Literature

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A man with brown hair and a moustache wearing a white shirt in front of a man and woman reading a yellow strained manuscript

Manuscripts 'hidden in plain sight' reveals medieval history

Archival assistant Callum Tostevin-Hall found manuscripts showing Guernsey's medieval past

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A man and woman hold up an ancient sheet of yellowed text with holes and stains around its edges.

Hidden manuscripts reveal medieval reading habits

Archivists discover 17 manuscript fragments from medieval times were repurposed as book covers.

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A metal statue of Victor Hugo - an old man with a beard in a three-piece suit, reading a book. He is sitting on a bench, with space for one person to sit next to him, with the back and side made out of a copper-blue octopus and its tentacles. Behind him is a granite town square and an old church, with benches and railings. A man in a bucket hat and T shirt sits on one of the benches.

'Exciting' new Victor Hugo Centre plans approved

The plans would be an "immersive celebration" of a "global icon" who wrote his best-known works while exiled from France.

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An illustration of Captain Ahab and his men attacking the whale Moby Dick in the ocean (Credit: Getty Images)

Novel Moby Dick challenged our fear of the whale

Now 175 years old, US author Herman Melville's classic is the ultimate tale of man v whale – but in fact, it questions why humans have been so terrified of these great sea creatures.

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17 Aug 2026

Luis Gnecco in brown suit and Fionn Whitehead in dark duffel coat are having a picnic, sitting on a rug in a field. The lower legs of two donkeys can be seen in the background.

Borges and Me: New film tells story of writer's 1970s tour of Scotland

A film about the great Argentinian author's trip around Scotland in 1971 has premiered in Edinburgh.

17 Aug 2026

13 Aug 2026

A composite image of three people: Jacqueline Wilson, Simon Armitage and Kate Atkinson

Simon Armitage among literature festival line up

Jacqueline Wilson, Judy Murray and Kate Atkinson are also on the festival's programme.

13 Aug 2026

12 Aug 2026

Two side-by-side images of Dame Prue Leith and Dame Mary Berry. Dame Prue smiling and wearing colourful navy, neon green and pink glasses, which match a colourful patterned blouse she is wearing. She has dangly, colourful earrings and short grey hair. Dame Mary is smiling as she stands in front of a red and pink speckled background at an event. She is wearing a white, textured blouse and has light, white-ish hair which falls to the bottom of her ears.

Strictly and Bake Off stars to appear at festival

The line-up has been confirmed, with Bridget Jones creator and Life of Pi author among the stars.

12 Aug 2026

3 Aug 2026

A woman called Ruth Thomason smiles at the camera while standing outside an office in Guernsey. She has fair hair and the top row of her teeth are showing.

Short story contest returns after successful debut

Organisers say the first year of the competition helped build a community of writers.

3 Aug 2026

28 Jul 2026

Cynthia Erivo poses during the Oscars arrivals at the 97th Academy Awards. Cynthia wears a green velvet off-the-shoulder dress.

Cynthia Erivo and Damson Idris among stars in Children of Blood and Bone trailer

Author Tomi Adeyemi has distanced herself from the blockbuster film based on her novel of the same name.

28 Jul 2026