; her Japanese-Irish identity; and abolishing billionaires
Terry Pratchett
Scifi and fantasy round-up: From an AI investigator to a Pratchettian satire set in colour-mad England
Reviews: Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis; The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need by Adam Marek; City of Stardust by Georgia Summers; In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan; and Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
Good Omens: Neil Gaiman’s bromance is as silly as a vicar in a tutu – and perfect escapism
Television: Michael Sheen and David Tennant return in a second season that benefits from plenty of fun, and surprisingly gory, plot padding
‘Your job or career should be in service of the life you want to live’
Speaker’s Corner: Tim Hynes, Chief Innovation Officer, AIB, tells us about his career path.
Don’t judge a book by its coverage
Donald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular way
‘Irish have qualities that make us easy to get along with abroad’
Working Abroad Q&A: Film producer Sarah-Kate Fenelon, from Co Wicklow, talks about life working in Hollywood for author Neil Gaiman
Thousands of angry Christians petition Netflix to cancel show. There was just one big problem...
US Christian group condemns Good Omens show as ‘making satanism appear normal’ – but petition wrong company
Good Omens: All the signs are pointing to a great TV series
Neil Gaiman has adapted his and Terry Pratchett’s beloved joint novel for an Amazon Prime series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Will the gods smile on this one?
Brexit in Beaconsfield: ‘My wife has to calm me down, I get so angry’
Many people in quaint Buckinghamshire town unconcerned with Westminster drama
Neil Gaiman on honouring Terry Pratchett’s last request: ‘You have to do this’
The writer explains how his four years of intense devotion to ‘Good Omens’ will never happen again
The trouble with Ayn Rand and Zack Snyder’s ‘The Fountainhead’?
Reviled director to film reviled libertarian hero’s novel. This is a bad idea
Scientists prove lies spread faster than the truth on Twitter
Survey examined some 126,000 news stories, all verified to be true or false
Thor Ragnarok: ‘For anybody who likes the scent of the herb’
Review: A smashing film of inter-galactic significance and of no importance at all
Terry Pratchett’s unpublished works destroyed by steamroller
The late author had requested the destruction of any unfinished projects after his death
'Demographically, women are going to take over the world quite soon. So, enjoy'
Women's writing for Women's Day: Caitlin Moran, the best-selling feminist, talks to Una Mullally about trying to be unfamous and why the future of politics is female
Children’s and YA fiction: a bumper crop for the ‘middle grade’
Reviews of titles by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, Siobhán Parkinson, Judi Curtin, Paul Gamble and Peter Bunzl, plus Harry Potter ebooks from JK Rowling
Rhianna Pratchett reboots Lara Croft, kicking gamer ass
Her retooling of the Tomb Raider icon has earned her pride of place in the gaming industry
Terry Pratchett dies after long illness, aged 66
Best-selling fantasy author had suffered from Alzheimer’s since 2007
Fantasy writer Terry Pratchett dies at the age of 66
Discworld author had rare form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
David Butler: ‘Great writers enrich experience, even the mundane’
Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Judas Kiss and City of Dis on what he reads and how he writes
On the science of wizards, aliens and starships
Princeton professor Charles Adler deconstructs what is and is not plausible in the worlds of Harry Potter or Avatar
Television: Gyllenhaal dips her toe in television; Norah Casey puts a foot in the grave
Maggie Gyllenhaal is terrific in ‘The Honourable Woman’ while ‘Way to Go’ looks at death in a roundabout way
Joseph O’Connor shortlisted for comic novel of the year
Sebastian Faulks, Hanif Kureishi and Helen Fielding are rivals for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
Classics every child should read
From gripping adventure to the deliciously scary, Anna Carey recommends 10 top childhood reads
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